Penetration Testing Jobs in Scotland

Penetration Testing
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 203 198
Rank change year-on-year -74 -5 -35
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 8 30 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.62% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.66% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 22
10th Percentile £47,550 £49,263 £33,375
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,636 £40,464
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +20.93% +16.85%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,263 £71,313
90th Percentile £64,000 £89,875 £77,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,199 4,515 5,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 93.12% 94.02% 91.39%
Number of salaries quoted 2,451 2,241 2,790
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,885 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,810 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +10.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,456 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.51% +2.43% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Scotland

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Scotland

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Scotland

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 April 2024. 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
Glasgow -116 4 £60,000 -9.43% 7
Highlands - 3 £60,000 -
Penetration Testing
UK

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (37.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Security Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Compliance Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Information Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Compliance Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Compliance Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) Secure Coding
4 2 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Blue Team
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
5 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
5 1 (12.50%) Information Security
5 1 (12.50%) Internal Audit
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Red Team
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CISSP
2 4 (50.00%) CISM
3 3 (37.50%) CISA
4 1 (12.50%) CISMP
4 1 (12.50%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (62.50%) NIST
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (25.00%) GDPR
3 2 (25.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Qualys