Fuzz Testing (Fuzzing)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Fuzz Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Fuzz Testing 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 888 966 1185
Rank change year-on-year +78 +219 -297
Permanent jobs citing Fuzz Testing 6 23 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.022% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.023% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 4 19 0
10th Percentile £66,000 £72,500 -
25th Percentile £80,625 £73,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £77,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% - -
75th Percentile £104,375 £81,875 -
90th Percentile £105,500 £88,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £76,250 -
% change year-on-year -18.03% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Fuzz 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Fuzz Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Fuzz Testing in the UK

Fuzz Testing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Fuzz Testing.

Salary trend for Fuzz Testing in the UK

Fuzz Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Fuzz Testing over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Fuzz Testing in the UK

Fuzz Testing
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Fuzz Testing 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
England +102 5 £95,000 +18.75% 4
London +126 3 £97,500 +14.71%
Work from Home +85 2 £97,500 +25.81% 2
West Midlands +20 2 £62,500 - 2
Midlands +9 2 £62,500 - 2
UK excluding London -2 2 £62,500 -18.03% 3

Fuzz Testing
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 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) 5G
2 1 (16.67%) 3GPP
2 1 (16.67%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (16.67%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) SCTP
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) AWS Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) GCP Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Security Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) OAuth
2 2 (33.33%) JWT
2 2 (33.33%) OAuth2
2 2 (33.33%) OpenID
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PKI
1 2 (33.33%) Public Cloud
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Application Security
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Load Balancing
4 2 (33.33%) OWASP
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) Secrets Management
4 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C#
1 3 (50.00%) Go
1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Lua
2 2 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Ruby
2 2 (33.33%) Rust
3 1 (16.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (33.33%) Single Sign-On