Penetration Tester Jobs in England

Penetration Tester
UK > England

The median Penetration Tester salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 696 768 1113
Rank change year-on-year +72 +345 -262
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 156 111 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.13% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.15% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 121 61 76
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -1.96% +6.25%
75th Percentile £82,500 £91,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £121,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in England.

Salary trend for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Tester in England

Penetration Tester
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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 +117 87 £70,000 -20.00% 7
South West -20 27 £90,000 +151.24% 5
North of England +35 23 £90,000 +50.00% 4
North West -4 12 £90,000 +41.18% 2
Yorkshire +71 11 £90,000 +50.00% 2
Midlands -38 10 £55,000 -12.00% 2
West Midlands -17 9 £55,000 -12.00% 2
South East -21 3 £56,250 +12.50%
East Midlands -33 1 £60,000 -
Penetration Tester
UK

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 120 (76.92%) Penetration Testing
2 102 (65.38%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (37.18%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (36.54%) Social Skills
5 55 (35.26%) Red Team
6 48 (30.77%) OSCP
6 48 (30.77%) Information Security
7 47 (30.13%) Degree
7 47 (30.13%) Security Testing
8 46 (29.49%) Computer Science
9 42 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (26.92%) CREST Certified
10 38 (24.36%) Application Security
11 37 (23.72%) Metasploit
12 35 (22.44%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 34 (21.79%) Burp Suite
13 34 (21.79%) Kali Linux
13 34 (21.79%) CHECK Team Leader
13 34 (21.79%) Computer Science Degree
14 31 (19.87%) Offensive Security
15 30 (19.23%) Reverse Engineering
16 29 (18.59%) Malware Analysis
16 29 (18.59%) Network Security
17 28 (17.95%) Linux
17 28 (17.95%) Critical Thinking
18 26 (16.67%) Mobile App
19 25 (16.03%) Security Cleared
19 25 (16.03%) SC Cleared
20 21 (13.46%) CHECK Team Member
21 19 (12.18%) Presentation Skills

Penetration Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (10.26%) Azure
2 13 (8.33%) AWS
3 8 (5.13%) GCP
4 4 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (18.59%) Network Security
2 15 (9.62%) Firewall
3 14 (8.97%) Wireless
4 10 (6.41%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.92%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.28%) Wireless Security
7 1 (0.64%) HTTP
7 1 (0.64%) Internet
7 1 (0.64%) SSH
7 1 (0.64%) SSL
7 1 (0.64%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 37 (23.72%) Metasploit
2 34 (21.79%) Burp Suite
General
1 57 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 42 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (12.18%) Presentation Skills
4 14 (8.97%) Law
5 10 (6.41%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.13%) Legal
6 8 (5.13%) Marketing
7 4 (2.56%) Games
7 4 (2.56%) Retail
8 1 (0.64%) Banking
8 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 14 (8.97%) Security Posture
3 6 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (3.85%) Cyberattack
3 6 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 5 (3.21%) IoT
5 4 (2.56%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.92%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.92%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.28%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.64%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.64%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (21.79%) Kali Linux
2 28 (17.95%) Linux
3 12 (7.69%) Android
3 12 (7.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.64%) Unix
4 1 (0.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (76.92%) Penetration Testing
2 102 (65.38%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (37.18%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (35.26%) Red Team
5 48 (30.77%) Information Security
6 47 (30.13%) Security Testing
7 46 (29.49%) Computer Science
8 38 (24.36%) Application Security
9 35 (22.44%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 31 (19.87%) Offensive Security
11 30 (19.23%) Reverse Engineering
12 29 (18.59%) Malware Analysis
13 28 (17.95%) Critical Thinking
14 18 (11.54%) Ethical Hacking
15 17 (10.90%) Data Privacy
15 17 (10.90%) Mentoring
16 16 (10.26%) Incident Response
17 14 (8.97%) Risk Analysis
18 13 (8.33%) Test Strategy
18 13 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.13%) Python
2 4 (2.56%) Bash
2 4 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.92%) Java
4 1 (0.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 48 (30.77%) OSCP
2 47 (30.13%) Degree
3 42 (26.92%) CREST Certified
4 34 (21.79%) CHECK Team Leader
4 34 (21.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (16.03%) SC Cleared
5 25 (16.03%) Security Cleared
6 21 (13.46%) CHECK Team Member
7 8 (5.13%) Cyber Scheme
7 8 (5.13%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.49%) CEH
8 7 (4.49%) OSCE
9 6 (3.85%) GIAC
9 6 (3.85%) GPEN
9 6 (3.85%) PCI QSA
9 6 (3.85%) Tigerscheme
10 5 (3.21%) CCSAM
11 4 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (2.56%) CISSP
12 3 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.97%) GRC
1 14 (8.97%) PCI DSS
2 9 (5.77%) NIST
3 6 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (1.92%) GDPR
4 3 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.13%) Nessus
2 6 (3.85%) Nmap
3 4 (2.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 7 (4.49%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.21%) Google
2 5 (3.21%) Qualys
3 1 (0.64%) Red Hat