The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 20 October 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Penetration 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
45,139
125,482
150,299
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK
92.43%
92.23%
91.93%
Number of salaries quoted
37,179
98,719
119,605
Median annual salary
£55,000
£52,500
£50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year
+4.76%
+5.00%
-
10th Percentile
£33,000
£30,000
£29,000
90th Percentile
£90,000
£86,250
£83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary
£49,000
£45,000
£45,000
% change year-on-year
+8.89%
-
+5.88%
Penetration Testing Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Penetration Testing Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing.
Penetration Testing Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 20 October 2020.
Penetration Testing Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 20 October 2020.
The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
For the 6 months to 20 October 2020, IT jobs citing Penetration Testing also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Penetration Testing.
Penetration Testing Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
