Penetration Testing Jobs in the Midlands

Penetration Testing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 270 258
Rank change year-on-year +41 -12 +47
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 33 52 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.48% 0.42% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.52% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 30 39 32
10th Percentile £50,125 £31,750 £41,291
25th Percentile £57,688 £43,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile - £105,000 £84,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -2.26% +6.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,282 10,006 8,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.71% 81.05% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,426 7,265 4,418
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,374 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 24 May 2025.

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 24 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
West Midlands +54 30 £67,500 +22.73% 170
East Midlands +10 3 £40,000 -38.46% 119
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) Bluetooth
1 3 (9.09%) Network Security
1 3 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (6.06%) 5G
2 2 (6.06%) Firewall
2 2 (6.06%) LTE
3 1 (3.03%) DHCP
3 1 (3.03%) DNS
3 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.03%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (54.55%) JIRA
1 18 (54.55%) Selenium
General
1 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (9.09%) Electronics
3 3 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Automotive
4 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Legal
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 22 (66.67%) Lead
2 18 (54.55%) Automation Engineer
2 18 (54.55%) Validation Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Security Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Information Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Information Security Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) IT Security Officer
6 1 (3.03%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Principal Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Project Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Security Officer
6 1 (3.03%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 18 (54.55%) Operational Technology
1 18 (54.55%) SCADA
2 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) IoT
3 2 (6.06%) NB-IoT
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Infotainment
4 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
1 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (87.88%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (57.58%) Computer Science
2 19 (57.58%) Mentoring
2 19 (57.58%) Test Automation
3 18 (54.55%) Model Validation
3 18 (54.55%) Validation
4 7 (21.21%) Incident Response
5 5 (15.15%) Information Security
5 5 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (12.12%) Threat Detection
6 4 (12.12%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (9.09%) Security Operations
7 3 (9.09%) SIEM
8 2 (6.06%) OWASP
8 2 (6.06%) People Management
8 2 (6.06%) Project Planning
8 2 (6.06%) SABSA
8 2 (6.06%) Security Architecture
8 2 (6.06%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Bash
1 3 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (63.64%) Degree
2 18 (54.55%) ISTQB
3 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 3 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (6.06%) CEH
5 2 (6.06%) CISSP
5 2 (6.06%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (3.03%) A+ Certification
6 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (18.18%) NIST
3 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (12.12%) GDPR
4 2 (6.06%) NCSC
4 2 (6.06%) SOC 2
5 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.03%) GRC
5 1 (3.03%) JTAG
5 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (6.06%) vSphere
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Ansible
1 2 (6.06%) Puppet
1 2 (6.06%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) Kibana
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) VMware
3 1 (3.03%) LogRhythm
3 1 (3.03%) Splunk