Penetration Testing Job Trends in Portsmouth

Penetration Testing
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - 55
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.45% - 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% - 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £42,550 - -
25th Percentile £42,625 - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 - £60,000
75th Percentile £48,625 - £62,500
90th Percentile £48,850 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £45,500 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +13.75% -8.57% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 316 136 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 71.17% 88.89% 78.56%
Number of salaries quoted 232 90 331
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,375 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,125 - £78,750
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -4.76%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Penetration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) IT Support
2 1 (50.00%) Senior IT Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft