Security Tester
UK

The median Security Tester salary in the UK is £63,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 719 1038 1048
Rank change year-on-year +319 +10 -302
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Tester 10 40 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.033% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.034% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 8 37 17
10th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £48,500
25th Percentile £52,188 £62,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £75,938 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £90,500 £85,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -23.44% +33.33% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,748 116,938 121,615
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 95.42% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 36,451 73,675 84,434
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Security Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Security Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Tester in the UK

Security Tester
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Tester.

Salary trend for Security Tester in the UK

Security Tester
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 9 December 2023. 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
Jobs
England +325 10 £63,750 -15.00% 9
UK excluding London +241 8 £61,250 -23.44% 12
West Midlands +131 6 £62,500 -21.88% 2
Midlands +130 6 £62,500 -21.88% 3
Work from Home +236 4 £67,500 -10.00% 14
London +241 2 £67,500 -10.00% 4
North of England +137 1 £60,000 -25.00%
North West +125 1 £60,000 -25.00%
South West +82 1 - -

Security Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 December 2023, Security Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Security Tester in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Security Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (50.00%) HTTP
3 5 (50.00%) SCTP
3 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 5 (50.00%) Diameter Protocol
3 5 (50.00%) Fuzz Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (50.00%) Red Team
4 4 (40.00%) Mobile App
4 4 (40.00%) Law
4 4 (40.00%) Apple iOS
4 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Android
5 3 (30.00%) 3G
5 3 (30.00%) 4G
5 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (30.00%) 5G
5 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (10.00%) Offensive Security
6 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
6 1 (10.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Research
6 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (10.00%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (10.00%) OSCP

Security Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 5 (50.00%) HTTP
1 5 (50.00%) SCTP
2 3 (30.00%) 3G
2 3 (30.00%) 4G
2 3 (30.00%) 5G
General
1 6 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (40.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Android
1 4 (40.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Security Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Fuzz Testing
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Red Team
2 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
5 1 (10.00%) Offensive Security
5 1 (10.00%) Reverse Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Security Management
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C
1 1 (10.00%) C++
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Scheme
3 1 (10.00%) OSCP