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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 16 July 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Penetration Testing UK |
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6 months to
16 Jul 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
349 |
431 |
427 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+82 |
-4 |
-35 |
| Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing |
1,290 |
1,265 |
1,274 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.88% |
0.72% |
0.72% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
0.96% |
0.78% |
0.78% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
979 |
971 |
1,060 |
| UK median annual salary |
£62,500 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.17% |
+9.09% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£36,250 |
£37,500 |
£33,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£90,000 |
£81,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
- |
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.
| All Process and Methodology Skills UK |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills |
134,174 |
161,755 |
163,197 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
92.02% |
91.91% |
91.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
105,637 |
129,418 |
131,750 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£48,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+3.09% |
+2.11% |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£29,000 |
£27,790 |
| 90th Percentile |
£86,250 |
£82,500 |
£79,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
- |
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Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Penetration Testing
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing.
Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 16 July 2019.
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 16 July 2019.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+57 |
1,196 |
£62,500 |
+4.17% |
141 |
| UK excluding London |
+70 |
649 |
£55,000 |
+4.76% |
93 |
| London |
+52 |
580 |
£72,500 |
+11.25% |
56 |
| South East |
+29 |
156 |
£55,000 |
+4.76% |
18 |
| East of England |
+115 |
115 |
£60,000 |
+2.13% |
10 |
| North of England |
-56 |
113 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
22 |
| Midlands |
+92 |
112 |
£55,000 |
+4.76% |
24 |
| South West |
+66 |
107 |
£51,250 |
+2.50% |
11 |
| West Midlands |
+63 |
86 |
£55,000 |
+4.76% |
20 |
| Yorkshire |
+2 |
52 |
£53,750 |
+19.44% |
6 |
| North West |
-36 |
51 |
£50,000 |
-9.09% |
14 |
| Wales |
+35 |
30 |
£42,000 |
+15.35% |
7 |
| East Midlands |
+42 |
23 |
£53,750 |
-6.52% |
4 |
| Scotland |
+13 |
12 |
£60,000 |
-7.69% |
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| North East |
+12 |
10 |
£52,101 |
-23.66% |
2 |
| Northern Ireland |
-19 |
9 |
£100,000 |
+128.57% |
1 |
For the 6 months to 16 July 2019, 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:
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