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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 294 358
Rank change year-on-year +6 +64 +186
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 105 226 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.81% 0.96% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.05% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 90 205 223
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £81,928
Median % change year-on-year - -11.51% +26.04%
75th Percentile £89,688 £82,500 £98,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £106,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +8.00%

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 12,397 21,536 32,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.18% 91.13% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,220 15,919 23,171
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,477
25th Percentile £56,000 £51,532 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £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 16 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 16 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 +6 22 £65,000 -17.46% 6
West London +34 2 £55,000 +10.00%
South London +2 2 £73,750 +59.46% 2
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 (0.95%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (26.67%) Azure
2 15 (14.29%) AWS
3 11 (10.48%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (9.52%) GCP
5 8 (7.62%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.62%) PaaS
6 6 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (4.76%) Google Workspace
7 5 (4.76%) SaaS
8 4 (3.81%) Azure AKS
8 4 (3.81%) IaaS
9 3 (2.86%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.90%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 25 (23.81%) Firewall
1 25 (23.81%) Network Security
2 9 (8.57%) Wireless
3 8 (7.62%) BGP
3 8 (7.62%) OSPF
4 7 (6.67%) Spanning Tree
4 7 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (5.71%) VLAN
5 6 (5.71%) VPN
6 5 (4.76%) DNS
6 5 (4.76%) SSL
7 3 (2.86%) WAN
8 2 (1.90%) HTTP
8 2 (1.90%) IPsec
8 2 (1.90%) NAS
8 2 (1.90%) SAN
8 2 (1.90%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.90%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.95%) 5G
9 1 (0.95%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.86%) Power BI
2 1 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.81%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.86%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.90%) Postman
3 2 (1.90%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.95%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.95%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.95%) JIRA
4 1 (0.95%) JMeter
4 1 (0.95%) JUnit
4 1 (0.95%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.95%) Selenium
4 1 (0.95%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.95%) TestRail
General
1 39 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 23 (21.90%) Finance
3 17 (16.19%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.38%) Law
5 8 (7.62%) Mandarin Language
6 6 (5.71%) Legal
7 4 (3.81%) Banking
8 3 (2.86%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.90%) Electronics
9 2 (1.90%) Games
9 2 (1.90%) Marketing
9 2 (1.90%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.95%) Automotive
10 1 (0.95%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.95%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.95%) Military
10 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (21.90%) Analyst
2 20 (19.05%) Senior
3 15 (14.29%) Tester
4 13 (12.38%) Penetration Tester
4 13 (12.38%) Security Engineer
5 12 (11.43%) Security Analyst
6 9 (8.57%) Lead
7 8 (7.62%) IT Analyst
7 8 (7.62%) IT Security Analyst
8 7 (6.67%) Architect
8 7 (6.67%) Network Engineer
8 7 (6.67%) Security Architect
8 7 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
9 6 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 6 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (5.71%) Security Manager
9 6 (5.71%) Security Specialist
9 6 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.71%) Senior Penetration Tester
9 6 (5.71%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.67%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (1.90%) REST
3 1 (0.95%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.95%) JWT
3 1 (0.95%) Node.js
3 1 (0.95%) OAuth
3 1 (0.95%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 24 (22.86%) Management Information System
2 23 (21.90%) Security Posture
3 11 (10.48%) Onboarding
4 9 (8.57%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (7.62%) Cloud Native
5 8 (7.62%) CSOC
5 8 (7.62%) Virtual Team
6 6 (5.71%) Mobile App
7 5 (4.76%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.86%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.90%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.90%) PKI
9 2 (1.90%) Replication
10 1 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.95%) Infotainment
10 1 (0.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.62%) Windows
2 5 (4.76%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.86%) VMS
3 3 (2.86%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.95%) Android
5 1 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.95%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (55.24%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (44.76%) Incident Response
3 38 (36.19%) Vulnerability Management
4 35 (33.33%) SIEM
5 32 (30.48%) Information Security
6 25 (23.81%) Security Testing
7 24 (22.86%) DevOps
7 24 (22.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 22 (20.95%) Red Team
8 22 (20.95%) Security Operations
9 21 (20.00%) Cloud Security
10 20 (19.05%) Risk Management
11 19 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (16.19%) Threat Intelligence
12 17 (16.19%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 16 (15.24%) Application Security
13 16 (15.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 16 (15.24%) Security Monitoring
14 15 (14.29%) Mentoring
15 14 (13.33%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.24%) PowerShell
2 14 (13.33%) Python
3 11 (10.48%) Bash
4 4 (3.81%) SQL
5 3 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (1.90%) Ruby
7 1 (0.95%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (22.86%) Degree
2 21 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 21 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 20 (19.05%) CREST Certified
4 19 (18.10%) CISSP
5 11 (10.48%) OSCP
6 8 (7.62%) CISM
7 7 (6.67%) CCSAS
7 7 (6.67%) CHECK Team Leader
8 6 (5.71%) AWS Certification
8 6 (5.71%) Azure Certification
8 6 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (3.81%) CEH
10 4 (3.81%) CHECK Team Member
11 3 (2.86%) CCNA
11 3 (2.86%) CCNP
11 3 (2.86%) CCSP
11 3 (2.86%) CISA
11 3 (2.86%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (24.76%) NIST
2 18 (17.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (11.43%) GDPR
4 10 (9.52%) PCI DSS
5 7 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (3.81%) NCSC
8 3 (2.86%) NIST 800
8 3 (2.86%) QA
9 2 (1.90%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.90%) GRC
9 2 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 2 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.95%) COBIT
10 1 (0.95%) JTAG
10 1 (0.95%) SOC 2
System Software
1 18 (17.14%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.86%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.95%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 10 (9.52%) Terraform
2 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.62%) QRadar
3 7 (6.67%) CASB
4 6 (5.71%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (4.76%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (2.86%) Istio
6 3 (2.86%) linkerd
7 2 (1.90%) Nessus
8 1 (0.95%) Argo
8 1 (0.95%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.95%) Grafana
8 1 (0.95%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.95%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (16.19%) Cisco
3 13 (12.38%) Google
4 7 (6.67%) Juniper
5 5 (4.76%) Meraki
5 5 (4.76%) VMware
6 4 (3.81%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.86%) CheckPoint
7 3 (2.86%) LogRhythm
7 3 (2.86%) Qualys
7 3 (2.86%) Tenable
8 2 (1.90%) Dell
8 2 (1.90%) EMC
8 2 (1.90%) F5
8 2 (1.90%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.90%) SonicWALL
9 1 (0.95%) HP
9 1 (0.95%) SAP
9 1 (0.95%) Sophos
9 1 (0.95%) Splunk