IACRB Certified Expert Penetration Tester (CEPT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CEPT qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 892 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CEPT 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.007% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55,750 - -
25th Percentile £56,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £66,875 - -
90th Percentile £67,250 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

CEPT is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,325 34,428 41,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.74% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17,299 15,366 18,926
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,825 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +5.14% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,863
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing CEPT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for CEPT in the UK

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Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CEPT.

Salary trend for CEPT in the UK

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Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CEPT within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
London - 2 £62,500 -
England - 2 £62,500 -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SOAR
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree