Penetration Testing Job Trends in Sheffield

Penetration Testing
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - +38
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.22% - 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% - 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +140.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £66,250 - £90,000
% change year-on-year - - +140.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 363 513 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 79.96% 79.41% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 266 226 258
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £44,738 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £58,465 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.03% +16.93% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £78,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £57,982 £47,500
% change year-on-year -31.01% +22.07% -

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Penetration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP