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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 382 524
Rank change year-on-year +98 +142 -179
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 241 294 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.03% 0.80% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.84% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 213 232 260
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £44,975
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £81,928 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.56% +21.37% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £97,500 £83,688
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £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 21,414 35,001 62,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.57% 95.46% 96.76%
Number of salaries quoted 16,033 24,908 34,596
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +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 19 April 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 19 April 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 +91 46 £75,000 -21.05% 8
West London -2 5 £50,000 -5.66%
South London - 4 £50,950 -
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 (21.99%) Azure
2 40 (16.60%) AWS
3 33 (13.69%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (6.64%) GCP
5 10 (4.15%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.90%) IaaS
6 7 (2.90%) PaaS
7 6 (2.49%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.07%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.07%) SaaS
9 4 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.41%) AWS CodeCommit
11 1 (0.41%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.41%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.41%) Datadog
11 1 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.41%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 65 (26.97%) Firewall
2 39 (16.18%) Network Security
3 19 (7.88%) Wireless
4 18 (7.47%) DNS
5 13 (5.39%) Intrusion Detection
5 13 (5.39%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (4.15%) Broadband
6 10 (4.15%) NAS
7 5 (2.07%) DKIM
7 5 (2.07%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.83%) DHCP
8 2 (0.83%) VPN
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.41%) FTP
9 1 (0.41%) HTTP
9 1 (0.41%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.41%) LAN
9 1 (0.41%) SMTP
9 1 (0.41%) SNMP
9 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.07%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.41%) Redis
Development Applications
1 36 (14.94%) Metasploit
2 34 (14.11%) Burp Suite
3 8 (3.32%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.24%) Git
5 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.83%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.83%) JIRA
5 2 (0.83%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.83%) sqlmap
6 1 (0.41%) GitLab
6 1 (0.41%) Selenium
6 1 (0.41%) SoapUI
General
1 80 (33.20%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.41%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (17.43%) Finance
4 26 (10.79%) Law
5 22 (9.13%) Legal
6 17 (7.05%) Banking
7 16 (6.64%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (6.22%) Retail
9 13 (5.39%) Games
10 12 (4.98%) Marketing
11 10 (4.15%) Public Sector
12 9 (3.73%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.66%) International Banking
14 3 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.41%) Aeronautics
15 1 (0.41%) Automotive
15 1 (0.41%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 80 (33.20%) Tester
2 78 (32.37%) Penetration Tester
3 40 (16.60%) Lead
4 39 (16.18%) Senior
5 38 (15.77%) Analyst
6 30 (12.45%) Security Analyst
7 27 (11.20%) Team Leader
8 21 (8.71%) Senior Penetration Tester
8 21 (8.71%) Senior Tester
9 19 (7.88%) Consultant
10 16 (6.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 16 (6.64%) Security Engineer
11 14 (5.81%) Security Specialist
12 13 (5.39%) Test Team Leader
13 10 (4.15%) CISSP Analyst
13 10 (4.15%) IT Consultant
13 10 (4.15%) Security Manager
14 9 (3.73%) Security Consultant
15 8 (3.32%) Security Tester
16 7 (2.90%) SCCM Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.07%) .NET
2 2 (0.83%) OAuth
2 2 (0.83%) OAuth2
2 2 (0.83%) OpenID
2 2 (0.83%) RESTful
2 2 (0.83%) WPF
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
3 1 (0.41%) Kafka
3 1 (0.41%) Loki
3 1 (0.41%) React
3 1 (0.41%) SignalR
3 1 (0.41%) Spring
3 1 (0.41%) Spring Boot
3 1 (0.41%) Web Services
3 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.20%) Cyber Threat
2 20 (8.30%) Onboarding
3 18 (7.47%) Management Information System
3 18 (7.47%) Mobile App
4 17 (7.05%) Cyberattack
5 11 (4.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 10 (4.15%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (3.73%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.07%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.66%) CESG
10 4 (1.66%) IoT
10 4 (1.66%) PKI
10 4 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.24%) Mainframe
11 3 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.83%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 42 (17.43%) Linux
2 36 (14.94%) Windows
3 31 (12.86%) Kali Linux
4 17 (7.05%) Windows Server
5 11 (4.56%) Apple iOS
6 10 (4.15%) Android
6 10 (4.15%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.90%) Unix
8 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.41%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (71.37%) Cybersecurity
2 83 (34.44%) Information Security
3 73 (30.29%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (26.97%) Computer Science
5 54 (22.41%) Application Security
6 53 (21.99%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 51 (21.16%) Red Team
7 51 (21.16%) Security Testing
8 42 (17.43%) SIEM
9 34 (14.11%) Mentoring
10 33 (13.69%) Incident Response
10 33 (13.69%) Reverse Engineering
11 31 (12.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 30 (12.45%) Security Operations
13 29 (12.03%) Critical Thinking
13 29 (12.03%) Malware Analysis
14 25 (10.37%) Project Management
15 24 (9.96%) OWASP
16 22 (9.13%) Presales
16 22 (9.13%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.81%) Bash
1 14 (5.81%) Python
2 7 (2.90%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.49%) C#
3 6 (2.49%) Java
3 6 (2.49%) SQL
4 4 (1.66%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.83%) Go
6 1 (0.41%) Bicep
6 1 (0.41%) C++
6 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.41%) Perl
6 1 (0.41%) Ruby
6 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (26.56%) Degree
2 57 (23.65%) CISSP
3 49 (20.33%) CREST Certified
4 46 (19.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (12.03%) CompTIA Security+
6 25 (10.37%) CompTIA CySA+
7 24 (9.96%) CISM
8 23 (9.54%) OSCP
9 22 (9.13%) CISA
10 21 (8.71%) CEH
11 19 (7.88%) CHECK Team Leader
12 16 (6.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 16 (6.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 16 (6.64%) CCSP
12 16 (6.64%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (6.22%) SC Cleared
13 15 (6.22%) Security Cleared
14 14 (5.81%) Network+ Certification
15 11 (4.56%) Cyber Scheme
16 10 (4.15%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (17.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (14.11%) NIST
3 31 (12.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (9.96%) SOC 2
5 20 (8.30%) QA
6 17 (7.05%) PCI DSS
7 12 (4.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 12 (4.98%) GRC
8 10 (4.15%) GDPR
9 6 (2.49%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (1.66%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.66%) COBIT
10 4 (1.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (1.24%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.83%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (9.54%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.24%) Docker
5 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.41%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (4.15%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (3.73%) Nessus
3 8 (3.32%) QRadar
4 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (2.90%) SCCM
5 6 (2.49%) Ansible
6 5 (2.07%) CASB
6 5 (2.07%) DatAdvantage
6 5 (2.07%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.07%) Nmap
7 4 (1.66%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (1.66%) Terraform
8 2 (0.83%) WSUS
9 1 (0.41%) Core Impact
9 1 (0.41%) Grafana
9 1 (0.41%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 43 (17.84%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.47%) Google
2 18 (7.47%) VMware
3 11 (4.56%) Qualys
4 10 (4.15%) Apple
5 9 (3.73%) Cisco
6 5 (2.07%) Darktrace
6 5 (2.07%) Rapid7
6 5 (2.07%) Varonis
7 4 (1.66%) Alibaba
7 4 (1.66%) IBM
7 4 (1.66%) Kenna
8 3 (1.24%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.24%) Splunk
9 2 (0.83%) arcserve
9 2 (0.83%) Veeam
10 1 (0.41%) Dell
10 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.41%) SonicWALL