GPEN Jobs in the UK excluding London

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 756 750
Rank change year-on-year +188 -6 -
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 3 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.012% 0.015%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.014% 0.046% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £72,500 -
UK median annual salary - £65,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - -27.78% +63.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

GPEN falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,171 19,670 21,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.45% 26.71% 37.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8,608 12,252 8,060
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £79,600 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GPEN in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GPEN in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GPEN in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GPEN within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Northern Ireland - 3 - - 1
GPEN
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) AppScan
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) GIAC
1 3 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Trustwave