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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 20 September 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Penetration Testing UK |
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6 months to
20 Sep 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
410 |
392 |
352 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-18 |
-40 |
+143 |
| Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing |
1,276 |
1,402 |
1,787 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.76% |
0.79% |
0.92% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
0.84% |
0.87% |
1.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
987 |
1,177 |
1,410 |
| UK median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
-4.35% |
+9.52% |
| 10th Percentile |
£37,500 |
£35,000 |
£35,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£85,000 |
£83,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+8.70% |
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 |
152,266 |
161,948 |
177,345 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
91.04% |
91.54% |
90.88% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
121,191 |
127,863 |
147,982 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£48,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.17% |
+1.05% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£28,000 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,500 |
£80,000 |
£78,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
£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 20 September 2018.
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 September 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 |
-10 |
1,204 |
£60,000 |
+9.09% |
128 |
| UK excluding London |
-2 |
664 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
87 |
| London |
+7 |
570 |
£65,000 |
+8.33% |
52 |
| North of England |
+84 |
257 |
£50,000 |
- |
18 |
| North West |
+76 |
192 |
£50,000 |
-9.09% |
10 |
| South East |
-172 |
121 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
22 |
| East of England |
+72 |
106 |
£65,000 |
+18.18% |
8 |
| Midlands |
-12 |
71 |
£52,500 |
+23.53% |
13 |
| South West |
+28 |
67 |
£50,000 |
+25.00% |
15 |
| Yorkshire |
+27 |
51 |
£45,000 |
- |
6 |
| West Midlands |
-15 |
45 |
£42,000 |
-1.18% |
9 |
| East Midlands |
+24 |
25 |
£57,500 |
+27.78% |
4 |
| Wales |
+12 |
16 |
£38,000 |
-20.00% |
4 |
| Scotland |
-16 |
15 |
£65,000 |
+73.33% |
7 |
| North East |
-10 |
14 |
£67,000 |
+12.61% |
2 |
| Northern Ireland |
- |
11 |
£62,500 |
- |
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For the 6 months to 20 September 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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