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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 23 August 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Penetration Testing UK |
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6 months to
23 Aug 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
392 |
352 |
492 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-40 |
+140 |
+98 |
| Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing |
1403 |
1720 |
1191 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.80% |
0.87% |
0.55% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
0.89% |
0.98% |
0.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1169 |
1339 |
939 |
| UK median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.76% |
+3.96% |
| 10th Percentile |
£35,000 |
£34,938 |
£33,650 |
| 90th Percentile |
£83,750 |
£82,500 |
£81,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+11.11% |
- |
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 |
158285 |
175244 |
190972 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
89.94% |
89.07% |
88.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
125396 |
146177 |
155973 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£49,000 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+2.04% |
+3.16% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,723 |
£27,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
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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 23 August 2017.
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 23 August 2017.
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 |
-18 |
1343 |
£55,000 |
- |
64 |
| UK excluding London |
-10 |
739 |
£50,000 |
- |
32 |
| London |
-19 |
633 |
£60,000 |
-7.69% |
33 |
| South East |
+43 |
336 |
£52,500 |
- |
16 |
| North of England |
-37 |
178 |
£50,000 |
- |
6 |
| North West |
-34 |
115 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
4 |
| Midlands |
+48 |
104 |
£42,500 |
-15.00% |
2 |
| West Midlands |
+37 |
94 |
£42,500 |
-10.53% |
2 |
| Yorkshire |
-14 |
61 |
£45,000 |
- |
2 |
| East of England |
-4 |
44 |
£55,000 |
+15.79% |
3 |
| South West |
-89 |
41 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
4 |
| Scotland |
+7 |
24 |
£37,500 |
-28.57% |
1 |
| Wales |
+8 |
12 |
£47,500 |
-17.39% |
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| East Midlands |
+15 |
9 |
£45,000 |
-18.18% |
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| Isle of Man |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
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| North East |
+15 |
2 |
£59,500 |
+32.22% |
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For the 6 months to 23 August 2017, IT jobs citing Penetration Testing also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all 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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