Senior Penetration Tester Jobs in England

Senior Penetration Tester
UK > England

The median Senior Penetration Tester salary in England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 825 869 1170
Rank change year-on-year +44 +301 -276
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Penetration Tester 40 32 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.044% 0.038% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.042% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 25 22 15
10th Percentile £57,500 £66,000 £63,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £87,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £121,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £122,500 £96,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £87,500 £76,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% +14.75% -6.15%

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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £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 £71,082 £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%

Senior Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Penetration Tester in England

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Penetration Tester in England

Senior Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Penetration Tester in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Penetration Tester in England

Senior 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 Senior Penetration Tester within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +122 30 £70,000 -20.00% 1
North of England - 4 - -
Midlands -14 2 £60,000 -14.29% 1
North West - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
South East -7 1 - -
West Midlands -16 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
South West - 1 - -
Senior Penetration Tester
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 job ads across the England region featuring Senior Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 27 (67.50%) Penetration Testing
2 21 (52.50%) CREST Certified
3 16 (40.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 16 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 15 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 11 (27.50%) Security Testing
6 10 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 10 (25.00%) OSCP
6 10 (25.00%) Mobile App
7 9 (22.50%) OWASP
8 8 (20.00%) DV Cleared
8 8 (20.00%) Wireless
8 8 (20.00%) Red Team
9 7 (17.50%) Application Security
9 7 (17.50%) Actionable Insight
9 7 (17.50%) CHECK Team Member
9 7 (17.50%) Marketing
9 7 (17.50%) Azure
10 6 (15.00%) Information Security
10 6 (15.00%) Security Architecture
10 6 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (15.00%) Presales
10 6 (15.00%) Tigerscheme
10 6 (15.00%) Data Privacy
10 6 (15.00%) PCI DSS
10 6 (15.00%) PCI QSA
10 6 (15.00%) Firewall
10 6 (15.00%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving

Senior 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 7 (17.50%) Azure
2 4 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.50%) AWS
4 2 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) Wireless
2 6 (15.00%) Firewall
3 1 (2.50%) Network Security
3 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.50%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (17.50%) Marketing
2 6 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Law
3 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.00%) Retail
4 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Banking
5 1 (2.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Mobile App
2 6 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (10.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (10.00%) Cyberattack
3 4 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (67.50%) Penetration Testing
2 16 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (27.50%) Security Testing
4 10 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 9 (22.50%) OWASP
6 8 (20.00%) Red Team
7 7 (17.50%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (17.50%) Application Security
8 6 (15.00%) Cloud Security
8 6 (15.00%) Data Privacy
8 6 (15.00%) Information Security
8 6 (15.00%) Presales
8 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (15.00%) Security Architecture
8 6 (15.00%) Thought Leadership
9 4 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
9 4 (10.00%) Identity Management
9 4 (10.00%) Social Engineering
9 4 (10.00%) Threat Management
9 4 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 21 (52.50%) CREST Certified
2 16 (40.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 15 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 10 (25.00%) OSCP
5 8 (20.00%) DV Cleared
6 7 (17.50%) CHECK Team Member
7 6 (15.00%) Cyber Scheme
7 6 (15.00%) PCI QSA
7 6 (15.00%) Tigerscheme
8 4 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (10.00%) CCSAM
9 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.50%) CCNA
9 1 (2.50%) CCNP
9 1 (2.50%) CISA
9 1 (2.50%) CISM
9 1 (2.50%) CISSP
9 1 (2.50%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (15.00%) GRC
1 6 (15.00%) NIST
1 6 (15.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (2.50%) Nessus
2 1 (2.50%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.50%) Qualys