Senior Penetration Tester Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Senior Penetration Tester
UK > Work from Home

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Penetration Tester salary in Work from Home.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 572 644
Rank change year-on-year +163 +72 +181
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 4 17 27
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.027% 0.050% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.052% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 0 13 21
10th Percentile - £57,500 -
25th Percentile - £65,000 £83,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £70,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +14.75%
75th Percentile - £80,000 £121,250
90th Percentile - - £122,500
UK median annual salary £85,000 £70,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +21.43% -20.00% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Senior Penetration Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Senior Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Senior Penetration Tester trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Senior Penetration Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Senior Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (75.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 2 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
3 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
3 2 (50.00%) Security Auditing
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Data Privacy
3 2 (50.00%) GRC
3 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (50.00%) OSCP
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (25.00%) Web Services

Senior Penetration Tester Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (25.00%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Security Auditing
2 2 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) OWASP
3 1 (25.00%) Red Team
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 2 (50.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 2 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (50.00%) GRC
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS