Penetration Testing Jobs in the South East

Penetration Testing
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 334 334
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 -28
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 64 81 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.54% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.57% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 42 42 118
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £111,250 £91,475
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,122 14,301 18,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.88% 94.48% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9,946 8,298 12,047
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,265 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +9.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the South East

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in the South East

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in the South East

Penetration Testing
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 Penetration Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 25 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
Thames Valley -17 18 £72,500 +3.57% 10
Berkshire -2 15 £72,500 - 9
West Sussex +54 14 £72,500 +26.09% 4
Kent +12 11 £42,500 +4.94% 2
Surrey -3 10 £58,750 -18.97% 4
Hampshire - 9 £43,750 - 2
Buckinghamshire -19 3 - -
Sussex - 1 - -
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 24 (37.50%) Azure
2 5 (7.81%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (6.25%) AWS
4 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.13%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.56%) GCP
6 1 (1.56%) PaaS
6 1 (1.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (45.31%) Firewall
2 22 (34.38%) Network Security
3 12 (18.75%) DNS
3 12 (18.75%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (14.06%) SSL
5 8 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 8 (12.50%) VPN
6 6 (9.38%) BGP
6 6 (9.38%) Wireless
7 5 (7.81%) IPsec
7 5 (7.81%) LAN
7 5 (7.81%) NGFW
7 5 (7.81%) OSPF
7 5 (7.81%) VLAN
7 5 (7.81%) WAN
8 4 (6.25%) HTTP
8 4 (6.25%) SMTP
9 3 (4.69%) Internet
9 3 (4.69%) Wireshark
10 2 (3.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.81%) NoSQL
General
1 23 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.06%) Finance
2 9 (14.06%) Telecoms
3 7 (10.94%) Military
4 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.38%) Legal
4 6 (9.38%) Marketing
5 3 (4.69%) Retail
6 1 (1.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 16 (25.00%) Analyst
2 11 (17.19%) Security Manager
3 10 (15.63%) Security Assurance Manager
4 9 (14.06%) Architect
4 9 (14.06%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 9 (14.06%) Security Analyst
4 9 (14.06%) Security Architect
5 6 (9.38%) Business Development Manager
5 6 (9.38%) Business Manager
5 6 (9.38%) Development Manager
5 6 (9.38%) Security Technical Architect
5 6 (9.38%) Technical Architect
5 6 (9.38%) Vulnerability Analyst
6 5 (7.81%) Security Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Junior
7 4 (6.25%) Lead
8 3 (4.69%) Junior Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) Junior Security Analyst
8 3 (4.69%) NOC Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.38%) OAuth
1 6 (9.38%) OAuth2
2 3 (4.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (20.31%) Data Centre
2 12 (18.75%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 6 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (9.38%) Cyberattack
4 6 (9.38%) Security Posture
5 5 (7.81%) Algorithms
5 5 (7.81%) Data Structures
6 4 (6.25%) Operational Technology
7 3 (4.69%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (4.69%) Raspberry Pi
8 1 (1.56%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.56%) IoT
8 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.31%) Windows
2 5 (7.81%) Android
2 5 (7.81%) Apple iOS
3 3 (4.69%) Kali Linux
3 3 (4.69%) Linux
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (68.75%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (35.94%) Vulnerability Management
3 20 (31.25%) Application Security
3 20 (31.25%) Computer Science
3 20 (31.25%) OWASP
4 17 (26.56%) Information Security
5 16 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 15 (23.44%) Purple Team
6 15 (23.44%) Red Team
7 14 (21.88%) Patch Management
7 14 (21.88%) Risk Management
7 14 (21.88%) Security Operations
8 13 (20.31%) Incident Response
8 13 (20.31%) Security Management
9 12 (18.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 11 (17.19%) Threat Detection
11 10 (15.63%) SIEM
12 9 (14.06%) Secure Coding
12 9 (14.06%) Stakeholder Management
13 8 (12.50%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.06%) Python
2 3 (4.69%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 22 (34.38%) Degree
2 15 (23.44%) CISSP
3 13 (20.31%) GIAC
4 10 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (15.63%) CISM
5 9 (14.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (12.50%) GPEN
7 5 (7.81%) CCIE
7 5 (7.81%) CCNA
7 5 (7.81%) CCNP
7 5 (7.81%) CREST Certified
7 5 (7.81%) JNCIE
8 3 (4.69%) AWS Certification
8 3 (4.69%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.69%) MCSA
8 3 (4.69%) MCSE
8 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (4.69%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (4.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (3.13%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (34.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (17.19%) NIST
3 9 (14.06%) GRC
4 8 (12.50%) GDPR
5 6 (9.38%) NIST 800
6 5 (7.81%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (6.25%) NCSC
8 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (4.69%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.56%) COBIT
9 1 (1.56%) JSP 440
System Software
1 13 (20.31%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (17.19%) WSUS
2 6 (9.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 6 (9.38%) Nessus
3 5 (7.81%) Ansible
4 3 (4.69%) Suricata
Vendors
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) Cisco
2 6 (9.38%) Palo Alto
2 6 (9.38%) Qualys
3 5 (7.81%) VMware
4 3 (4.69%) Juniper
4 3 (4.69%) Red Hat
4 3 (4.69%) Splunk
5 1 (1.56%) SonicWALL