Penetration Testing Jobs in the Midlands

Penetration Testing
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 264 259 295
Rank change year-on-year -5 +36 -73
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 52 64 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.44% 0.67% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.69% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43 31 45
10th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £37,871
25th Percentile £40,743 £52,500 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -21.43%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £77,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Penetration 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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,629 9,256 10,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.40% 96.62% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7,119 4,632 6,959
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,792 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,475 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the Midlands

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in the Midlands

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in the Midlands

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Midlands -1 31 £55,000 -8.33% 3
East Midlands +3 21 £65,000 - 6
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.23%) AWS
2 8 (15.38%) Amazon ECS
2 8 (15.38%) Cloudflare
3 5 (9.62%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.77%) Azure
6 1 (1.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.92%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (1.92%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.15%) Firewall
2 4 (7.69%) Bluetooth
2 4 (7.69%) Ethernet
2 4 (7.69%) FlexRay
2 4 (7.69%) Network Security
2 4 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (7.69%) Wireless
3 3 (5.77%) SAN
4 2 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.85%) VPN
4 2 (3.85%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.92%) 3GPP
5 1 (1.92%) 5G
5 1 (1.92%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (1.92%) HTTP
5 1 (1.92%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Git
2 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 14 (26.92%) Legal
2 13 (25.00%) Finance
3 9 (17.31%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (15.38%) Games
4 8 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 7 (13.46%) Automotive
6 6 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (9.62%) Telecoms
8 4 (7.69%) Retail
9 3 (5.77%) Aerospace
9 3 (5.77%) Electronics
9 3 (5.77%) Manufacturing
9 3 (5.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (32.69%) Lead
2 9 (17.31%) Tester
3 8 (15.38%) Penetration Tester
3 8 (15.38%) Technical Leader
4 5 (9.62%) Team Leader
4 5 (9.62%) Test Team Leader
5 4 (7.69%) Information Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Information Security Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Security Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Senior
5 4 (7.69%) Test Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.85%) IT Security Manager
7 2 (3.85%) IT Security Officer
7 2 (3.85%) Junior
7 2 (3.85%) Security Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Security Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Security Officer
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.38%) Laravel
2 4 (7.69%) EDI
3 1 (1.92%) OAuth
3 1 (1.92%) OpenID
3 1 (1.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (28.85%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (19.23%) Security Posture
3 6 (11.54%) IoT
3 6 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (5.77%) Cyberattack
5 3 (5.77%) Driving Licence
5 3 (5.77%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.92%) Cybercrime
7 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.69%) Windows
2 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (73.08%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (42.31%) Information Security
3 21 (40.38%) Incident Response
4 15 (28.85%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (23.08%) API Testing
5 12 (23.08%) Data Privacy
5 12 (23.08%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 11 (21.15%) Data Protection
7 10 (19.23%) Agile
8 9 (17.31%) DevOps
8 9 (17.31%) Fintech
8 9 (17.31%) Risk Management
9 8 (15.38%) Cloud Security
9 8 (15.38%) Computer Science
9 8 (15.38%) Ethical Hacking
9 8 (15.38%) Security Auditing
9 8 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (15.38%) Test Strategy
10 7 (13.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 7 (13.46%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.38%) PHP
1 8 (15.38%) Rust
2 6 (11.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (26.92%) CISSP
1 14 (26.92%) Degree
2 13 (25.00%) OSCP
3 12 (23.08%) CISM
4 5 (9.62%) CEH
4 5 (9.62%) CREST Certified
4 5 (9.62%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.77%) CTC Cleared
6 3 (5.77%) SC Cleared
7 2 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.85%) GCFA
7 2 (3.85%) GCFE
7 2 (3.85%) GCIH
7 2 (3.85%) GREM
7 2 (3.85%) SANS
8 1 (1.92%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (1.92%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (15.38%) GRC
3 7 (13.46%) NIST
4 4 (7.69%) QA
5 3 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (5.77%) JTAG
6 2 (3.85%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (1.92%) GDPR
7 1 (1.92%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.92%) NCSC
7 1 (1.92%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (5.77%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.85%) Firmware
2 2 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.85%) CSIRT
2 2 (3.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.77%) Cisco
2 3 (5.77%) HP
2 3 (5.77%) Lauterbach
2 3 (5.77%) Nimble Storage
2 3 (5.77%) Veeam
2 3 (5.77%) VMware
3 2 (3.85%) Forcepoint
4 1 (1.92%) SAP