Testing Consultant Jobs

Testing Consultant
UK

The median Testing Consultant salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 900 963 1231
Rank change year-on-year +63 +268 -335
Permanent jobs requiring a Testing Consultant 14 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.001% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.001% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 0
10th Percentile £65,250 - -
25th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 -
90th Percentile £73,850 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 - -

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Testing Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Testing Consultant in the UK

Testing Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Testing Consultant in the UK

Testing Consultant
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Testing Consultant over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Testing Consultant in the UK

Testing Consultant
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Testing Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +113 11 £70,000 -3.45%
London +137 10 £70,000 -3.45%
Work from Home - 6 £68,000 -
UK excluding London - 2 £65,000 -
Scotland - 2 £65,000 -

Testing Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Testing Consultant 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 Testing Consultant in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (50.00%) CREST Certified
3 6 (42.86%) Red Team
3 6 (42.86%) Information Security
4 4 (28.57%) CISSP
4 4 (28.57%) CEH
4 4 (28.57%) GPEN
4 4 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 4 (28.57%) Coaching
4 4 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (21.43%) White-Box Testing
5 3 (21.43%) Purple Team
5 3 (21.43%) Social Engineering
5 3 (21.43%) OSINT
5 3 (21.43%) Burp Suite
5 3 (21.43%) Kali Linux
5 3 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (21.43%) Cyberattack
5 3 (21.43%) OSCP
5 3 (21.43%) OSCE
5 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
5 3 (21.43%) Black-Box Testing
5 3 (21.43%) IoT
5 3 (21.43%) OWASP
5 3 (21.43%) Metasploit
5 3 (21.43%) Nmap
5 3 (21.43%) Nessus
5 3 (21.43%) Marketing
5 3 (21.43%) Qualys

Testing Consultant 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 3 (21.43%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Burp Suite
1 3 (21.43%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (21.43%) Marketing
2 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Cyberattack
1 3 (21.43%) IoT
1 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 7 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Information Security
3 6 (42.86%) Red Team
4 4 (28.57%) Coaching
4 4 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 3 (21.43%) Black-Box Testing
5 3 (21.43%) OSINT
5 3 (21.43%) OWASP
5 3 (21.43%) Project Management
5 3 (21.43%) Purple Team
5 3 (21.43%) Social Engineering
5 3 (21.43%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (21.43%) White-Box Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
7 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 4 (28.57%) CEH
2 4 (28.57%) CISSP
2 4 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (28.57%) GPEN
3 3 (21.43%) OSCE
3 3 (21.43%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Nessus
1 3 (21.43%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Qualys