Security Testing Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security 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 357 539 531
Rank change year-on-year +182 -8 -31
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 56 50 141
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.15% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.16% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 48 46 115
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,499 £39,250
25th Percentile £50,438 £48,750 £51,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £61,206 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -5.84% -7.14%
75th Percentile £93,250 £75,000 £81,928
90th Percentile £95,000 £78,125 £90,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +2.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security 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%

Security Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Security Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security 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 8 (14.29%) CMS
1 8 (14.29%) WordPress
2 1 (1.79%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (35.71%) Azure
2 12 (21.43%) AWS
3 7 (12.50%) GCP
4 5 (8.93%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.14%) Serverless
6 3 (5.36%) GitHub
6 3 (5.36%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (5.36%) PaaS
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (3.57%) IaaS
8 1 (1.79%) Amazon S3
8 1 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (1.79%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.79%) SaaS
8 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.14%) Firewall
1 4 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (3.57%) Network Security
2 2 (3.57%) VPN
2 2 (3.57%) Wireless
3 1 (1.79%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.79%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (1.79%) Big Data
2 1 (1.79%) Delta Lake
2 1 (1.79%) MySQL
2 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (23.21%) Selenium
2 7 (12.50%) Postman
3 6 (10.71%) Appium
3 6 (10.71%) JIRA
4 5 (8.93%) JMeter
5 4 (7.14%) Git
5 4 (7.14%) Jenkins
6 3 (5.36%) Cypress.io
6 3 (5.36%) Locust
6 3 (5.36%) SoapUI
7 2 (3.57%) JUnit
7 2 (3.57%) LoadRunner
7 2 (3.57%) Robot Framework
8 1 (1.79%) Burp Suite
8 1 (1.79%) GitLab
8 1 (1.79%) Maven
8 1 (1.79%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (1.79%) TestNG
8 1 (1.79%) TestRail
8 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.93%) Finance
4 4 (7.14%) Banking
4 4 (7.14%) Cantonese Language
4 4 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.14%) Mandarin Language
5 3 (5.36%) Law
5 3 (5.36%) Marketing
5 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Games
6 2 (3.57%) Health Technology
6 2 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.79%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 16 (28.57%) Senior
2 13 (23.21%) Test Engineer
3 10 (17.86%) Lead
4 9 (16.07%) Developer
4 9 (16.07%) Full-Stack Developer
5 8 (14.29%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
5 8 (14.29%) PHP Developer
5 8 (14.29%) Tester
6 7 (12.50%) Penetration Tester
6 7 (12.50%) QA Engineer
7 6 (10.71%) QA Test Engineer
8 5 (8.93%) Quality Engineer
9 4 (7.14%) Senior Penetration Tester
9 4 (7.14%) Senior Tester
9 4 (7.14%) Test Automation Engineer
10 3 (5.36%) QA Automation Engineer
10 3 (5.36%) Security Architect
10 3 (5.36%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (5.36%) Technical Business Analyst
10 3 (5.36%) XML Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.29%) Laravel
2 3 (5.36%) AngularJS
2 3 (5.36%) CSS
2 3 (5.36%) HTML
2 3 (5.36%) Playwright
2 3 (5.36%) pytest
2 3 (5.36%) XML
2 3 (5.36%) XSD
3 2 (3.57%) ADO
3 2 (3.57%) Node.js
3 2 (3.57%) YAML
4 1 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.79%) React
4 1 (1.79%) REST
4 1 (1.79%) RESTful
4 1 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.79%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.79%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.79%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.79%) NHS
3 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.79%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.57%) Linux
2 1 (1.79%) Android
2 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
2 19 (33.93%) Test Automation
3 18 (32.14%) Agile
4 16 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 14 (25.00%) DevOps
6 12 (21.43%) Test Scripting
7 11 (19.64%) Design Patterns
7 11 (19.64%) OWASP
7 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (17.86%) Coaching
8 10 (17.86%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (17.86%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (16.07%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (14.29%) Budgeting
10 8 (14.29%) Information Security
10 8 (14.29%) OO
10 8 (14.29%) OOD
10 8 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 8 (14.29%) Threat Management
10 8 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 10 (17.86%) Python
3 9 (16.07%) PHP
4 5 (8.93%) Java
5 4 (7.14%) SQL
6 3 (5.36%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.79%) Bash
7 1 (1.79%) C#
7 1 (1.79%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (16.07%) ISTQB
2 8 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 8 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 7 (12.50%) CREST Certified
4 6 (10.71%) CHECK Team Leader
5 5 (8.93%) CHECK Team Member
6 4 (7.14%) CISSP
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.36%) CISM
7 3 (5.36%) Cyber Scheme
8 2 (3.57%) CCSAS
8 2 (3.57%) CEH
8 2 (3.57%) Degree
8 2 (3.57%) GIAC
8 2 (3.57%) ISSAP
8 2 (3.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (3.57%) OSCP
8 2 (3.57%) SANS
9 1 (1.79%) CISA
9 1 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.21%) QA
2 8 (14.29%) SLA
3 7 (12.50%) NIST
4 5 (8.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (8.93%) GDPR
4 5 (8.93%) PCI DSS
5 4 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (5.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (5.36%) NCSC
7 2 (3.57%) Accessibility
7 2 (3.57%) COBIT
7 2 (3.57%) GRC
7 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (3.57%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
8 1 (1.79%) IFRS
8 1 (1.79%) IFRS 9
8 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (7.14%) Docker
2 1 (1.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 4 (7.14%) Terraform
2 1 (1.79%) HP Fortify
2 1 (1.79%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.57%) Databricks
3 1 (1.79%) Google
3 1 (1.79%) Splunk