Security Testing Jobs in London

Security Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 434 367 487
Rank change year-on-year -67 +120 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 72 282 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.82% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.86% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 66 122 156
10th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £43,125
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,625 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £81,928 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +17.04% +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile - £106,250 £97,290
England median annual salary £61,206 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.39% +7.14% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Security 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 21,537 32,863 65,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.17% 95.33% 96.93%
Number of salaries quoted 15,985 23,589 34,129
10th Percentile £37,800 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,750 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,073 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% +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%

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 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 +41 3 £55,000 -38.89%
West London -4 1 £57,500 -28.13% 1
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 1 (1.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.56%) Azure
2 2 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.78%) SaaS
3 1 (1.39%) Azure AKS
3 1 (1.39%) IaaS
3 1 (1.39%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (38.89%) Network Security
2 9 (12.50%) Wireless
3 8 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 31 (43.06%) Burp Suite
1 31 (43.06%) Metasploit
2 4 (5.56%) Selenium
3 3 (4.17%) JIRA
4 2 (2.78%) Appium
4 2 (2.78%) Cucumber
4 2 (2.78%) JUnit
4 2 (2.78%) SoapUI
4 2 (2.78%) TestNG
4 2 (2.78%) TestRail
4 2 (2.78%) WebDriver
5 1 (1.39%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.39%) JMeter
5 1 (1.39%) Postman
General
1 36 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 29 (40.28%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (18.06%) Finance
4 9 (12.50%) Marketing
5 8 (11.11%) Legal
6 7 (9.72%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (9.72%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.94%) Law
8 4 (5.56%) Retail
9 2 (2.78%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (1.39%) Games
10 1 (1.39%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.39%) iGaming
10 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 39 (54.17%) Tester
2 38 (52.78%) Penetration Tester
3 24 (33.33%) Senior
4 11 (15.28%) Consultant
4 11 (15.28%) Security Consultant
5 10 (13.89%) Senior Consultant
5 10 (13.89%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 10 (13.89%) Senior Security Consultant
5 10 (13.89%) Senior Tester
5 10 (13.89%) Senior Testing Consultant
5 10 (13.89%) Testing Consultant
6 6 (8.33%) Security Penetration Tester
6 6 (8.33%) Security Tester
7 5 (6.94%) Information Manager
7 5 (6.94%) Information Security Manager
7 5 (6.94%) Lead
7 5 (6.94%) Security Manager
8 4 (5.56%) Team Leader
8 4 (5.56%) Test Team Leader
9 3 (4.17%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.17%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.39%) .NET
2 1 (1.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (8.33%) Cyberattack
1 6 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 5 (6.94%) Cyber Security Posture
2 5 (6.94%) Mobile App
3 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.17%) IoT
5 1 (1.39%) Media Streaming
5 1 (1.39%) Over-the-Top Content
5 1 (1.39%) STB
Operating Systems
1 31 (43.06%) Kali Linux
2 28 (38.89%) Linux
3 1 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (68.06%) Penetration Testing
2 47 (65.28%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (61.11%) Information Security
4 38 (52.78%) Application Security
4 38 (52.78%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (51.39%) Red Team
6 32 (44.44%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 28 (38.89%) Computer Science
7 28 (38.89%) Critical Thinking
7 28 (38.89%) Malware Analysis
7 28 (38.89%) Reverse Engineering
8 10 (13.89%) OWASP
9 9 (12.50%) Mentoring
10 7 (9.72%) Project Management
10 7 (9.72%) Risk Management
10 7 (9.72%) Roadmaps
10 7 (9.72%) Social Engineering
10 7 (9.72%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 6 (8.33%) Actionable Insight
11 6 (8.33%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.17%) Python
2 1 (1.39%) Bicep
2 1 (1.39%) C++
2 1 (1.39%) Java
2 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (38.89%) Computer Science Degree
1 28 (38.89%) Degree
2 20 (27.78%) CREST Certified
3 15 (20.83%) OSCP
4 6 (8.33%) CHECK Team Leader
4 6 (8.33%) CHECK Team Member
4 6 (8.33%) Cyber Scheme
4 6 (8.33%) PCI QSA
4 6 (8.33%) Tigerscheme
5 5 (6.94%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.94%) Security Cleared
6 4 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (5.56%) CCSAM
7 3 (4.17%) CEH
7 3 (4.17%) CISSP
7 3 (4.17%) OSCE
8 2 (2.78%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.78%) GPEN
9 1 (1.39%) GIAC
9 1 (1.39%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.28%) GRC
2 7 (9.72%) PCI DSS
3 6 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (8.33%) NIST
4 5 (6.94%) QA
4 5 (6.94%) SOC 2
5 3 (4.17%) Accessibility
5 3 (4.17%) GDPR
6 1 (1.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (1.39%) NCSC
6 1 (1.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (4.17%) Nessus
2 3 (4.17%) Nmap
3 1 (1.39%) Ansible
3 1 (1.39%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.17%) Qualys
2 1 (1.39%) Hitachi
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.39%) VMware