Penetration Testing Jobs in London

Penetration Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 307 359
Rank change year-on-year +8 +52 +207
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 93 223 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.74% 0.94% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.04% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 79 204 220
10th Percentile £52,000 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,250 £81,928
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -13.03% +21.37%
75th Percentile £89,375 £82,500 £98,500
90th Percentile £105,500 £105,000 £106,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.85% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Penetration Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,045 21,522 31,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.48% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,842 15,847 22,804
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in London.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +13 18 £60,000 -25.00% 9
West London +24 2 £55,000 +10.00% 43
South London - 2 £73,750 - 3
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.51%) Azure
2 12 (12.90%) AWS
3 10 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (9.68%) Entra ID
5 8 (8.60%) PaaS
6 6 (6.45%) GCP
6 6 (6.45%) Google Workspace
7 5 (5.38%) SaaS
8 4 (4.30%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (4.30%) IaaS
9 3 (3.23%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.15%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (2.15%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (2.15%) Azure AKS
10 2 (2.15%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.15%) Serverless
11 1 (1.08%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 23 (24.73%) Firewall
2 21 (22.58%) Network Security
3 8 (8.60%) BGP
3 8 (8.60%) OSPF
3 8 (8.60%) Wireless
4 7 (7.53%) Spanning Tree
4 7 (7.53%) VLAN
5 6 (6.45%) SSL
5 6 (6.45%) VPN
6 5 (5.38%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (3.23%) DNS
7 3 (3.23%) WAN
8 2 (2.15%) HTTP
8 2 (2.15%) IPsec
8 2 (2.15%) NAS
8 2 (2.15%) SAN
8 2 (2.15%) SD-WAN
8 2 (2.15%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.08%) 4G
9 1 (1.08%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.23%) Power BI
2 1 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Metasploit
2 2 (2.15%) Burp Suite
2 2 (2.15%) Postman
2 2 (2.15%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.08%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.08%) Git
3 1 (1.08%) GitLab
3 1 (1.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.08%) JIRA
3 1 (1.08%) JMeter
3 1 (1.08%) JUnit
3 1 (1.08%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.08%) Selenium
3 1 (1.08%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.08%) TestRail
General
1 35 (37.63%) Social Skills
2 16 (17.20%) Finance
3 13 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.75%) Law
5 8 (8.60%) Mandarin Language
6 5 (5.38%) Legal
7 3 (3.23%) Banking
7 3 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.15%) Games
8 2 (2.15%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.08%) Automotive
9 1 (1.08%) Electronics
9 1 (1.08%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.08%) Military
9 1 (1.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (18.28%) Analyst
2 14 (15.05%) Senior
3 13 (13.98%) Security Engineer
3 13 (13.98%) Tester
4 12 (12.90%) Security Analyst
5 11 (11.83%) Lead
5 11 (11.83%) Penetration Tester
6 8 (8.60%) Architect
6 8 (8.60%) IT Analyst
6 8 (8.60%) IT Security Analyst
6 8 (8.60%) Security Architect
7 7 (7.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.53%) Network Engineer
8 5 (5.38%) Security Specialist
9 4 (4.30%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 4 (4.30%) Senior Penetration Tester
9 4 (4.30%) Senior Tester
10 3 (3.23%) Security Manager
10 3 (3.23%) Security Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.23%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) Azure Blueprints
1 2 (2.15%) REST
2 1 (1.08%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.08%) JWT
2 1 (1.08%) Node.js
2 1 (1.08%) OAuth
2 1 (1.08%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 18 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 16 (17.20%) Security Posture
3 7 (7.53%) Mobile App
3 7 (7.53%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (6.45%) Onboarding
5 5 (5.38%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (4.30%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.30%) Data Centre
7 3 (3.23%) CSOC
7 3 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (3.23%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.15%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (2.15%) PKI
8 2 (2.15%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.15%) Replication
8 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.45%) Windows
2 3 (3.23%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.15%) VMS
3 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.08%) Android
4 1 (1.08%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.08%) Linux
4 1 (1.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (55.91%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (37.63%) Incident Response
3 33 (35.48%) Vulnerability Management
4 30 (32.26%) Information Security
5 25 (26.88%) SIEM
6 24 (25.81%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 23 (24.73%) Security Testing
8 21 (22.58%) Red Team
9 18 (19.35%) Cloud Security
10 17 (18.28%) Application Security
11 16 (17.20%) Test Automation
12 15 (16.13%) DevOps
12 15 (16.13%) Offensive Security
12 15 (16.13%) Risk Management
13 14 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (12.90%) CI/CD
14 12 (12.90%) Disaster Recovery
14 12 (12.90%) OWASP
14 12 (12.90%) Security Operations
14 12 (12.90%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.98%) PowerShell
2 12 (12.90%) Python
3 6 (6.45%) Bash
4 4 (4.30%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.30%) SQL
5 3 (3.23%) Java
6 2 (2.15%) Go
6 2 (2.15%) Ruby
7 1 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 20 (21.51%) Degree
2 17 (18.28%) CREST Certified
3 16 (17.20%) SC Cleared
3 16 (17.20%) Security Cleared
4 12 (12.90%) CISSP
5 9 (9.68%) OSCP
6 7 (7.53%) CCSAS
7 6 (6.45%) Azure Certification
7 6 (6.45%) CISM
8 5 (5.38%) AWS Certification
8 5 (5.38%) CHECK Team Leader
8 5 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (3.23%) CCNA
9 3 (3.23%) CCNP
9 3 (3.23%) CEH
9 3 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (3.23%) OSWP
10 2 (2.15%) GCIA
10 2 (2.15%) GCIH
10 2 (2.15%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (21.51%) NIST
2 17 (18.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (6.45%) GDPR
4 5 (5.38%) NCSC
5 4 (4.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (4.30%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.23%) NIST 800
6 3 (3.23%) QA
7 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
7 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.08%) COBIT
8 1 (1.08%) GRC
8 1 (1.08%) JTAG
8 1 (1.08%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (17.20%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 7 (7.53%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (6.45%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (5.38%) Terraform
5 3 (3.23%) QRadar
6 2 (2.15%) CASB
6 2 (2.15%) Istio
6 2 (2.15%) linkerd
6 2 (2.15%) Nessus
7 1 (1.08%) Argo
7 1 (1.08%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.08%) Grafana
7 1 (1.08%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (1.08%) Progress Chef
7 1 (1.08%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 18 (19.35%) Cisco
3 9 (9.68%) Google
4 7 (7.53%) Juniper
5 6 (6.45%) Meraki
6 4 (4.30%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.23%) VMware
8 2 (2.15%) Checkmarx
8 2 (2.15%) Dell
8 2 (2.15%) EMC
8 2 (2.15%) F5
8 2 (2.15%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.15%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.08%) Apple
9 1 (1.08%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.08%) LogRhythm
9 1 (1.08%) Qualys
9 1 (1.08%) Sophos
9 1 (1.08%) Splunk
9 1 (1.08%) Tenable