GPEN Jobs in the South East

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 402 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 8 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.048% 0.040% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.10% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% +63.64% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

GPEN is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,740 5,888 6,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.39% 39.45% 32.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,658 2,614 3,154
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,350 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GPEN in the South East.

Salary trend for GPEN in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Berkshire +28 8 £72,500 -
Thames Valley +25 8 £72,500 -
GPEN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 8 (100.00%) Finance
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 8 (100.00%) Security Manager
2 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Telecoms Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Application Security
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 8 (100.00%) Content Development
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 8 (100.00%) OWASP
1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 8 (100.00%) Purple Team
1 8 (100.00%) Red Team
1 8 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 8 (100.00%) Security Management
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 8 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISM
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) GRC
2 6 (75.00%) GDPR
2 6 (75.00%) NIST
2 6 (75.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (75.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Qualys