Security Testing Job Trends in Southampton

Security Testing
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.37% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,886 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,924 - -
75th Percentile £51,962 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £48,924 £65,000 -
% change year-on-year -24.73% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

Security 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 419 461 418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 77.74% 84.43% 89.89%
Number of salaries quoted 296 331 353
10th Percentile £30,625 £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 £57,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +9.62% -5.45%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Southampton

Security Testing
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture