Penetration Testing Jobs in Yorkshire

Penetration Testing
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 267 233
Rank change year-on-year +60 -34 -20
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 12 39 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.21% 0.47% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.48% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 8 33 34
10th Percentile £34,675 £46,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.71% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £55,625 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £59,750 £73,750 £70,639
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

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 advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,845 8,128 6,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.95% 97.97% 93.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,701 3,521 4,568
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +8.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Yorkshire

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Yorkshire

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Yorkshire

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire +74 12 £44,250 -13.85% 4
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 6 (50.00%) AWS
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
1 6 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (25.00%) GCP
2 3 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Internet
1 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Burp Suite
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Games
2 1 (8.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Analyst
1 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
1 3 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (16.67%) Security Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Security Penetration Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Cyberattack
1 3 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
1 3 (25.00%) Mac OS X
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) Android
2 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) SDLC
3 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) Coaching
4 3 (25.00%) Content Development
4 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (25.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
4 3 (25.00%) SIEM
4 3 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Splunk
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow