Penetration Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Penetration Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 362 452
Rank change year-on-year -11 +90 -64
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 223 341 456
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.66% 0.80% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.84% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 193 213 338
10th Percentile £37,750 £41,400 £34,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -11.76%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £98,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,949 40,734 65,929
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.59% 96.10% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,494 28,287 41,473
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,617
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Penetration Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 (0.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.45%) Apache
2 1 (0.45%) Drupal
2 1 (0.45%) nginx
2 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 37 (16.59%) Azure
2 30 (13.45%) AWS
3 21 (9.42%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.93%) Google Workspace
5 8 (3.59%) GCP
6 7 (3.14%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.79%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.35%) AWS Control Tower
9 3 (1.35%) IaaS
9 3 (1.35%) PaaS
10 2 (0.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (0.90%) AWS CloudTrail
10 2 (0.90%) OCI
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Storage
11 1 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 63 (28.25%) Firewall
2 30 (13.45%) Wireless
3 22 (9.87%) Network Security
4 17 (7.62%) DNS
5 11 (4.93%) Broadband
5 11 (4.93%) NAS
6 10 (4.48%) TCP/IP
7 9 (4.04%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (2.69%) LAN
8 6 (2.69%) SSL
8 6 (2.69%) VPN
9 5 (2.24%) BGP
9 5 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (2.24%) IPsec
9 5 (2.24%) NGFW
9 5 (2.24%) OSPF
9 5 (2.24%) VLAN
9 5 (2.24%) WAN
10 3 (1.35%) Internet
10 3 (1.35%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.93%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.69%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.24%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.79%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (4.48%) Metasploit
2 7 (3.14%) Burp Suite
3 5 (2.24%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.24%) JMeter
3 5 (2.24%) Postman
4 4 (1.79%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.79%) SoapUI
5 3 (1.35%) Git
5 3 (1.35%) JIRA
5 3 (1.35%) Selenium
5 3 (1.35%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 80 (35.87%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (12.56%) Presentation Skills
4 27 (12.11%) Finance
5 26 (11.66%) Legal
6 15 (6.73%) Marketing
6 15 (6.73%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.83%) Games
7 13 (5.83%) Military
8 12 (5.38%) Law
9 11 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (4.93%) Retail
9 11 (4.93%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.14%) Aerospace
10 7 (3.14%) Aviation
10 7 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.79%) Welsh Language
12 3 (1.35%) Banking
12 3 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 62 (27.80%) Tester
2 60 (26.91%) Penetration Tester
3 31 (13.90%) Lead
4 29 (13.00%) Senior
5 23 (10.31%) Consultant
6 18 (8.07%) Team Leader
6 18 (8.07%) Test Team Leader
7 16 (7.17%) Security Manager
8 15 (6.73%) Senior Penetration Tester
8 15 (6.73%) Senior Tester
9 13 (5.83%) Analyst
10 12 (5.38%) Business Development Manager
10 12 (5.38%) Business Manager
10 12 (5.38%) Development Manager
10 12 (5.38%) IT Consultant
10 12 (5.38%) Security Analyst
10 12 (5.38%) Security Engineer
11 11 (4.93%) IT Manager
11 11 (4.93%) Security Consultant
11 11 (4.93%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.14%) OAuth
2 4 (1.79%) .NET
2 4 (1.79%) OAuth2
2 4 (1.79%) SOAP
2 4 (1.79%) XML
3 3 (1.35%) RESTful
3 3 (1.35%) WPF
4 2 (0.90%) OpenID
4 2 (0.90%) SAML
5 1 (0.45%) React
5 1 (0.45%) SignalR
5 1 (0.45%) Spring
5 1 (0.45%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.52%) Mobile App
1 19 (8.52%) Security Posture
2 17 (7.62%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.62%) Onboarding
3 15 (6.73%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (4.93%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.14%) Cyberattack
7 5 (2.24%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.24%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.24%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.24%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.24%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.24%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.79%) CESG
8 4 (1.79%) IoT
8 4 (1.79%) PKI
8 4 (1.79%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.35%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 31 (13.90%) Windows
2 18 (8.07%) Windows Server
3 16 (7.17%) Android
3 16 (7.17%) Apple iOS
4 11 (4.93%) Mac OS
5 9 (4.04%) Unix
6 6 (2.69%) Kali Linux
7 5 (2.24%) Linux
8 2 (0.90%) AIX
8 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (70.40%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (26.01%) Information Security
3 41 (18.39%) Mentoring
4 37 (16.59%) Computer Science
5 36 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (14.80%) Red Team
7 31 (13.90%) Security Testing
8 27 (12.11%) Data Protection
9 26 (11.66%) Data Privacy
9 26 (11.66%) Risk Management
10 25 (11.21%) Presales
10 25 (11.21%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 24 (10.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 23 (10.31%) Application Security
12 23 (10.31%) Incident Response
13 19 (8.52%) Ethical Hacking
13 19 (8.52%) OWASP
13 19 (8.52%) Security Operations
14 17 (7.62%) Project Management
14 17 (7.62%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.42%) Python
2 17 (7.62%) Bash
3 10 (4.48%) SQL
4 8 (3.59%) C#
4 8 (3.59%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.24%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.79%) Java
7 3 (1.35%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.45%) Bicep
8 1 (0.45%) PHP
8 1 (0.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (22.87%) CREST Certified
2 40 (17.94%) CISSP
3 36 (16.14%) Degree
4 34 (15.25%) OSCP
5 28 (12.56%) Security Cleared
6 24 (10.76%) CISM
6 24 (10.76%) SC Cleared
7 21 (9.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (7.62%) GIAC
9 16 (7.17%) CHECK Team Member
9 16 (7.17%) Cyber Scheme
10 15 (6.73%) CompTIA Security+
11 12 (5.38%) CEH
11 12 (5.38%) CHECK Team Leader
11 12 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (5.38%) GPEN
12 7 (3.14%) CISA
12 7 (3.14%) PCI QSA
13 6 (2.69%) CompTIA CySA+
13 6 (2.69%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (20.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (14.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (13.45%) NIST
4 20 (8.97%) GRC
5 19 (8.52%) SOC 2
6 18 (8.07%) QA
7 15 (6.73%) PCI DSS
8 12 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (3.59%) Accessibility
9 8 (3.59%) GDPR
10 7 (3.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (3.14%) DO-254
11 4 (1.79%) COBIT
11 4 (1.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (1.79%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.90%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.90%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (9.87%) Active Directory
2 11 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.45%) Docker
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (4.93%) Nessus
1 11 (4.93%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (4.48%) Ansible
3 7 (3.14%) Nmap
4 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.79%) Grafana
6 3 (1.35%) Terraform
7 2 (0.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.90%) WSUS
8 1 (0.45%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 43 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.38%) Google
3 11 (4.93%) Apple
3 11 (4.93%) VMware
4 6 (2.69%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.69%) Oracle
4 6 (2.69%) Qualys
5 4 (1.79%) Alibaba
6 3 (1.35%) Cisco
6 3 (1.35%) Sophos
7 2 (0.90%) arcserve
7 2 (0.90%) ArcSight
7 2 (0.90%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.90%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.90%) Splunk
7 2 (0.90%) Tripwire
7 2 (0.90%) Veeam
8 1 (0.45%) Databricks
8 1 (0.45%) Meraki
8 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow