Security Testing Jobs

Security Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 414 704 553
Rank change year-on-year +290 -151 -26
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 321 211 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.21% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.24% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 123 183 240
10th Percentile £43,000 £38,700 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -20.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £91,250 £78,750 £94,063
90th Percentile £137,500 £82,500 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -16.67% -7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,417 86,448 93,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.74% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,323 60,550 54,986
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the UK

Security Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in the UK

Security Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in the UK

Security Testing
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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 +255 302 £71,500 +16.82% 368
UK excluding London +290 223 £65,000 +30.00% 333
Midlands +160 148 £45,000 -10.00% 60
West Midlands +123 98 - - 35
London +104 81 £85,000 +21.43% 78
East Midlands +76 50 £45,000 -14.29% 21
Work from Home +105 44 £60,500 -1.15% 228
South East +111 38 £64,000 +28.00% 80
North of England +21 22 £60,000 - 76
Yorkshire +58 16 £80,000 +60.00% 32
Scotland +129 7 £66,250 +1.92% 19
South West +114 6 £76,250 +5.17% 46
North West -16 6 £55,000 -10.14% 37
East of England +42 2 £71,500 +10.00% 42

Security Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.49%) Apache Spark
1 8 (2.49%) CMS
1 8 (2.49%) WordPress
2 5 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.56%) Appian
3 3 (0.93%) Cloud Foundry
4 2 (0.62%) TPMS
5 1 (0.31%) Apache
5 1 (0.31%) Confluence
5 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 83 (25.86%) Azure
2 67 (20.87%) AWS
3 41 (12.77%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (7.48%) PaaS
5 23 (7.17%) GCP
6 17 (5.30%) Power Platform
7 16 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (4.36%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (2.49%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.18%) GitHub
11 5 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.56%) MinIO
12 4 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.25%) IaaS
12 4 (1.25%) SaaS
12 4 (1.25%) Serverless
13 3 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.93%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.05%) Firewall
2 12 (3.74%) Network Security
3 5 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (1.25%) VPN
5 2 (0.62%) Wireless
6 1 (0.31%) 4G
6 1 (0.31%) 5G
6 1 (0.31%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.31%) IPsec
6 1 (0.31%) VLAN
6 1 (0.31%) VoIP
6 1 (0.31%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.54%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (2.80%) Power BI
3 6 (1.87%) NoSQL
4 5 (1.56%) MySQL
5 4 (1.25%) Big Data
5 4 (1.25%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.31%) Airbyte
7 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (11.53%) Selenium
2 27 (8.41%) JMeter
3 25 (7.79%) Postman
4 16 (4.98%) JIRA
5 15 (4.67%) Cypress.io
6 14 (4.36%) IntelliJ
7 12 (3.74%) Git
8 11 (3.43%) Appium
8 11 (3.43%) LoadRunner
9 10 (3.12%) Jenkins
9 10 (3.12%) Robot Framework
10 8 (2.49%) REST Assured
11 7 (2.18%) Gatling
11 7 (2.18%) SoapUI
12 6 (1.87%) Burp Suite
12 6 (1.87%) GitLab
12 6 (1.87%) JUnit
12 6 (1.87%) Locust
12 6 (1.87%) TestRail
13 5 (1.56%) Snyk
General
1 42 (13.08%) Social Skills
2 36 (11.21%) Finance
3 17 (5.30%) Law
4 16 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.49%) Banking
5 8 (2.49%) Cantonese Language
5 8 (2.49%) Mandarin Language
6 7 (2.18%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.56%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.56%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.93%) Games
9 3 (0.93%) Health Technology
9 3 (0.93%) Legal
10 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.31%) Aviation
11 1 (0.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 176 (54.83%) Security Engineer
2 147 (45.79%) Principal Engineer
2 147 (45.79%) Principal Security Engineer
3 99 (30.84%) Analyst
4 92 (28.66%) Security Analyst
5 87 (27.10%) Principal Security Analyst
5 87 (27.10%) Product Analyst
6 60 (18.69%) Product Engineer
7 36 (11.21%) Senior
8 32 (9.97%) Lead
9 19 (5.92%) Test Engineer
10 18 (5.61%) Tester
11 15 (4.67%) Developer
12 14 (4.36%) Java Engineer
12 14 (4.36%) Senior Java Engineer
13 12 (3.74%) Security Specialist
14 10 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
14 10 (3.12%) QA Engineer
15 9 (2.80%) Architect
15 9 (2.80%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.48%) YAML
2 22 (6.85%) REST
3 17 (5.30%) React
4 9 (2.80%) Playwright
5 8 (2.49%) Laravel
6 7 (2.18%) Kafka
7 6 (1.87%) pytest
8 5 (1.56%) Apache NiFi
8 5 (1.56%) JWT
8 5 (1.56%) Node.js
8 5 (1.56%) OAuth
9 4 (1.25%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.25%) Jest
9 4 (1.25%) RESTful
9 4 (1.25%) SAML
9 4 (1.25%) Swagger
9 4 (1.25%) Web Services
10 3 (0.93%) OAuth2
10 3 (0.93%) React Native
10 3 (0.93%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.23%) Security Posture
2 10 (3.12%) Cloud Native
3 9 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (2.80%) Mobile App
4 6 (1.87%) Cyberattack
4 6 (1.87%) Low-Code
4 6 (1.87%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.56%) Operational Technology
6 3 (0.93%) Management Information System
6 3 (0.93%) Public Cloud
6 3 (0.93%) SCADA
7 2 (0.62%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.62%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.62%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.62%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.62%) Reinsurance
7 2 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.12%) Windows
2 7 (2.18%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) Android
3 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (59.19%) Cybersecurity
2 168 (52.34%) Information Security
3 160 (49.84%) Risk Management
4 148 (46.11%) Project Management
5 147 (45.79%) Cyber Resilience
6 76 (23.68%) CI/CD
6 76 (23.68%) Test Automation
7 72 (22.43%) Agile
8 67 (20.87%) Application Security
9 51 (15.89%) DevOps
10 47 (14.64%) Penetration Testing
11 46 (14.33%) OWASP
12 43 (13.40%) Vulnerability Management
13 42 (13.08%) SDLC
14 39 (12.15%) DevSecOps
14 39 (12.15%) Software Testing
15 35 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
16 32 (9.97%) Creative Thinking
17 31 (9.66%) Threat Modelling
18 30 (9.35%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 44 (13.71%) Python
2 40 (12.46%) Java
3 32 (9.97%) JavaScript
4 27 (8.41%) SQL
5 22 (6.85%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.80%) PHP
7 8 (2.49%) C#
7 8 (2.49%) Go
7 8 (2.49%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.25%) Bash
9 3 (0.93%) Scala
9 3 (0.93%) X++
10 2 (0.62%) C++
10 2 (0.62%) Ruby
10 2 (0.62%) Rust
Qualifications
1 191 (59.50%) Degree
2 162 (50.47%) CISSP
3 154 (47.98%) CISM
4 152 (47.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 147 (45.79%) CESG Certified Professional
6 35 (10.90%) Master's Degree
7 28 (8.72%) ISTQB
8 24 (7.48%) Security Cleared
9 21 (6.54%) SC Cleared
10 18 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (4.36%) CREST Certified
11 14 (4.36%) PhD
12 10 (3.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 7 (2.18%) Azure Certification
13 7 (2.18%) SANS
14 6 (1.87%) CEH
15 5 (1.56%) CHECK Team Leader
16 4 (1.25%) DV Cleared
17 3 (0.93%) AWS Certification
17 3 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (57.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 180 (56.07%) NIST
3 147 (45.79%) JSP 440
3 147 (45.79%) RMADS
4 28 (8.72%) QA
5 23 (7.17%) NCSC
6 16 (4.98%) GDPR
7 10 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.49%) Accessibility
9 7 (2.18%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (1.25%) SLA
12 2 (0.62%) COBIT
12 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (8.10%) Docker
2 4 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.93%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 28 (8.72%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.36%) Terraform
3 8 (2.49%) Ansible
4 5 (1.56%) HP Fortify
4 5 (1.56%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.31%) Grafana
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.31%) Nessus
Vendors
1 39 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.56%) BiZZdesign
2 5 (1.56%) Black Duck
2 5 (1.56%) Databricks
2 5 (1.56%) UiPath
2 5 (1.56%) VMware
3 4 (1.25%) Oracle
4 2 (0.62%) Checkmarx
4 2 (0.62%) Cisco
4 2 (0.62%) F5
4 2 (0.62%) ForgeRock
4 2 (0.62%) Fortinet
4 2 (0.62%) Palo Alto
4 2 (0.62%) Ping Identity
4 2 (0.62%) Splunk
5 1 (0.31%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.31%) Coverity
5 1 (0.31%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.31%) Google
5 1 (0.31%) HP