Security Testing Jobs in London

Security Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security 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 414 405 503
Rank change year-on-year -9 +98 -3
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 77 237 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.32% 0.72% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.76% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 73 119 148
10th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £45,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £81,928 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.56% +17.04% +5.66%
75th Percentile £82,500 £98,000 £85,313
90th Percentile - £106,250 £97,290
England median annual salary £61,206 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -18.39% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Security 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,583 31,348 70,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.41% 95.32% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 15,843 22,594 34,368
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,874 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,576 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in London

Security Testing
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in London.

Salary trend for Security Testing in London

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Security Testing in London

Security Testing
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the London 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
Central London +36 6 £55,000 -40.54% 2
West London -5 1 £57,500 -28.13% 1
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (2.60%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.49%) Azure
2 3 (3.90%) SaaS
3 2 (2.60%) Azure AKS
3 2 (2.60%) IaaS
3 2 (2.60%) PaaS
4 1 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.30%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (38.96%) Network Security
2 13 (16.88%) Wireless
3 9 (11.69%) Firewall
4 2 (2.60%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.30%) SSL
5 1 (1.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 31 (40.26%) Burp Suite
1 31 (40.26%) Metasploit
2 4 (5.19%) JIRA
2 4 (5.19%) Selenium
3 2 (2.60%) Appium
3 2 (2.60%) Cucumber
3 2 (2.60%) JUnit
3 2 (2.60%) SoapUI
3 2 (2.60%) TestNG
3 2 (2.60%) TestRail
3 2 (2.60%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.30%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.30%) Git
4 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.30%) JMeter
4 1 (1.30%) Postman
General
1 39 (50.65%) Social Skills
2 29 (37.66%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.29%) Finance
4 9 (11.69%) Marketing
5 8 (10.39%) Public Sector
6 7 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (6.49%) Legal
8 4 (5.19%) Retail
9 2 (2.60%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (2.60%) Health Technology
9 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.60%) Law
10 1 (1.30%) Games
10 1 (1.30%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 40 (51.95%) Penetration Tester
1 40 (51.95%) Tester
2 21 (27.27%) Senior
3 13 (16.88%) Consultant
3 13 (16.88%) Security Consultant
4 12 (15.58%) Testing Consultant
5 11 (14.29%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 11 (14.29%) Senior Tester
6 9 (11.69%) Senior Consultant
6 9 (11.69%) Senior Security Consultant
6 9 (11.69%) Senior Testing Consultant
7 6 (7.79%) Security Penetration Tester
7 6 (7.79%) Security Tester
8 5 (6.49%) Lead
9 4 (5.19%) Team Leader
9 4 (5.19%) Test Team Leader
10 3 (3.90%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 2 (2.60%) Azure Engineer
11 2 (2.60%) Information Manager
11 2 (2.60%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.30%) .NET
2 1 (1.30%) Kafka
2 1 (1.30%) Node.js
2 1 (1.30%) Playwright
2 1 (1.30%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Mobile App
2 7 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (6.49%) Cyber Security Posture
3 5 (6.49%) Cyberattack
4 4 (5.19%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.19%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.19%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.90%) IoT
6 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 31 (40.26%) Kali Linux
2 29 (37.66%) Linux
3 1 (1.30%) Android
3 1 (1.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (64.94%) Penetration Testing
2 47 (61.04%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (53.25%) Information Security
4 40 (51.95%) Application Security
5 38 (49.35%) Red Team
6 37 (48.05%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (41.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 28 (36.36%) Computer Science
8 28 (36.36%) Critical Thinking
8 28 (36.36%) Malware Analysis
8 28 (36.36%) Reverse Engineering
9 11 (14.29%) OWASP
10 9 (11.69%) Mentoring
11 8 (10.39%) Project Management
11 8 (10.39%) Risk Management
11 8 (10.39%) Roadmaps
12 7 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
12 7 (9.09%) Cloud Security
12 7 (9.09%) Test Automation
12 7 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.19%) Python
2 1 (1.30%) C#
2 1 (1.30%) C++
2 1 (1.30%) Java
2 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.30%) Shell Script
2 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
1 28 (36.36%) Degree
2 21 (27.27%) CREST Certified
3 15 (19.48%) OSCP
4 8 (10.39%) CHECK Team Leader
5 7 (9.09%) CHECK Team Member
5 7 (9.09%) Cyber Scheme
6 6 (7.79%) PCI QSA
6 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
6 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
6 6 (7.79%) Tigerscheme
7 4 (5.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (5.19%) CCSAM
8 3 (3.90%) OSCE
9 2 (2.60%) CEH
9 2 (2.60%) CISSP
10 1 (1.30%) GIAC
10 1 (1.30%) GPEN
10 1 (1.30%) ISTQB
10 1 (1.30%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) GRC
2 7 (9.09%) PCI DSS
3 6 (7.79%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (7.79%) NIST
4 4 (5.19%) GDPR
4 4 (5.19%) QA
5 3 (3.90%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (2.60%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.30%) NCSC
7 1 (1.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (2.60%) Docker
2 1 (1.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 4 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.90%) Nessus
2 3 (3.90%) Nmap
3 1 (1.30%) Ansible
3 1 (1.30%) Grafana
3 1 (1.30%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.30%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.30%) Puppet
3 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (3.90%) Qualys
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.30%) AppDynamics
3 1 (1.30%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.30%) New Relic
3 1 (1.30%) Splunk
3 1 (1.30%) VMware