Penetration Testing Jobs in Milton Keynes

Penetration Testing
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes 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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 84 78
Rank change year-on-year +54 -6 +4
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 8 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 3.39% 0.095% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 0.11% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile - - £45,625
25th Percentile £87,750 - £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,500 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £93,250 - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £90,500 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 220 898 753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 93.22% 85.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 113 616 491
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £48,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £76,009 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Milton Keynes

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Milton Keynes

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (12.50%) 5G
1 1 (12.50%) Bluetooth
1 1 (12.50%) LTE
1 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Lead
2 6 (75.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) IoT
1 1 (12.50%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Budgeting
1 6 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Coaching
1 6 (75.00%) Collaborative Working
1 6 (75.00%) Security Testing
1 6 (75.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 6 (75.00%) Threat Management
1 6 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Information Governance
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Offensive Security
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
2 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bash
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (12.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Puppet
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) VMware