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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 21 April 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Penetration Testing UK |
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6 months to
21 Apr 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
398 |
459 |
457 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+61 |
-2 |
+116 |
| Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing |
1,358 |
1,071 |
1,411 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.76% |
0.63% |
0.69% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
0.84% |
0.69% |
0.77% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,047 |
865 |
1,144 |
| UK median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.35% |
+4.55% |
+4.76% |
| 10th Percentile |
£38,750 |
£35,073 |
£35,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£84,000 |
£89,625 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
-4.76% |
+10.53% |
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 |
161,258 |
154,906 |
183,888 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
90.84% |
90.43% |
89.94% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
130,650 |
127,515 |
152,786 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
- |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,127 |
£27,875 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£81,250 |
£78,750 |
£77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.88% |
- |
+5.66% |
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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 21 April 2018.
Penetration Testing
Top 15 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 21 April 2018.
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 |
+61 |
1,289 |
£60,000 |
+4.35% |
104 |
| UK excluding London |
+52 |
654 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
73 |
| London |
+35 |
650 |
£70,000 |
+12.00% |
35 |
| South East |
+49 |
258 |
£55,000 |
-8.33% |
17 |
| North of England |
+59 |
186 |
£52,500 |
+7.69% |
19 |
| North West |
+52 |
105 |
£55,000 |
-2.22% |
11 |
| Midlands |
-11 |
78 |
£52,500 |
+23.53% |
15 |
| Yorkshire |
+28 |
73 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
4 |
| West Midlands |
-13 |
67 |
£52,500 |
+23.53% |
14 |
| South West |
-20 |
58 |
£45,000 |
-18.18% |
11 |
| East of England |
-1 |
48 |
£52,500 |
-8.70% |
7 |
| Scotland |
-48 |
15 |
£65,000 |
+73.33% |
2 |
| Wales |
+11 |
11 |
£36,412 |
-19.09% |
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| East Midlands |
+2 |
10 |
£57,500 |
+35.29% |
1 |
| North East |
-17 |
8 |
£69,750 |
+16.25% |
4 |
For the 6 months to 21 April 2018, 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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