Red Team Jobs in London

Red Teaming
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Red Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Red Team over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 437 544
Rank change year-on-year +84 +107 +297
Permanent jobs citing Red Team 43 64 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.34% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.30% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 24 57 41
10th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 -
25th Percentile £74,688 £67,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £76,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile £112,500 £82,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £130,000 - £98,000
England median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £67,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% +11.94% -4.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Red Team 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 12,300 21,691 30,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.24% 90.27% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,989 15,892 22,392
10th Percentile £41,750 £37,500 £42,750
25th Percentile £55,500 £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 £123,750 £115,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Red Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in London

Red Team
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Red Team in London.

Salary trend for Red Team in London

Red Team
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Team in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Red Team in London

Red Team
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Team within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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 +28 2 - - 2
Red Team
England

Red Team
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.30%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.65%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 15 (34.88%) Manufacturing
1 15 (34.88%) Retail
2 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Dutch Language
3 4 (9.30%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Finnish Language
3 4 (9.30%) Norwegian Language
4 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Games
5 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.33%) Catalan Language
6 1 (2.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (34.88%) Trainer
2 9 (20.93%) Senior
3 7 (16.28%) Consultant
3 7 (16.28%) Lead
3 7 (16.28%) Security Consultant
4 6 (13.95%) Penetration Tester
4 6 (13.95%) Tester
5 4 (9.30%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 4 (9.30%) Senior Tester
6 3 (6.98%) Security Specialist
6 3 (6.98%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Information Assurance Leader
7 2 (4.65%) Lead Consultant
7 2 (4.65%) Lead Security Consultant
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Service Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Service Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.33%) Cloud Consultant
8 1 (2.33%) Cloud Security Consultant
8 1 (2.33%) Security Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 15 (34.88%) Robotics
2 6 (13.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (6.98%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (6.98%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.65%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Android
1 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (48.84%) Penetration Testing
2 17 (39.53%) Offensive Security
3 16 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (34.88%) Artificial Intelligence
4 15 (34.88%) Generative AI
4 15 (34.88%) LLM
4 15 (34.88%) Machine Learning
5 12 (27.91%) Security Testing
6 11 (25.58%) Data Privacy
7 9 (20.93%) Blue Team
7 9 (20.93%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (18.60%) Purple Team
9 7 (16.28%) Mentoring
9 7 (16.28%) Presales
10 6 (13.95%) Actionable Insight
10 6 (13.95%) Application Security
11 4 (9.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 4 (9.30%) Information Security
11 4 (9.30%) Risk Management
11 4 (9.30%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) Go
1 2 (4.65%) Python
2 1 (2.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (39.53%) CREST Certified
2 15 (34.88%) Degree
3 10 (23.26%) CCSAS
4 7 (16.28%) CHECK Team Leader
4 7 (16.28%) OSCP
4 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
4 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.98%) CCSAM
5 3 (6.98%) OSWP
6 2 (4.65%) CHECK Team Member
6 2 (4.65%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.60%) QA
2 3 (6.98%) NIST
3 2 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.65%) NCSC
3 2 (4.65%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Ansible
1 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.33%) Nessus
1 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (34.88%) Adobe
1 15 (34.88%) Databricks
1 15 (34.88%) Google