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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 400 404 346
Rank change year-on-year +4 -58 +157
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 68 199 302
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.58% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.65% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 58 177 191
10th Percentile £51,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £47,500 £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £88,333 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 19,077 30,533 34,578
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.11% 89.26% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 10,190 22,618 25,021
10th Percentile £25,313 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,772 £81,928
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
% change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%

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 4 July 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (20.59%) Azure
2 7 (10.29%) PaaS
3 6 (8.82%) AWS
4 3 (4.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Stack
5 2 (2.94%) GCP
6 1 (1.47%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.47%) IaaS
6 1 (1.47%) SaaS
6 1 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (25.00%) Network Security
2 6 (8.82%) Firewall
3 3 (4.41%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.47%) DHCP
4 1 (1.47%) DNS
4 1 (1.47%) IGMP
4 1 (1.47%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.47%) VRRP
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Burp Suite
1 4 (5.88%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.47%) GitLab
2 1 (1.47%) SoapUI
General
1 34 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (22.06%) Finance
2 15 (22.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.24%) Law
5 8 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (11.76%) Legal
6 4 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Games
7 2 (2.94%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.47%) Aviation
8 1 (1.47%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.47%) Military
8 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.47%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (23.53%) Architect
1 16 (23.53%) Security Architect
2 13 (19.12%) Lead
3 10 (14.71%) Penetration Tester
3 10 (14.71%) Tester
4 9 (13.24%) Security Manager
5 8 (11.76%) Lead Architect
5 8 (11.76%) Lead Security Architect
5 8 (11.76%) Principal Architect
5 8 (11.76%) Principal Security Architect
5 8 (11.76%) Security Engineer
5 8 (11.76%) Senior
6 6 (8.82%) Information Manager
6 6 (8.82%) Information Security Manager
7 5 (7.35%) Analyst
8 3 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.41%) Security Analyst
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Penetration Tester
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.47%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.47%) SAML
1 1 (1.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Management Information System
1 7 (10.29%) Mobile App
1 7 (10.29%) Security Posture
2 5 (7.35%) Operational Technology
3 4 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (4.41%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.41%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (4.41%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.94%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.47%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.47%) CSOC
6 1 (1.47%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Windows
2 2 (2.94%) Android
2 2 (2.94%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.94%) VMS
3 1 (1.47%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (63.24%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (45.59%) Information Security
3 26 (38.24%) Risk Management
4 18 (26.47%) Risk Assessment
5 17 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 17 (25.00%) Security Architecture
6 16 (23.53%) Information Assurance
6 16 (23.53%) Information Security Management
6 16 (23.53%) SABSA
6 16 (23.53%) Security Management
6 16 (23.53%) TOGAF
7 15 (22.06%) Architectural Patterns
8 11 (16.18%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (14.71%) Mentoring
10 9 (13.24%) Cloud Security
10 9 (13.24%) Decision-Making
10 9 (13.24%) OWASP
10 9 (13.24%) Red Team
10 9 (13.24%) Security Testing
11 8 (11.76%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.82%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.41%) Python
3 2 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (2.94%) SQL
4 1 (1.47%) Bash
4 1 (1.47%) Java
4 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (30.88%) Security Cleared
2 20 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.71%) CEH
3 10 (14.71%) CISSP
4 9 (13.24%) OSCP
5 8 (11.76%) CISM
5 8 (11.76%) CREST Certified
6 5 (7.35%) CCSAS
6 5 (7.35%) CHECK Team Leader
6 5 (7.35%) CRISC
6 5 (7.35%) Degree
7 4 (5.88%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.41%) CHECK Team Member
8 3 (4.41%) CISA
8 3 (4.41%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (4.41%) GIAC
8 3 (4.41%) OSCE
8 3 (4.41%) SANS
9 2 (2.94%) GCIH
9 2 (2.94%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (44.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (32.35%) NIST
3 18 (26.47%) NCSC
4 10 (14.71%) QA
5 9 (13.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (5.88%) GDPR
6 4 (5.88%) PCI DSS
7 3 (4.41%) GRC
8 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (1.47%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.47%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.47%) Docker
2 1 (1.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Nessus
2 2 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.47%) Nmap
3 1 (1.47%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.47%) QRadar
3 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.47%) Apple
2 1 (1.47%) Cisco
2 1 (1.47%) Fortinet
2 1 (1.47%) Google
2 1 (1.47%) Oracle