Security Testing Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Security Testing
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
North East median annual salary £62,539 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 650 679 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 82.70% 90.41% 92.65%
Number of salaries quoted 466 321 278
10th Percentile £28,125 £30,000 £29,275
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,972 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,113 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,875 £87,500 £77,500
North East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% -2.50%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Security Testing job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Security Testing
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Security Testing

Security Testing
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £55,000 - 1
Security Testing
North East

Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA