Penetration Testing
Hampshire > Southampton
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 60 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton | - | 1.09% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 1.30% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £40,000 | - |
| Hampshire median annual salary | £57,500 | £40,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +43.75% | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton
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 Southampton.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 415 | 462 | 417 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton | 77.57% | 84.15% | 89.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 292 | 332 | 352 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,750 | £28,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £42,500 | £32,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +15.79% | -13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £75,000 | £75,000 |
| Hampshire median annual salary | £50,000 | £55,000 | £52,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +5.77% | -5.45% |
Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Southampton
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Penetration Testing.
