Penetration Testing Jobs in the South West

Penetration Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 236 235 259
Rank change year-on-year -1 +24 -20
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 56 37 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.61% 0.53% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.56% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 23 24 39
10th Percentile £37,500 £24,146 £49,125
25th Percentile £41,415 £32,500 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,000 £70,400
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -27.56% +57.32%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,313 £90,000
90th Percentile £77,250 £83,125 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,708 6,650 7,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.27% 94.51% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5,555 3,708 4,953
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the South West

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in the South West

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in the South West

Penetration Testing
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 Testing within the South West 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
Bristol +12 28 £50,000 -10.21% 8
Gloucestershire +1 21 £90,000 +80.00% 3
Wiltshire -6 4 £72,500 +42.16% 4
Devon -12 3 £50,950 +111.01%
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (8.93%) AWS
1 5 (8.93%) Azure
2 3 (5.36%) Azure Service Bus
2 3 (5.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (5.36%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (5.36%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (5.36%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.36%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.79%) Azure AKS
3 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.29%) Firewall
1 8 (14.29%) Network Security
2 5 (8.93%) Wireless
3 4 (7.14%) Internet
3 4 (7.14%) TCP/IP
3 4 (7.14%) Wireless Security
4 3 (5.36%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.79%) LAN
5 1 (1.79%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.36%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Burp Suite
1 4 (7.14%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.79%) Snyk
General
1 18 (32.14%) Aerospace
2 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (12.50%) Aviation
5 7 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (12.50%) Military
6 5 (8.93%) Law
7 3 (5.36%) Finance
8 1 (1.79%) Legal
8 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) Penetration Tester
1 21 (37.50%) Tester
2 14 (25.00%) Senior
3 11 (19.64%) Consultant
4 10 (17.86%) Security Consultant
4 10 (17.86%) Security Penetration Tester
4 10 (17.86%) Security Tester
5 9 (16.07%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 5 (8.93%) Lead
6 5 (8.93%) Team Leader
7 4 (7.14%) Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Architect
7 4 (7.14%) Security Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Security Architect
7 4 (7.14%) Security Specialist
8 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Infrastructure Operations Team Leader
8 3 (5.36%) Operations Team Leader
8 3 (5.36%) Security Operations Specialist
8 3 (5.36%) Technical Operations Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) CSS
1 1 (1.79%) Django
1 1 (1.79%) HTML
1 1 (1.79%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Cyber Defence
1 11 (19.64%) Operational Technology
2 7 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 7 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 4 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (5.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.36%) Mainframe
4 3 (5.36%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.79%) CCTV
6 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.79%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.79%) Insider Threat
6 1 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 19 (33.93%) Windows
2 16 (28.57%) Linux
3 4 (7.14%) Kali Linux
3 4 (7.14%) Unix
4 3 (5.36%) Android
4 3 (5.36%) Apple iOS
4 3 (5.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (39.29%) Computer Science
3 19 (33.93%) Incident Response
4 17 (30.36%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (26.79%) Malware Analysis
6 12 (21.43%) Risk Analysis
6 12 (21.43%) Software Testing
7 11 (19.64%) Digital Forensics
7 11 (19.64%) OSINT
7 11 (19.64%) Prototyping
8 9 (16.07%) Mentoring
9 8 (14.29%) Decision-Making
9 8 (14.29%) Red Team
9 8 (14.29%) SIEM
9 8 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 7 (12.50%) Digital Engineering
10 7 (12.50%) Line Management
10 7 (12.50%) Server Management
10 7 (12.50%) Technical Analysis
11 6 (10.71%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (30.36%) Python
2 15 (26.79%) Bash
3 4 (7.14%) C#
4 1 (1.79%) C++
4 1 (1.79%) Go
4 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (32.14%) Degree
2 12 (21.43%) OSCP
3 11 (19.64%) CHECK Team Member
4 6 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (8.93%) CREST Certified
6 4 (7.14%) CISSP
6 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
7 3 (5.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (5.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 3 (5.36%) CCSP
7 3 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (5.36%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (5.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
7 3 (5.36%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.57%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (3.57%) Master's Degree
8 2 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.79%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (1.79%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.50%) DO-254
2 5 (8.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.36%) NIST
4 2 (3.57%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.79%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 4 (7.14%) Nmap
2 3 (5.36%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.79%) Anchore
3 1 (1.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.36%) Veracode