Senior Penetration Tester Job Trends in the West Midlands

Senior Penetration Tester
England > West Midlands

The median Senior Penetration Tester salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 191 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.017% 0.052% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.056% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +21.43% -22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 5,461 3,542 5,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.40% 91.74% 93.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,255 1,737 4,120
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £49,748
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +7.92% -5.24%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Penetration Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Senior Penetration Tester job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Senior Penetration Tester job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Penetration Tester job vacancies in the West Midlands

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 February 2026. 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
Warwickshire - 1 £65,000 - 1
Senior Penetration Tester
England

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, Senior Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Senior Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes