Security Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security 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 Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 520 509
Rank change year-on-year -15 -11 -45
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 57 126 402
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.31% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.33% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 55 103 188
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,650 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,125 £53,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.32% -3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £74,500 £81,928 £82,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £95,000 £93,300
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Security 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 30,945 38,441 70,079
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.67% 96.05% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 23,414 26,713 41,519
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Security Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security 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 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 a work from home option citing Security Testing over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

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 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.81%) AWS
2 12 (21.05%) Azure
3 6 (10.53%) SaaS
4 3 (5.26%) Azure AKS
4 3 (5.26%) GCP
5 2 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.75%) IaaS
6 1 (1.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.54%) Wireless
2 7 (12.28%) Firewall
3 6 (10.53%) SD-WAN
3 6 (10.53%) WAN
4 2 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.75%) Network Security
5 1 (1.75%) SSL
5 1 (1.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) InfluxDB
1 4 (7.02%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) SoapUI
2 4 (7.02%) JMeter
2 4 (7.02%) Postman
3 3 (5.26%) Burp Suite
3 3 (5.26%) Cucumber
3 3 (5.26%) Metasploit
4 2 (3.51%) Appium
4 2 (3.51%) JIRA
4 2 (3.51%) JUnit
4 2 (3.51%) Selenium
4 2 (3.51%) TestNG
4 2 (3.51%) TestRail
4 2 (3.51%) WebDriver
General
1 12 (21.05%) Public Sector
2 7 (12.28%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Marketing
3 6 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Finance
4 4 (7.02%) Welsh Language
5 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Health Technology
6 2 (3.51%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (3.51%) Legal
7 1 (1.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 20 (35.09%) Penetration Tester
1 20 (35.09%) Senior
1 20 (35.09%) Tester
2 9 (15.79%) Security Penetration Tester
2 9 (15.79%) Security Tester
2 9 (15.79%) Senior Penetration Tester
2 9 (15.79%) Senior Tester
3 8 (14.04%) Lead
4 7 (12.28%) Architect
4 7 (12.28%) Consultant
4 7 (12.28%) Security Architect
5 6 (10.53%) Security Consultant
5 6 (10.53%) Senior Architect
5 6 (10.53%) Senior Security Architect
5 6 (10.53%) Team Leader
6 5 (8.77%) Senior Consultant
6 5 (8.77%) Senior Testing Consultant
6 5 (8.77%) Test Team Leader
6 5 (8.77%) Testing Consultant
7 4 (7.02%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) OAuth
1 4 (7.02%) OAuth2
1 4 (7.02%) SOAP
1 4 (7.02%) XML
2 3 (5.26%) Gherkin
3 2 (3.51%) Playwright
4 1 (1.75%) .NET
4 1 (1.75%) Node.js
4 1 (1.75%) React
4 1 (1.75%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 7 (12.28%) Mobile App
3 6 (10.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 4 (7.02%) IoT
5 3 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.26%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.51%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.02%) Unix
2 3 (5.26%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.75%) Android
3 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (52.63%) Penetration Testing
2 27 (47.37%) Information Security
3 22 (38.60%) Application Security
4 20 (35.09%) Mentoring
5 19 (33.33%) OWASP
6 17 (29.82%) Red Team
7 15 (26.32%) Coaching
8 13 (22.81%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (21.05%) Security Architecture
10 11 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (17.54%) Cloud Security
11 10 (17.54%) Test Automation
12 9 (15.79%) Agile
12 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (15.79%) Data Privacy
13 8 (14.04%) Social Engineering
14 7 (12.28%) Actionable Insight
14 7 (12.28%) Performance Testing
14 7 (12.28%) Security Operations
14 7 (12.28%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.53%) SQL
2 5 (8.77%) Java
2 5 (8.77%) Python
3 4 (7.02%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) CREST Certified
2 14 (24.56%) OSCP
3 13 (22.81%) CHECK Team Member
4 12 (21.05%) Cyber Scheme
5 11 (19.30%) CHECK Team Leader
5 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
5 11 (19.30%) Security Cleared
6 9 (15.79%) CISSP
7 6 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (10.53%) AWS Certification
7 6 (10.53%) Azure Certification
7 6 (10.53%) CCSK
7 6 (10.53%) CCSP
7 6 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (10.53%) CISM
7 6 (10.53%) PCI QSA
7 6 (10.53%) Tigerscheme
8 5 (8.77%) ISTQB
9 4 (7.02%) GIAC
10 3 (5.26%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.05%) NIST
2 6 (10.53%) Accessibility
2 6 (10.53%) Actionable Recommendations
2 6 (10.53%) GRC
2 6 (10.53%) PCI DSS
3 5 (8.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (8.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (7.02%) QA
5 3 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (5.26%) ISO 9001
5 3 (5.26%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.75%) GDPR
6 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (10.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (7.02%) Grafana
4 3 (5.26%) Nessus
4 3 (5.26%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (7.02%) Oracle
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.26%) Qualys
3 1 (1.75%) Dynatrace