Security Testing Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 232 210
Rank change year-on-year +63 -22 +13
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 14 9 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.42% 0.13% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.16% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 5
10th Percentile £59,250 £37,900 -
25th Percentile £62,125 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +135.06% -9.41% -46.88%
75th Percentile £93,250 - £45,000
90th Percentile - £48,000 -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £45,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +44.44% -17.43% -29.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,096 5,700 5,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.39% 85.11% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,236 3,989 3,139
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,938 £38,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,587 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.17% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,375 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the Thames Valley

Security Testing
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Testing in the Thames Valley

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in the Thames Valley

Security Testing
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025. 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
Buckinghamshire - 9 £90,500 -
Berkshire +33 4 £63,750 +65.58% 8
Oxfordshire +32 1 £80,000 +100.00% 4
Security Testing
South East

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (21.43%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Functions
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
1 1 (7.14%) Selenium
1 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Senior
2 7 (50.00%) Lead
3 4 (28.57%) Developer
4 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 1 (7.14%) Head of Testing
5 1 (7.14%) Node.js Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
1 3 (21.43%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.14%) AngularJS
2 1 (7.14%) CSS
2 1 (7.14%) HTML
2 1 (7.14%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (64.29%) Penetration Testing
3 8 (57.14%) Budgeting
3 8 (57.14%) Coaching
3 8 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
3 8 (57.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 8 (57.14%) Threat Management
3 8 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (28.57%) DevOps
5 3 (21.43%) Data Management
5 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
5 3 (21.43%) Migration
5 3 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (14.29%) Agile
6 2 (14.29%) Test Strategy
7 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (7.14%) Non-Functional Testing
7 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C#
1 3 (21.43%) SQL
1 3 (21.43%) X++
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft