Security Testing Jobs in London

Security Testing
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 430 377
Rank change year-on-year +126 -53 +117
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 82 74 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.64% 0.31% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.34% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 59 69 120
10th Percentile £45,750 £55,500 £51,125
25th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £81,928
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -8.46% +17.04%
75th Percentile £113,750 £82,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £137,500 - £106,250
England median annual salary £71,500 £61,206 £75,000
% change year-on-year +16.82% -18.39% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Security 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 12,254 21,475 31,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.28% 90.91% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,959 15,836 23,027
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,162
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,287 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.71% -6.28% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in London

Security Testing
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in London

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in London

Security 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 Security Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 22 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 +41 7 £85,000 +54.55% 3
Security Testing
England

Security 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 4 (4.88%) Apache Spark
1 4 (4.88%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (1.22%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 37 (45.12%) Azure
2 34 (41.46%) AWS
3 18 (21.95%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (17.07%) Amazon EC2
4 14 (17.07%) GCP
5 9 (10.98%) Power Platform
6 8 (9.76%) PaaS
7 5 (6.10%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (6.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (6.10%) GitHub
8 3 (3.66%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (3.66%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.66%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.44%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.44%) IaaS
9 2 (2.44%) SaaS
10 1 (1.22%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.76%) Network Security
2 4 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.44%) VPN
3 2 (2.44%) Wireless
4 1 (1.22%) 4G
4 1 (1.22%) 5G
4 1 (1.22%) Firewall
4 1 (1.22%) HTTP
4 1 (1.22%) IPsec
4 1 (1.22%) VLAN
4 1 (1.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.95%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (7.32%) NoSQL
2 6 (7.32%) Power BI
3 4 (4.88%) Big Data
3 4 (4.88%) Delta Lake
4 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.22%) MySQL
5 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (26.83%) JMeter
2 20 (24.39%) Postman
2 20 (24.39%) Selenium
3 14 (17.07%) IntelliJ
4 13 (15.85%) Cypress.io
5 9 (10.98%) JIRA
6 8 (9.76%) Gatling
6 8 (9.76%) Jenkins
6 8 (9.76%) REST Assured
7 7 (8.54%) Git
7 7 (8.54%) JUnit
8 6 (7.32%) Burp Suite
8 6 (7.32%) LoadRunner
8 6 (7.32%) Locust
8 6 (7.32%) SoapUI
8 6 (7.32%) TestNG
9 5 (6.10%) Robot Framework
9 5 (6.10%) TestRail
10 4 (4.88%) TestCafe
11 3 (3.66%) GitLab
General
1 29 (35.37%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (10.98%) Finance
3 7 (8.54%) Banking
3 7 (8.54%) Law
4 6 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.66%) Legal
6 2 (2.44%) Games
6 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 28 (34.15%) Senior
2 14 (17.07%) Java Engineer
2 14 (17.07%) Senior Java Engineer
3 13 (15.85%) Tester
4 8 (9.76%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 8 (9.76%) Lead
4 8 (9.76%) Penetration Tester
4 8 (9.76%) Security Engineer
4 8 (9.76%) Test Engineer
5 7 (8.54%) Analyst
6 6 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.88%) Quality Analyst
7 4 (4.88%) Security Manager
7 4 (4.88%) Senior Quality Analyst
8 3 (3.66%) QA Leader
8 3 (3.66%) Security Specialist
8 3 (3.66%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.66%) Senior Penetration Tester
8 3 (3.66%) Senior Tester
8 3 (3.66%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (26.83%) REST
2 18 (21.95%) React
3 9 (10.98%) YAML
4 6 (7.32%) pytest
5 4 (4.88%) Jest
5 4 (4.88%) Playwright
5 4 (4.88%) RESTful
6 3 (3.66%) AngularJS
6 3 (3.66%) CSS
6 3 (3.66%) HTML
6 3 (3.66%) JSON
6 3 (3.66%) JWT
6 3 (3.66%) Node.js
6 3 (3.66%) OAuth
6 3 (3.66%) Swagger
6 3 (3.66%) Web Services
6 3 (3.66%) WebdriverIO
7 2 (2.44%) Kafka
7 2 (2.44%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (2.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.32%) Security Posture
2 4 (4.88%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.88%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (4.88%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.44%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.44%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.22%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.22%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.22%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.22%) Android
1 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (46.34%) CI/CD
2 37 (45.12%) Application Security
2 37 (45.12%) Test Automation
3 33 (40.24%) Software Testing
4 32 (39.02%) Agile
5 28 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (30.49%) OWASP
7 24 (29.27%) Penetration Testing
8 23 (28.05%) DevOps
8 23 (28.05%) Performance Testing
9 20 (24.39%) Containerisation
9 20 (24.39%) SDLC
10 19 (23.17%) Manual Testing
11 16 (19.51%) TDD
12 15 (18.29%) Cloud Security
13 14 (17.07%) Creative Thinking
13 14 (17.07%) Cybersecurity
13 14 (17.07%) DevSecOps
13 14 (17.07%) Emotional Intelligence
13 14 (17.07%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 30 (36.59%) Java
2 26 (31.71%) Python
3 24 (29.27%) SQL
4 13 (15.85%) JavaScript
5 7 (8.54%) Go
6 6 (7.32%) PowerShell
7 4 (4.88%) Scala
8 3 (3.66%) C#
8 3 (3.66%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.44%) Ruby
10 1 (1.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 29 (35.37%) Degree
2 21 (25.61%) Master's Degree
3 20 (24.39%) ISTQB
4 16 (19.51%) SC Cleared
4 16 (19.51%) Security Cleared
5 14 (17.07%) PhD
6 10 (12.20%) CREST Certified
6 10 (12.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 7 (8.54%) Azure Certification
8 6 (7.32%) CISSP
9 5 (6.10%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (4.88%) CHECK Team Leader
11 3 (3.66%) CISM
11 3 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (3.66%) OSCP
11 3 (3.66%) OSWP
12 2 (2.44%) CCNA
12 2 (2.44%) CCNP
12 2 (2.44%) CISA
12 2 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (14.63%) QA
2 11 (13.41%) NIST
3 7 (8.54%) NCSC
4 5 (6.10%) Accessibility
5 4 (4.88%) GDPR
6 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 24 (29.27%) Docker
2 3 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (30.49%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.32%) Terraform
3 5 (6.10%) HP Fortify
3 5 (6.10%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (1.22%) Ansible
4 1 (1.22%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.22%) Grafana
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.22%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (6.10%) Databricks
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.44%) Cisco
3 2 (2.44%) F5
3 2 (2.44%) Fortinet
3 2 (2.44%) Palo Alto
3 2 (2.44%) Splunk
4 1 (1.22%) Checkmarx
4 1 (1.22%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.22%) Google
4 1 (1.22%) HP
4 1 (1.22%) Sophos