Penetration Testing Jobs in London

Penetration Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 363 532
Rank change year-on-year +80 +169 -163
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 234 284 366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.99% 0.81% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.85% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 208 226 258
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £41,775
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,214 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.77% +21.80% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £97,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,594 33,512 65,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.31% 95.35% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 16,091 24,053 34,441
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,555 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +62 45 £78,750 -19.64% 11
West London -7 5 £50,000 -11.89% 2
South London - 2 £48,600 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 53 (22.65%) Azure
2 39 (16.67%) AWS
3 34 (14.53%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (6.84%) GCP
5 11 (4.70%) Google Workspace
6 6 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.56%) IaaS
6 6 (2.56%) PaaS
7 5 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.71%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.71%) SaaS
9 2 (0.85%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.43%) AWS CodeCommit
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.43%) Datadog
10 1 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.43%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 63 (26.92%) Firewall
2 36 (15.38%) Network Security
3 20 (8.55%) Wireless
4 19 (8.12%) DNS
5 14 (5.98%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (4.70%) Broadband
6 11 (4.70%) Intrusion Detection
6 11 (4.70%) NAS
7 4 (1.71%) DKIM
8 3 (1.28%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.85%) DHCP
9 2 (0.85%) VPN
10 1 (0.43%) FTP
10 1 (0.43%) LAN
10 1 (0.43%) SMTP
10 1 (0.43%) SNMP
10 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (14.53%) Metasploit
2 31 (13.25%) Burp Suite
3 8 (3.42%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.71%) Git
5 3 (1.28%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.28%) JIRA
5 3 (1.28%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.43%) GitLab
7 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 82 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 55 (23.50%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (17.95%) Finance
4 25 (10.68%) Law
5 22 (9.40%) Legal
6 18 (7.69%) Banking
7 16 (6.84%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (5.98%) Games
9 13 (5.56%) Retail
10 12 (5.13%) Marketing
11 10 (4.27%) Public Sector
12 9 (3.85%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.71%) International Banking
14 3 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.43%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 77 (32.91%) Tester
2 75 (32.05%) Penetration Tester
3 39 (16.67%) Lead
4 38 (16.24%) Senior
5 32 (13.68%) Analyst
6 25 (10.68%) Security Analyst
6 25 (10.68%) Team Leader
7 21 (8.97%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 21 (8.97%) Senior Tester
8 20 (8.55%) Consultant
9 14 (5.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 14 (5.98%) Security Engineer
10 13 (5.56%) Test Team Leader
11 12 (5.13%) Security Specialist
12 11 (4.70%) IT Consultant
12 11 (4.70%) Security Manager
13 9 (3.85%) CISSP Analyst
13 9 (3.85%) Security Consultant
14 8 (3.42%) Compliance Specialist
14 8 (3.42%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.71%) .NET
2 3 (1.28%) RESTful
2 3 (1.28%) WPF
3 2 (0.85%) OAuth
3 2 (0.85%) OAuth2
3 2 (0.85%) OpenID
4 1 (0.43%) HTML
4 1 (0.43%) Kafka
4 1 (0.43%) Loki
4 1 (0.43%) React
4 1 (0.43%) SignalR
4 1 (0.43%) Spring
4 1 (0.43%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.26%) Cyber Threat
2 21 (8.97%) Onboarding
3 17 (7.26%) Cyberattack
3 17 (7.26%) Management Information System
3 17 (7.26%) Mobile App
4 11 (4.70%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.99%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.14%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.71%) CESG
8 4 (1.71%) PKI
8 4 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.28%) IoT
9 3 (1.28%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.85%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.85%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 39 (16.67%) Linux
2 35 (14.96%) Windows
3 31 (13.25%) Kali Linux
4 16 (6.84%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.70%) Apple iOS
5 11 (4.70%) Mac OS
6 10 (4.27%) Android
7 7 (2.99%) Unix
8 2 (0.85%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (71.79%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (34.19%) Information Security
3 69 (29.49%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (27.78%) Computer Science
5 53 (22.65%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 50 (21.37%) Application Security
6 50 (21.37%) Red Team
7 49 (20.94%) Security Testing
8 40 (17.09%) SIEM
9 32 (13.68%) Mentoring
9 32 (13.68%) Reverse Engineering
10 31 (13.25%) Incident Response
11 29 (12.39%) Critical Thinking
12 28 (11.97%) Malware Analysis
13 26 (11.11%) Security Operations
13 26 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 25 (10.68%) Project Management
15 22 (9.40%) Presales
16 21 (8.97%) Data Protection
17 20 (8.55%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.98%) Bash
2 10 (4.27%) Python
3 6 (2.56%) Java
3 6 (2.56%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.14%) C#
4 5 (2.14%) SQL
5 3 (1.28%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.43%) Bicep
6 1 (0.43%) C++
6 1 (0.43%) Go
6 1 (0.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 63 (26.92%) Degree
2 53 (22.65%) CISSP
3 49 (20.94%) CREST Certified
4 46 (19.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (10.26%) CISM
5 24 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
6 23 (9.83%) OSCP
7 21 (8.97%) CISA
7 21 (8.97%) CompTIA CySA+
8 19 (8.12%) CEH
9 18 (7.69%) CHECK Team Leader
10 14 (5.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 14 (5.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 14 (5.98%) CCSP
10 14 (5.98%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (5.98%) SC Cleared
10 14 (5.98%) Security Cleared
11 12 (5.13%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (4.70%) Cyber Scheme
13 10 (4.27%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (12.82%) NIST
3 29 (12.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (10.26%) SOC 2
5 20 (8.55%) QA
6 16 (6.84%) PCI DSS
7 13 (5.56%) GRC
8 9 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 9 (3.85%) GDPR
9 7 (2.99%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.71%) COBIT
10 4 (1.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (1.28%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.28%) Docker
5 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.43%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 11 (4.70%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (3.42%) QRadar
3 7 (2.99%) Nessus
3 7 (2.99%) SCCM
4 6 (2.56%) Ansible
4 6 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.14%) CASB
5 5 (2.14%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (1.71%) DatAdvantage
6 4 (1.71%) Terraform
7 3 (1.28%) Nmap
8 2 (0.85%) WSUS
9 1 (0.43%) Grafana
9 1 (0.43%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 44 (18.80%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.12%) Google
2 19 (8.12%) VMware
3 11 (4.70%) Apple
3 11 (4.70%) Qualys
4 8 (3.42%) Cisco
5 6 (2.56%) Rapid7
6 5 (2.14%) IBM
6 5 (2.14%) Kenna
7 4 (1.71%) Alibaba
7 4 (1.71%) Darktrace
7 4 (1.71%) Varonis
8 3 (1.28%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.28%) Splunk
9 2 (0.85%) arcserve
9 2 (0.85%) Veeam
10 1 (0.43%) Dell
10 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.43%) SonicWALL