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 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 687 | 737 | 815 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +50 | +78 | +322 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester | 24 | 173 | 149 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.044% | 0.17% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.049% | 0.18% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 130 | 76 |
| 10th Percentile | £49,375 | £45,000 | £42,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £58,750 | £48,750 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.85% | -3.70% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,125 | £82,500 | £90,313 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | - | £100,000 |
| 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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 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 28 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 | +34 | 23 | £67,500 | -3.57% | 32 |
| Work from Home | +55 | 13 | £62,500 | +13.64% | 36 |
| London | +44 | 11 | £72,500 | +3.57% | 12 |
| UK excluding London | +140 | 8 | £67,500 | +22.73% | 22 |
| West Midlands | +60 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| Midlands | +55 | 5 | - | - | 5 |
| South West | +98 | 2 | £67,500 | +50.00% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +54 | 1 | - | - | |
| North of England | +23 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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: