Penetration Testing Jobs in Manchester

Penetration Testing
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 201 216
Rank change year-on-year +57 +15 -6
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 18 24 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.82% 0.44% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.52% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 16 22 18
10th Percentile £25,750 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £36,468 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,192 £58,750 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.96% +9.30% -32.81%
75th Percentile £81,146 £65,000 £64,063
90th Percentile £91,041 £75,000 £70,875
North West median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +1.67% +12.15% -23.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Penetration 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,092 4,598 4,510
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.48% 85.02% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,170 3,481 2,475
10th Percentile £29,975 £30,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,625 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Manchester

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Manchester

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Manchester

Penetration Testing
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 Testing within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 29 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
Oldham - 4 £26,500 -
Salford - 4 £76,092 - 1
Penetration Testing
North West

Penetration Testing
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (11.11%) AWS
3 2 (11.11%) AWS KMS
4 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 1 (5.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
1 3 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (11.11%) DNS
2 2 (11.11%) HTTP
2 2 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (11.11%) SMTP
2 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.56%) VoIP
General
1 10 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (27.78%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Banking
5 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Legal
6 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Security Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Help Desk Support
2 4 (22.22%) Help Desk Support Technician
2 4 (22.22%) Help Desk Technician
2 4 (22.22%) Support Technician
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Lead
3 3 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Security Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Information Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
4 2 (11.11%) IT Manager
4 2 (11.11%) IT Security Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Principal Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Principal Security Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Lead Security Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Security Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) PyTorch
1 2 (11.11%) scikit-learn
1 2 (11.11%) TensorFlow
2 1 (5.56%) EDI
2 1 (5.56%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) Algorithms
3 2 (11.11%) Cyberattack
3 2 (11.11%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (5.56%) NHS
4 1 (5.56%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
1 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) Information Security
3 7 (38.89%) Cloud Security
3 7 (38.89%) Incident Response
4 6 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (27.78%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
6 4 (22.22%) ITSM
6 4 (22.22%) Risk Analysis
6 4 (22.22%) Security Management
6 4 (22.22%) Service Management
6 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (16.67%) Information Security Management
7 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 3 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (16.67%) SABSA
7 3 (16.67%) Security Architecture
7 3 (16.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) CISM
1 6 (33.33%) CISSP
2 3 (16.67%) CEH
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) CISA
3 2 (11.11%) CRISC
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) MCSA
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (38.89%) NIST
3 3 (16.67%) NCSC
4 2 (11.11%) GDPR
4 2 (11.11%) GRC
4 2 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 2 (11.11%) QA
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) Monzo
3 1 (5.56%) Samsung