Red Team Jobs in the North of England

Red Teaming
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Red Team skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Red Team over the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 389 403
Rank change year-on-year +223 +14 +35
Permanent jobs citing Red Team 196 8 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.57% 0.041% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 0.051% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - - £54,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £45,000 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £66,563
90th Percentile - £78,500 £73,875
England median annual salary £85,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +17.24% +7.41% -3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Red Team 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,238 15,812 14,704
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 90.24% 80.15% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,556 11,532 7,694
10th Percentile £25,084 £27,500 £31,149
25th Percentile £32,750 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.82% -12.00% +4.17%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Red Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in the North of England

Red Team
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Red Team in the North of England.

Salary trend for Red Team in the North of England

Red Team
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Team within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 June 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
Yorkshire +155 121 £57,500 - 7
North West +77 60 - - 12
North East - 15 - - 2
Red Team
England

Red Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (0.51%) AWS
1 1 (0.51%) Azure
1 1 (0.51%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.51%) Metasploit
General
1 195 (99.49%) Manufacturing
1 195 (99.49%) Retail
2 52 (26.53%) Dutch Language
2 52 (26.53%) Finnish Language
2 52 (26.53%) Norwegian Language
3 13 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.63%) Catalan Language
Job Titles
1 195 (99.49%) Trainer
2 1 (0.51%) Penetration Tester
2 1 (0.51%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 195 (99.49%) Robotics
2 1 (0.51%) Cyberattack
2 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (99.49%) Artificial Intelligence
1 195 (99.49%) Generative AI
1 195 (99.49%) LLM
1 195 (99.49%) Machine Learning
1 195 (99.49%) Problem-Solving
2 143 (72.96%) Data Privacy
3 13 (6.63%) Biochemistry
3 13 (6.63%) Biology
3 13 (6.63%) Chemistry
4 1 (0.51%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (0.51%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (0.51%) Offensive Security
4 1 (0.51%) OSSTMM
4 1 (0.51%) OWASP
4 1 (0.51%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (0.51%) Purple Team
4 1 (0.51%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (0.51%) Social Engineering
4 1 (0.51%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (0.51%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.51%) Bash
1 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 195 (99.49%) Degree
2 1 (0.51%) CREST Certified
2 1 (0.51%) OSCE
2 1 (0.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.51%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (0.51%) Nmap
Vendors
1 195 (99.49%) Adobe
1 195 (99.49%) Databricks
1 195 (99.49%) Google