Ethical Hacking Jobs

Ethical Hacking
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 643 822 932
Rank change year-on-year +179 +110 +135
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 41 63 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.064% 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.074% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 31 51 52
10th Percentile £53,688 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £67,750 £50,000 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.43% +14.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £93,250
90th Percentile - £91,991 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £56,500 £58,386
% change year-on-year +32.74% -3.23% +16.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Ethical Hacking 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking.

Salary trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Ethical Hacking in the UK

Ethical Hacking
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +165 30 £75,000 +15.38% 24
UK excluding London +206 26 £75,000 +32.74% 16
North of England +87 16 £75,000 +32.74% 4
North West +42 16 £75,000 +20.00% 1
London +80 8 £69,750 -2.11% 15
Work from Home +144 4 £70,000 +23.89% 30
South East +115 3 £59,498 - 1
Northern Ireland +38 3 - - 4
Midlands +55 2 £53,688 -2.39% 2
West Midlands +45 2 £53,688 -2.39% 2
Scotland +127 1 £60,000 +20.00% 3
South West - 1 £67,500 - 2

Ethical Hacking
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (7.32%) AWS
1 3 (7.32%) Azure
2 2 (4.88%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (68.29%) Firewall
2 23 (56.10%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (9.76%) DNS
3 4 (9.76%) HTTP
3 4 (9.76%) Network Security
3 4 (9.76%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.32%) Wireshark
5 2 (4.88%) Internet
5 2 (4.88%) SMTP
5 2 (4.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Burp Suite
1 5 (12.20%) Metasploit
2 3 (7.32%) AppScan
General
1 27 (65.85%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (58.54%) Social Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Legal
4 2 (4.88%) Finance
4 2 (4.88%) Police
5 1 (2.44%) Law
Job Titles
1 21 (51.22%) Architect
1 21 (51.22%) Security Architect
2 10 (24.39%) Analyst
3 9 (21.95%) Security Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Security Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) IT Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) IT Security Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Senior
6 2 (4.88%) Python Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Governance Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Information Security Officer
7 1 (2.44%) Junior Analyst
7 1 (2.44%) Lead
7 1 (2.44%) Security Officer
7 1 (2.44%) Security Tester
7 1 (2.44%) Senior Penetration Tester
7 1 (2.44%) Senior Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 31 (75.61%) Security Posture
2 27 (65.85%) Management Information System
3 21 (51.22%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (51.22%) Social Media
3 21 (51.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (7.32%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (4.88%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.88%) PKI
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (56.10%) Windows
2 21 (51.22%) Windows Vista
3 3 (7.32%) Kali Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (87.80%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (80.49%) Information Security
3 29 (70.73%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (68.29%) SIEM
5 27 (65.85%) Incident Response
6 25 (60.98%) Computer Science
6 25 (60.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (60.98%) Risk Management
6 25 (60.98%) Vulnerability Management
7 23 (56.10%) Identity Management
8 22 (53.66%) Security Architecture
9 21 (51.22%) Cloud Security
9 21 (51.22%) Data Protection
9 21 (51.22%) Information Assurance
9 21 (51.22%) Proactive Management
9 21 (51.22%) Risk Analysis
9 21 (51.22%) TOGAF
10 20 (48.78%) Collaborative Working
10 20 (48.78%) DevSecOps
11 13 (31.71%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) C
2 1 (2.44%) C++
2 1 (2.44%) Objective-C
2 1 (2.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 31 (75.61%) CISSP
2 29 (70.73%) Degree
3 27 (65.85%) CISM
4 26 (63.41%) CEH
5 23 (56.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (51.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 21 (51.22%) CISA
6 21 (51.22%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (51.22%) DBS Check
6 21 (51.22%) Master's Degree
7 5 (12.20%) GIAC
7 5 (12.20%) OSCP
8 3 (7.32%) GPEN
8 3 (7.32%) GWAPT
9 2 (4.88%) APMG
9 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
9 2 (4.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (4.88%) CRISC
9 2 (4.88%) Cyber Scheme
9 2 (4.88%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (65.85%) NIST
2 26 (63.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (53.66%) GDPR
4 3 (7.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (2.44%) GRC
6 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (2.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (12.20%) Nessus
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Trustwave