Penetration Tester Jobs in the South West

Penetration Tester
England > South West

The median Penetration Tester salary in the South West is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 251 291
Rank change year-on-year -18 +40 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 22 17 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.24% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.27% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 9
10th Percentile - - £43,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £24,146 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -20.83% +23.08%
75th Percentile £52,500 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £66,750 £75,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 8,796 6,256 7,645
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.28% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,444 3,885 5,118
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in the South West

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in the South West.

Salary trend for Penetration Tester in the South West

Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Tester in the South West

Penetration Tester
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Bristol +15 20 £45,000 -28.00% 1
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
Penetration Tester
England

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 21 (95.45%) Penetration Testing
2 16 (72.73%) Degree
2 16 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (72.73%) Incident Response
3 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
3 14 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (59.09%) Computer Science
5 12 (54.55%) Risk Analysis
5 12 (54.55%) OSCP
6 11 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
7 9 (40.91%) Red Team
8 8 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (31.82%) Mobile App
9 7 (31.82%) Security Posture
10 6 (27.27%) CREST Certified
10 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
11 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 4 (18.18%) Nmap
12 4 (18.18%) Internet
12 4 (18.18%) Cryptography
12 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
12 4 (18.18%) Wireless Security
12 4 (18.18%) Metasploit
12 4 (18.18%) Reverse Engineering
12 4 (18.18%) Bash
12 4 (18.18%) Firewall
12 4 (18.18%) Wireless
12 4 (18.18%) Law
12 4 (18.18%) C#

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (18.18%) Firewall
1 4 (18.18%) Internet
1 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 4 (18.18%) Wireless
1 4 (18.18%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Burp Suite
1 4 (18.18%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Mobile App
1 7 (31.82%) Security Posture
2 4 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Kali Linux
1 4 (18.18%) Unix
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Android
2 3 (13.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) Penetration Testing
2 16 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (72.73%) Incident Response
3 14 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (59.09%) Computer Science
5 12 (54.55%) Risk Analysis
6 9 (40.91%) Red Team
7 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
8 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (18.18%) Cryptography
9 4 (18.18%) Malware Analysis
9 4 (18.18%) Mobile Application Development
9 4 (18.18%) Reverse Engineering
9 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
10 2 (9.09%) Critical Thinking
10 2 (9.09%) Information Security
10 2 (9.09%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Bash
1 4 (18.18%) C#
1 4 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (72.73%) Degree
2 12 (54.55%) OSCP
3 11 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
4 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (27.27%) CREST Certified
5 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.55%) CCSAM
6 1 (4.55%) CCSAS
6 1 (4.55%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (4.55%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Red Hat