Penetration Testing Jobs in Salford

Penetration Testing
Manchester > Salford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Salford 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Salford 9.76% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £58,728 - -
25th Percentile £62,444 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,092 - -
75th Percentile £88,333 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £65,192 £58,750 £53,750
% change year-on-year +10.96% +9.30% -32.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Salford

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 Salford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39 107 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Salford 95.12% 76.98% 98.76%
Number of salaries quoted 28 74 55
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £36,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.05% -4.55% +29.41%
75th Percentile £72,281 £62,425 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
Manchester median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Salford

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Salford

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Salford

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Salford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Salford over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Salford

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford 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 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Principal Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Principal Security Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security Management
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) SABSA
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Security Management
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Security Hardening
4 1 (25.00%) Server Hardening
4 1 (25.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) MCSA
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (75.00%) NCSC
2 3 (75.00%) NIST
3 2 (50.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft