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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 October 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Penetration Testing UK |
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6 months to
21 Oct 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
Same period 2015 |
| Rank |
372 |
325 |
484 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-47 |
+159 |
+85 |
| Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing |
1432 |
1844 |
1258 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
0.82% |
0.97% |
0.57% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
0.91% |
1.08% |
0.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1185 |
1471 |
971 |
| UK median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£57,500 |
£52,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-4.35% |
+9.52% |
+3.96% |
| 10th Percentile |
£35,000 |
£35,000 |
£33,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£85,000 |
£83,750 |
£82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.26% |
+5.56% |
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 |
156565 |
170492 |
194103 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
89.94% |
89.23% |
88.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
123230 |
141844 |
159582 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£49,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+1.01% |
+4.21% |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,750 |
£28,000 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£78,750 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£43,500 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+2.35% |
- |
+6.25% |
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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 October 2017.
Penetration Testing
Top 17 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 October 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 |
-46 |
1375 |
£55,000 |
-4.35% |
40 |
| UK excluding London |
-33 |
757 |
£50,000 |
- |
28 |
| London |
-47 |
631 |
£60,000 |
-7.69% |
12 |
| South East |
+27 |
355 |
£52,500 |
-4.55% |
14 |
| North of England |
-31 |
156 |
£50,000 |
- |
7 |
| North West |
-9 |
110 |
£52,000 |
+4.00% |
5 |
| Midlands |
+19 |
101 |
£45,000 |
-10.00% |
2 |
| West Midlands |
+8 |
87 |
£46,250 |
-2.63% |
2 |
| East of England |
+14 |
65 |
£57,500 |
+21.05% |
3 |
| South West |
-90 |
52 |
£42,500 |
-15.00% |
2 |
| Yorkshire |
-33 |
44 |
£47,500 |
-5.00% |
1 |
| Scotland |
-18 |
18 |
£37,500 |
-28.57% |
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| East Midlands |
+32 |
13 |
£36,535 |
-33.57% |
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| Wales |
+21 |
8 |
£47,500 |
-37.70% |
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| Isle of Man |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
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| North East |
+14 |
2 |
£59,500 |
+32.22% |
1 |
| Northern Ireland |
-27 |
2 |
£60,000 |
+45.45% |
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For the 6 months to 21 October 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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