Penetration Tester
UK
The median Penetration Tester salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 677 | 754 | 824 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +77 | +70 | +301 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester | 23 | 148 | 149 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.042% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.047% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 116 | 78 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £45,000 | £43,275 |
| 25th Percentile | £58,750 | £48,750 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £62,500 | £68,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.00% | -9.09% | +12.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £84,125 | £82,500 | £91,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | - | £98,875 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.73% | -8.33% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 49,356 | 93,784 | 92,686 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.47% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,595 | 67,216 | 58,370 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Penetration Tester
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester.
Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.
Penetration Tester
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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 | +43 | 23 | £67,500 | -3.57% | 12 |
| London | +39 | 13 | £74,000 | +5.71% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +97 | 11 | £62,500 | +13.64% | 24 |
| UK excluding London | +138 | 6 | £67,500 | +22.73% | 9 |
| Midlands | +63 | 3 | - | - | |
| West Midlands | +51 | 3 | - | - | |
| South West | +93 | 2 | £67,500 | +50.00% | |
| Yorkshire | +57 | 1 | - | - | |
| North of England | +49 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Penetration 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 featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.
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Penetration Tester Skill Set
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: