Penetration Tester Jobs in Manchester

Penetration Tester
North West > Manchester

The median Penetration Tester salary in Manchester is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 246 256
Rank change year-on-year +32 +10 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 5 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.099% 0.16% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.17% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile - £41,250 £63,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -18.75% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile - - £84,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 4,799 4,653 5,524
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 91.74% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,726 2,711 3,740
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,600 £57,325 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +4.23% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in Manchester

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in Manchester.

Salary trend for Penetration Tester in Manchester

Penetration Tester
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 23 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
Altrincham - 3 £50,000 -
Penetration Tester
North West

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) OSCP
2 4 (80.00%) CREST Certified
2 4 (80.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (60.00%) Red Team
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
3 3 (60.00%) OSCE
3 3 (60.00%) Qualys
3 3 (60.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) OWASP
3 3 (60.00%) Metasploit
3 3 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (60.00%) Python
3 3 (60.00%) Wireless
3 3 (60.00%) Information Security
3 3 (60.00%) Nessus
3 3 (60.00%) Nmap
3 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
3 3 (60.00%) IoT
3 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) Social Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 3 (60.00%) Burp Suite
3 3 (60.00%) Kali Linux

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (60.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (60.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (60.00%) IoT
2 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
3 3 (60.00%) Information Security
3 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) OWASP
3 3 (60.00%) Red Team
3 3 (60.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Social Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (20.00%) Offensive Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CREST Certified
1 4 (80.00%) OSCP
2 3 (60.00%) OSCE
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Nessus
1 3 (60.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Qualys