Penetration Testing Jobs in Reading

Penetration Testing
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 110 110
Rank change year-on-year - 0 +7
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 0 17 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading - 0.98% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.11% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £72,500 -
Berkshire median annual salary - £72,500 £86,250
% change year-on-year - -15.94% +30.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 427 1,532 1,498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 86.09% 88.05% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 216 916 762
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,938 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,748 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -12.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £80,000 £94,975
Berkshire median annual salary £57,500 £53,263 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.96% -11.23% -

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Reading

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Reading