Security Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £49,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 556 670 634
Rank change year-on-year +114 -36 +210
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Security Tester 10 14 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.023% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.024% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £32,200 - -
25th Percentile £38,500 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.13%
75th Percentile £59,500 - £67,500
90th Percentile £65,800 - £72,000
UK median annual salary £46,500 - £67,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 33,771 58,666 37,942
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.44% 95.17% 90.94%
Number of salaries quoted 18,950 36,555 25,437
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,954 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.72% -8.33% -

Security Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Security Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Tester in the UK excluding London

Security Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Security Tester job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Security Tester
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Tester in the UK excluding London

Security Tester
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 Security Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +69 7 - - 1
West Midlands +53 7 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £70,000 -
South East - 1 £28,000 -
Security Tester
UK

Security Tester Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, Security Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Security Tester in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) NCSC
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (10.00%) Windows
4 1 (10.00%) Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Burp Suite
4 1 (10.00%) Kali Linux
4 1 (10.00%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) CHECK Team Member
4 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) OWASP
4 1 (10.00%) Metasploit
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Nessus

Security Tester Skill Set
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 (10.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (10.00%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (10.00%) OWASP
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (10.00%) CHECK Team Member
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) NCSC
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Nessus