Penetration Testing Job Trends in Wiltshire

Penetration Testing
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Penetration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 73 71
Rank change year-on-year +11 -2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 6 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 1.06% 0.52% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 0.68% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile - £58,750 £40,200
25th Percentile £30,165 £64,375 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,330 £70,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -55.24% +59.09% -41.33%
75th Percentile £69,998 £72,500 £61,125
90th Percentile £82,500 - £70,200
South West median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £50,950
% change year-on-year +23.08% +27.58% -32.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

Penetration 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 in Wiltshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 433 592 621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 76.77% 76.68% 90.00%
Number of salaries quoted 278 361 448
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,153
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,000 £39,748
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,026 £80,000 £72,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +3.35%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Penetration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Penetration Testing job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Penetration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Wiltshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Wiltshire

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Salisbury +19 4 £31,330 -47.78%
Chippenham - 2 £80,000 - 2
Penetration Testing
South West

Penetration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Ethernet
1 4 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (66.67%) Wireshark
2 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) VLAN
2 2 (33.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Electronics
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
1 4 (66.67%) Data Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Analysis
1 4 (66.67%) Fuzz Testing
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Thinking
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (33.33%) Presales
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) C++
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) SonicWALL
1 2 (33.33%) VMware