Offensive Security Jobs in England

Offensive Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Offensive Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Offensive Security over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 784 814 1085
Rank change year-on-year +30 +271 -240
Permanent jobs citing Offensive Security 64 100 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.070% 0.12% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.12% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 42 36 41
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,875 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,188 £57,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.96% +0.29% +30.77%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,250 £110,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,000 -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £78,750
% change year-on-year -9.38% +1.59% +21.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Offensive Security 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,200 80,466 135,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.51% 95.48% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,193 48,975 73,419
10th Percentile £29,022 £34,324 £33,262
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Offensive Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Offensive Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Offensive Security in England

Offensive Security
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Offensive Security in England.

Salary trend for Offensive Security in England

Offensive Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Offensive Security in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Offensive Security in England

Offensive Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Offensive Security within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
London +86 35 £72,500 -14.71% 11
North of England +42 15 £90,000 +56.52% 4
North West -5 11 £65,000 +13.04% 2
South East -15 5 - - 3
South West -33 5 £90,000 +5.26% 4
Yorkshire +63 4 £90,000 - 1
West Midlands -18 1 - - 3
Midlands -20 1 - - 3
Offensive Security
UK

Offensive Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (35.94%) Azure
2 15 (23.44%) AWS
2 15 (23.44%) GCP
3 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.13%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.81%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.56%) DNS
2 1 (1.56%) Firewall
2 1 (1.56%) HTTP
2 1 (1.56%) NGFW
2 1 (1.56%) SMTP
2 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (18.75%) Finance
2 11 (17.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (15.63%) Banking
3 10 (15.63%) Retail Banking
4 8 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Law
5 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.13%) Retail
7 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 27 (42.19%) Tester
2 26 (40.63%) Penetration Tester
2 26 (40.63%) Senior
3 12 (18.75%) Architect
3 12 (18.75%) Lead
4 11 (17.19%) Lead Tester
5 10 (15.63%) Analyst
5 10 (15.63%) Security Analyst
5 10 (15.63%) Senior Architect
5 10 (15.63%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 10 (15.63%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (15.63%) Team Leader
6 8 (12.50%) IT Analyst
6 8 (12.50%) IT Security Analyst
7 6 (9.38%) Head of Testing
7 6 (9.38%) IT Engineer
7 6 (9.38%) Security Operations Analyst
7 6 (9.38%) Senior IT Engineer
7 6 (9.38%) Senior IT Security Analyst
7 6 (9.38%) Senior Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Cyberattack
2 3 (4.69%) Security Posture
2 3 (4.69%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.13%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.13%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.63%) Windows
2 1 (1.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (65.63%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (32.81%) Penetration Testing
3 12 (18.75%) Agile
4 11 (17.19%) Incident Response
4 11 (17.19%) Red Team
4 11 (17.19%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 10 (15.63%) Architecture Governance
5 10 (15.63%) Asset Management
5 10 (15.63%) Business Development
5 10 (15.63%) Coaching
5 10 (15.63%) Customer Experience
5 10 (15.63%) Customer-Centricity
5 10 (15.63%) Identity Access Management
5 10 (15.63%) Information Security
5 10 (15.63%) Security Architecture
5 10 (15.63%) Software Delivery
5 10 (15.63%) Target Operating Model
6 9 (14.06%) Ethical Hacking
6 9 (14.06%) Security Operations
7 8 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.06%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.25%) Bash
2 4 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (29.69%) OSCP
2 11 (17.19%) CHECK Team Leader
3 9 (14.06%) CEH
4 7 (10.94%) CISSP
4 7 (10.94%) GIAC
5 6 (9.38%) CREST Certified
5 6 (9.38%) GPEN
6 4 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (4.69%) CISM
7 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
7 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
8 2 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (3.13%) AWS Certification
8 2 (3.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.13%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.13%) Degree
8 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
8 2 (3.13%) OSCE
8 2 (3.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) GDPR
1 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (4.69%) NIST
3 2 (3.13%) QA
4 1 (1.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (14.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (7.81%) Oracle
4 1 (1.56%) Zscaler