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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 18 January 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Penetration Testing UK |
|
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6 months to
18 Jan 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
| Rank |
332 |
394 |
359 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+62 |
-35 |
+114 |
| Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing |
1,424 |
1,370 |
1,538 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.94% |
0.79% |
0.87% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
1.03% |
0.86% |
0.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,076 |
1,101 |
1,228 |
| UK median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£57,500 |
£60,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.35% |
-4.17% |
+9.09% |
| 10th Percentile |
£37,500 |
£36,250 |
£36,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£86,250 |
£85,000 |
£85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
-4.76% |
+0.96% |
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 |
138,851 |
159,672 |
161,947 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
91.68% |
91.80% |
91.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
109,503 |
128,276 |
133,965 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
- |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£28,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
£78,750 |
| 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 |
1,325 |
£60,000 |
+4.35% |
143 |
| UK excluding London |
+64 |
795 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
102 |
| London |
+17 |
553 |
£68,000 |
+4.62% |
51 |
| North of England |
+162 |
356 |
£50,000 |
- |
29 |
| North West |
+146 |
277 |
£50,000 |
-6.10% |
15 |
| East of England |
+106 |
134 |
£65,000 |
+13.04% |
14 |
| South East |
-133 |
115 |
£60,000 |
+14.29% |
17 |
| Midlands |
+56 |
93 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
21 |
| Yorkshire |
+30 |
74 |
£48,750 |
+2.63% |
14 |
| South West |
+29 |
63 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
11 |
| West Midlands |
+31 |
60 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
17 |
| East Midlands |
+39 |
32 |
£57,500 |
+61.65% |
3 |
| Wales |
+24 |
19 |
£45,000 |
-5.26% |
2 |
| Scotland |
+11 |
10 |
£43,750 |
+9.38% |
5 |
| North East |
+16 |
5 |
£65,750 |
- |
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| Northern Ireland |
-6 |
5 |
£62,500 |
+4.17% |
3 |
For the 6 months to 18 January 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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