Penetration Testing Jobs in England

Penetration Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 439 463 564
Rank change year-on-year +24 +101 -127
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 459 532 782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.61% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.64% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 362 374 565
10th Percentile £38,774 £43,750 £37,465
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,250 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,375 £105,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,187
% change year-on-year - +2.87% +3.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,781 82,738 134,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.16% 95.57% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 54,521 49,312 73,714
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,329 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
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 £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in England

Penetration Testing
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 Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +88 223 £75,000 -8.46% 45
South East -4 65 £43,750 -30.00% 18
Midlands -6 53 £55,000 -8.33% 7
North of England +22 48 £60,000 +14.29% 25
South West -14 48 £63,750 +25.00% 13
North West +11 36 £60,000 +12.15% 18
West Midlands -7 30 £55,000 -8.33% 6
East Midlands +2 23 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire +52 12 £44,250 -14.79% 6
East of England -17 7 £40,000 -27.27% 7
Penetration Testing
UK

Penetration Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.22%) Apache
3 1 (0.22%) Confluence
3 1 (0.22%) IIS
3 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 103 (22.44%) Azure
2 66 (14.38%) AWS
3 46 (10.02%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (4.79%) Cloud Computing
4 22 (4.79%) GCP
5 12 (2.61%) SaaS
6 11 (2.40%) Google Workspace
7 8 (1.74%) Amazon ECS
7 8 (1.74%) Cloudflare
7 8 (1.74%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.53%) PaaS
9 6 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (1.31%) IaaS
10 5 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.87%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 3 (0.65%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 118 (25.71%) Firewall
2 72 (15.69%) Network Security
3 37 (8.06%) Wireless
4 31 (6.75%) DNS
5 24 (5.23%) Intrusion Detection
6 20 (4.36%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (3.49%) TCP/IP
8 13 (2.83%) VPN
9 11 (2.40%) Broadband
9 11 (2.40%) NAS
10 10 (2.18%) Internet
10 10 (2.18%) Wireshark
11 9 (1.96%) SSL
12 8 (1.74%) LAN
12 8 (1.74%) NGFW
12 8 (1.74%) WAN
13 6 (1.31%) BGP
14 5 (1.09%) HTTP
14 5 (1.09%) IPsec
14 5 (1.09%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.09%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 40 (8.71%) Burp Suite
1 40 (8.71%) Metasploit
2 8 (1.74%) Git
2 8 (1.74%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.31%) JIRA
4 3 (0.65%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.65%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.22%) GitLab
6 1 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 146 (31.81%) Social Skills
2 86 (18.74%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (16.12%) Finance
4 41 (8.93%) Legal
5 27 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (5.66%) Law
7 25 (5.45%) Games
7 25 (5.45%) Telecoms
8 22 (4.79%) Retail
9 21 (4.58%) Aerospace
10 19 (4.14%) Banking
10 19 (4.14%) Marketing
11 18 (3.92%) Public Sector
12 14 (3.05%) Military
13 13 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.53%) Automotive
15 7 (1.53%) Aviation
16 5 (1.09%) Electronics
16 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 121 (26.36%) Penetration Tester
1 121 (26.36%) Tester
2 67 (14.60%) Senior
3 64 (13.94%) Lead
4 61 (13.29%) Analyst
5 43 (9.37%) Security Analyst
6 33 (7.19%) Consultant
7 32 (6.97%) Security Engineer
8 31 (6.75%) Team Leader
9 28 (6.10%) Security Manager
10 27 (5.88%) Senior Penetration Tester
10 27 (5.88%) Senior Tester
11 23 (5.01%) Architect
12 21 (4.58%) Security Consultant
13 20 (4.36%) Security Tester
13 20 (4.36%) Test Team Leader
14 19 (4.14%) Security Penetration Tester
15 18 (3.92%) Security Architect
16 16 (3.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
17 15 (3.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.18%) OAuth
2 8 (1.74%) Laravel
2 8 (1.74%) OAuth2
3 6 (1.31%) Web Services
4 4 (0.87%) EDI
4 4 (0.87%) OpenID
5 3 (0.65%) RESTful
5 3 (0.65%) WPF
6 2 (0.44%) SAML
7 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.22%) HTML
7 1 (0.22%) JSON
7 1 (0.22%) Kafka
7 1 (0.22%) Loki
7 1 (0.22%) SignalR
7 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.80%) Cyber Threat
2 38 (8.28%) Management Information System
3 36 (7.84%) Security Posture
4 31 (6.75%) Cyberattack
5 29 (6.32%) Mobile App
6 24 (5.23%) Onboarding
7 23 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (4.14%) Operational Technology
9 15 (3.27%) Data Centre
9 15 (3.27%) IoT
10 14 (3.05%) Cyber Defence
11 13 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.74%) Cyber Security Posture
14 6 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (1.31%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 6 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
15 5 (1.09%) Algorithms
15 5 (1.09%) Data Structures
15 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (15.69%) Windows
2 58 (12.64%) Linux
3 42 (9.15%) Kali Linux
4 21 (4.58%) Windows Server
5 20 (4.36%) Apple iOS
6 19 (4.14%) Android
7 12 (2.61%) Mac OS
7 12 (2.61%) Unix
8 3 (0.65%) Mac OS X
8 3 (0.65%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.22%) VMS
9 1 (0.22%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (74.07%) Cybersecurity
2 135 (29.41%) Information Security
3 115 (25.05%) Computer Science
4 111 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
5 98 (21.35%) Incident Response
6 89 (19.39%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 83 (18.08%) Red Team
8 81 (17.65%) Application Security
9 68 (14.81%) Security Testing
10 66 (14.38%) SIEM
11 65 (14.16%) Vulnerability Management
12 55 (11.98%) Mentoring
13 50 (10.89%) OWASP
14 49 (10.68%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 44 (9.59%) Patch Management
15 44 (9.59%) Risk Management
16 43 (9.37%) Malware Analysis
16 43 (9.37%) Security Operations
17 38 (8.28%) Data Protection
18 37 (8.06%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 53 (11.55%) Python
2 33 (7.19%) Bash
3 14 (3.05%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.74%) Java
4 8 (1.74%) PHP
4 8 (1.74%) Rust
5 7 (1.53%) C#
5 7 (1.53%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.53%) SQL
6 2 (0.44%) Go
6 2 (0.44%) Ruby
7 1 (0.22%) C++
7 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 124 (27.02%) Degree
2 90 (19.61%) CISSP
3 71 (15.47%) CREST Certified
4 66 (14.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 61 (13.29%) OSCP
6 53 (11.55%) CISM
7 32 (6.97%) CEH
7 32 (6.97%) Security Cleared
8 26 (5.66%) CHECK Team Leader
8 26 (5.66%) GIAC
8 26 (5.66%) SC Cleared
9 25 (5.45%) CISA
10 24 (5.23%) CompTIA Security+
11 23 (5.01%) CHECK Team Member
12 18 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (3.49%) GPEN
14 13 (2.83%) CompTIA CySA+
15 11 (2.40%) AWS Certification
16 10 (2.18%) Azure Certification
16 10 (2.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (18.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (10.68%) NIST
3 46 (10.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 30 (6.54%) GRC
5 25 (5.45%) PCI DSS
6 21 (4.58%) GDPR
7 20 (4.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 20 (4.36%) QA
8 18 (3.92%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.96%) NCSC
10 7 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (1.53%) DO-254
11 6 (1.31%) COBIT
11 6 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (1.31%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.65%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.65%) JTAG
13 2 (0.44%) SLA
14 1 (0.22%) GxP
System Software
1 44 (9.59%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (1.53%) Docker
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 20 (4.36%) Nessus
2 14 (3.05%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.83%) Ansible
4 12 (2.61%) WSUS
5 11 (2.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 11 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (2.18%) Nmap
6 10 (2.18%) QRadar
7 7 (1.53%) CASB
7 7 (1.53%) SCCM
8 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (1.31%) Terraform
9 5 (1.09%) Suricata
10 4 (0.87%) DatAdvantage
10 4 (0.87%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.65%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.65%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.44%) CSIRT
13 1 (0.22%) Anchore
13 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 85 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.45%) VMware
3 21 (4.58%) Cisco
3 21 (4.58%) Qualys
4 20 (4.36%) Google
5 14 (3.05%) Splunk
6 11 (2.40%) Apple
7 9 (1.96%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.53%) IBM
8 7 (1.53%) Kenna
8 7 (1.53%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.31%) HubSpot
10 5 (1.09%) Alibaba
10 5 (1.09%) Juniper
11 4 (0.87%) Darktrace
11 4 (0.87%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.87%) Varonis
11 4 (0.87%) Veeam
12 3 (0.65%) LogRhythm
12 3 (0.65%) Nimble Storage