Penetration Testing
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 17 | 35 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | -11 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent | 0.83% | 1.10% | 0.79% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.06% | 1.28% | 0.83% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | - | £45,000 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £47,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Staffordshire median annual salary | £80,000 | £50,000 | £30,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.00% | +66.67% | +32.78% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Stoke-on-Trent
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 Stoke-on-Trent.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 94 | 156 | 121 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent | 77.69% | 86.19% | 95.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 40 | 113 | 108 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,000 | £27,500 | £23,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,242 | £32,500 | £28,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £55,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £68,750 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| Staffordshire median annual salary | £42,500 | £45,000 | £40,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.56% | +11.11% | -10.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.
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Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Penetration Testing.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:
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