Security Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 641 545 484
Rank change year-on-year -96 -61 +23
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 110 230 412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.16% 0.37% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.39% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 97 111 167
10th Percentile £37,750 £38,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £65,603 £76,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £95,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £68,289
% change year-on-year -14.29% +2.51% +13.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,415 58,778 66,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.38% 95.62% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 41,129 30,196 41,543
10th Percentile £27,117 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the UK excluding London

Security Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in the UK excluding London

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in the UK excluding London

Security Testing
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 Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
North of England +35 43 £60,000 -11.11% 17
Midlands +13 32 £50,000 -23.08% 5
North West -7 29 £61,206 -18.39% 9
West Midlands +13 27 £50,000 -23.08% 4
South East -58 22 £45,000 -16.67% 3
Yorkshire +80 14 £50,000 +22.62% 8
South West -33 10 £72,500 +9.64% 5
East Midlands -2 5 £52,500 +26.02% 1
Scotland -86 2 £65,000 +46.07% 1
East of England +13 1 £65,000 - 3
Security Testing
UK

Security Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 7 (6.36%) Confluence
2 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 36 (32.73%) Azure
2 28 (25.45%) AWS
3 13 (11.82%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.27%) SaaS
5 5 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 5 (4.55%) Amazon S3
5 5 (4.55%) AWS Fargate
5 5 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (4.55%) Azure Pipelines
5 5 (4.55%) Serverless
6 4 (3.64%) GCP
7 3 (2.73%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (2.73%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (2.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.73%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.73%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.82%) IaaS
8 2 (1.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.36%) Firewall
2 6 (5.45%) SD-WAN
2 6 (5.45%) WAN
3 5 (4.55%) Wireless
4 2 (1.82%) 5G
4 2 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.82%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.82%) VoIP
4 2 (1.82%) WPA
5 1 (0.91%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.91%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.91%) HTTP
5 1 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.91%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.09%) DynamoDB
1 10 (9.09%) Relational Database
1 10 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.73%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.91%) GIS
3 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (9.09%) MSTest
2 7 (6.36%) Burp Suite
2 7 (6.36%) IntelliJ
2 7 (6.36%) JIRA
2 7 (6.36%) JUnit
2 7 (6.36%) Mockito
3 5 (4.55%) Git
3 5 (4.55%) Postman
3 5 (4.55%) SoapUI
4 3 (2.73%) Gradle
4 3 (2.73%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.91%) Cucumber
General
1 31 (28.18%) Social Skills
2 29 (26.36%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (14.55%) Public Sector
4 13 (11.82%) Retail
5 7 (6.36%) Finance
6 5 (4.55%) Automotive
7 4 (3.64%) Legal
8 3 (2.73%) Law
9 2 (1.82%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.91%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (20.00%) Consultant
1 22 (20.00%) Security Consultant
2 14 (12.73%) Senior
2 14 (12.73%) Tester
3 10 (9.09%) Information Security Consultant
4 9 (8.18%) Architect
4 9 (8.18%) Penetration Tester
4 9 (8.18%) Security Architect
5 8 (7.27%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 8 (7.27%) Developer
6 7 (6.36%) Service Owner
7 6 (5.45%) Analyst
7 6 (5.45%) Security Engineer
7 6 (5.45%) Security Manager
7 6 (5.45%) Senior Architect
7 6 (5.45%) Senior Security Architect
7 6 (5.45%) Test Engineer
8 5 (4.55%) Java Engineer
8 5 (4.55%) Security Tester
8 5 (4.55%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.09%) JSON
1 10 (9.09%) XML
2 8 (7.27%) REST
3 7 (6.36%) .NET
4 5 (4.55%) .NET Core
4 5 (4.55%) Blazor
4 5 (4.55%) SOAP
5 1 (0.91%) EDI
5 1 (0.91%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (0.91%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 25 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 21 (19.09%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (18.18%) Mobile App
4 14 (12.73%) Product Ownership
5 10 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (7.27%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (5.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 6 (5.45%) Security Posture
8 4 (3.64%) IoT
8 4 (3.64%) Operational Technology
9 3 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.73%) NHS
10 2 (1.82%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.91%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.91%) Cyber Security Posture
11 1 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.73%) Kali Linux
2 2 (1.82%) Android
2 2 (1.82%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (35.45%) Information Security
2 37 (33.64%) Agile
3 34 (30.91%) Test Automation
4 33 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (26.36%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (21.82%) Software Testing
7 21 (19.09%) Test Scripting
8 20 (18.18%) Computer Science
8 20 (18.18%) Mentoring
9 19 (17.27%) Functional Testing
10 18 (16.36%) Penetration Testing
10 18 (16.36%) Regression Testing
11 17 (15.45%) SDLC
12 16 (14.55%) Security Operations
13 15 (13.64%) Performance Testing
13 15 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (12.73%) Data Management
14 14 (12.73%) Test Management
14 14 (12.73%) Test Strategy
14 14 (12.73%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.36%) SQL
2 13 (11.82%) C#
3 11 (10.00%) Java
4 8 (7.27%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.55%) T-SQL
6 4 (3.64%) C
7 3 (2.73%) Python
8 1 (0.91%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 20 (18.18%) Degree
2 19 (17.27%) CISSP
3 15 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (12.73%) Security Cleared
5 10 (9.09%) CREST Certified
6 8 (7.27%) CISM
7 7 (6.36%) CESG Certified Professional
7 7 (6.36%) CISMP
8 6 (5.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (5.45%) AWS Certification
8 6 (5.45%) Azure Certification
8 6 (5.45%) CCSK
8 6 (5.45%) CCSP
8 6 (5.45%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (5.45%) SC Cleared
9 5 (4.55%) OSCP
10 4 (3.64%) PhD
11 3 (2.73%) CHECK Team Leader
11 3 (2.73%) DV Cleared
11 3 (2.73%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (23.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (14.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (14.55%) GDPR
3 13 (11.82%) NIST
4 11 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 8 (7.27%) GRC
6 7 (6.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (6.36%) QA
6 7 (6.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (4.55%) COBIT
7 5 (4.55%) PCI DSS
8 4 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (3.64%) ISO 9001
8 4 (3.64%) SOC 2
9 3 (2.73%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (8.18%) Docker
2 5 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.45%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.73%) HP Fortify
3 3 (2.73%) Nessus
3 3 (2.73%) Nmap
Vendors
1 31 (28.18%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.36%) Adobe
2 7 (6.36%) MuleSoft
2 7 (6.36%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.73%) Qualys
3 3 (2.73%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.73%) Splunk
3 3 (2.73%) Veracode
4 2 (1.82%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (1.82%) Meraki
5 1 (0.91%) Google
5 1 (0.91%) SonicWALL