Penetration Testing Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Penetration Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 374 363
Rank change year-on-year +39 -11 +92
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 78 226 352
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.67% 0.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.73% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 66 194 221
10th Percentile £52,500 £37,875 £39,250
25th Percentile £61,563 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £93,250 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Penetration Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Penetration Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Penetration Testing.

Penetration Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Penetration Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (2.56%) Apache
2 1 (1.28%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.64%) Azure
2 11 (14.10%) AWS
3 5 (6.41%) GCP
3 5 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.41%) PaaS
4 3 (3.85%) Azure AKS
4 3 (3.85%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (2.56%) Serverless
6 1 (1.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (1.28%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.28%) Amazon Macie
6 1 (1.28%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (1.28%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.28%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.28%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.28%) IaaS
6 1 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.26%) Firewall
2 7 (8.97%) Network Security
3 6 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.85%) DNS
4 3 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.85%) VPN
5 2 (2.56%) FTP
5 2 (2.56%) HTTP
5 2 (2.56%) HTTPS
5 2 (2.56%) LAN
5 2 (2.56%) SSH
5 2 (2.56%) SSL
5 2 (2.56%) VLAN
5 2 (2.56%) WAN
5 2 (2.56%) Wireless
6 1 (1.28%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.28%) DHCP
6 1 (1.28%) IGMP
6 1 (1.28%) VRRP
6 1 (1.28%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) MySQL
1 2 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Burp Suite
2 3 (3.85%) Metasploit
3 1 (1.28%) GitLab
3 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.28%) JIRA
3 1 (1.28%) SoapUI
General
1 25 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.23%) Law
3 12 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (15.38%) Finance
4 5 (6.41%) Legal
4 5 (6.41%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.85%) Marketing
5 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (3.85%) Retail
5 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.56%) Games
6 2 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Aviation
7 1 (1.28%) Electronics
7 1 (1.28%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (24.36%) Senior
2 14 (17.95%) Lead
3 13 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 11 (14.10%) Analyst
4 11 (14.10%) Security Manager
5 9 (11.54%) Penetration Tester
5 9 (11.54%) Tester
6 8 (10.26%) Information Manager
6 8 (10.26%) Information Security Manager
6 8 (10.26%) SOC Analyst
7 6 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) SOC Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) Senior Penetration Tester
9 4 (5.13%) Senior Tester
10 3 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
10 3 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 3 (3.85%) Project Manager
10 3 (3.85%) Security Analyst
10 3 (3.85%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (2.56%) EDI
2 2 (2.56%) LAMP
2 2 (2.56%) Loki
2 2 (2.56%) XML
3 1 (1.28%) pytest
3 1 (1.28%) SAML
3 1 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 24 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 12 (15.38%) Security Posture
3 11 (14.10%) Onboarding
3 11 (14.10%) Virtual Team
4 10 (12.82%) CSOC
5 8 (10.26%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (6.41%) Mobile App
6 5 (6.41%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.56%) Biopharmaceutical
8 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
8 2 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.56%) IoT
8 2 (2.56%) Life Science
8 2 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (2.56%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.56%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (2.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.85%) VMS
2 2 (2.56%) AIX
2 2 (2.56%) CentOS
2 2 (2.56%) Linux
2 2 (2.56%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (2.56%) Unix
2 2 (2.56%) Windows
2 2 (2.56%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.56%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.28%) Android
3 1 (1.28%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (51.28%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (34.62%) Incident Response
2 27 (34.62%) Vulnerability Management
3 22 (28.21%) DevOps
3 22 (28.21%) Information Security
4 21 (26.92%) Security Testing
5 19 (24.36%) SIEM
6 18 (23.08%) Security Operations
7 13 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
8 12 (15.38%) Cloud Security
8 12 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 12 (15.38%) Mentoring
8 12 (15.38%) Performance Management
8 12 (15.38%) Red Team
8 12 (15.38%) Risk Management
8 12 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
9 11 (14.10%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (14.10%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 10 (12.82%) Architectural Design
10 10 (12.82%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.97%) PowerShell
1 7 (8.97%) Python
2 5 (6.41%) Bash
3 2 (2.56%) AWK
3 2 (2.56%) C
3 2 (2.56%) C++
3 2 (2.56%) Korn
3 2 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.56%) Perl
3 2 (2.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (23.08%) CISSP
2 16 (20.51%) Security Cleared
3 15 (19.23%) SC Cleared
4 12 (15.38%) CREST Certified
5 11 (14.10%) OSCP
6 9 (11.54%) CEH
6 9 (11.54%) Degree
7 8 (10.26%) CISM
8 6 (7.69%) CHECK Team Leader
8 6 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (7.69%) SANS
9 5 (6.41%) AWS Certification
9 5 (6.41%) CCSAS
9 5 (6.41%) CHECK Team Member
9 5 (6.41%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (6.41%) CRISC
10 4 (5.13%) Azure Certification
11 3 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (3.85%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (21.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (16.67%) NIST
3 12 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (11.54%) PCI DSS
5 8 (10.26%) GDPR
5 8 (10.26%) SLA
6 5 (6.41%) GRC
6 5 (6.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (3.85%) QA
9 2 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 2 (2.56%) NCSC
10 1 (1.28%) ISO 9001
10 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (1.28%) NIST 800
10 1 (1.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.56%) KVM
3 2 (2.56%) Postfix
3 2 (2.56%) Sendmail
4 1 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (12.82%) QRadar
2 5 (6.41%) Kubernetes
3 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (5.13%) Nessus
3 4 (5.13%) Terraform
4 3 (3.85%) CASB
4 3 (3.85%) Istio
4 3 (3.85%) linkerd
4 3 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (2.56%) Grafana
5 2 (2.56%) Nagios
6 1 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.28%) Nmap
Vendors
1 21 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.13%) Google
3 3 (3.85%) SAP
3 3 (3.85%) Tenable
4 2 (2.56%) IBM
4 2 (2.56%) Oracle
4 2 (2.56%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.28%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.28%) Rapid7