Offensive Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Offensive Security
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Offensive Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Offensive Security over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 574 749 700
Rank change year-on-year +175 -49 +107
Permanent jobs citing Offensive Security 5 14 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.020% 0.093%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.024% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - £55,000 £53,000
25th Percentile - £56,250 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £61,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.61% -12.50% -15.15%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £93,250
90th Percentile - £85,000 -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £65,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +38.46% -23.53% +7.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Offensive Security 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,236 59,478 57,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.94% 83.96% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 17,875 41,116 29,652
10th Percentile £26,968 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Offensive Security in the UK excluding London

Offensive Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Offensive Security in the UK excluding London

Offensive Security
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 Offensive Security within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +98 2 - - 3
North of England +46 2 £80,000 +30.61% 8
North East - 2 £80,000 - 5
South West +107 1 - - 2
Offensive Security
UK

Offensive Security
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (20.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Junior
2 1 (20.00%) Junior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Junior Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) CAFM
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (20.00%) Energy Management
3 1 (20.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (20.00%) Red Team
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 2 (40.00%) CISA
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (40.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) GDPR
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft