Ethical Hacking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Ethical Hacking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ethical Hacking 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 744 734 813
Rank change year-on-year -10 +79 -236
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 31 20 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.042% 0.034% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.036% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 22 19 48
10th Percentile - £44,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,455
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £72,500 £63,250
90th Percentile £68,125 £93,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £56,050
% change year-on-year -7.69% +15.97% -6.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,033 55,511 69,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.47% 95.56% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 42,006 28,806 41,464
10th Percentile £27,336 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Ethical Hacking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the UK excluding 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
North of England - 13 £56,500 - 11
West Midlands +16 10 £55,000 +22.22% 4
Midlands +1 10 £55,000 +22.22% 10
North West - 7 £62,500 - 4
Yorkshire - 6 £56,500 - 6
Scotland -55 4 £50,000 -23.08% 3
South East -3 1 - - 13
Isle of Man -14 1 - - 1
South West -29 1 £67,500 -21.05% 2
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Ethical Hacking
UK

Ethical Hacking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (51.61%) Azure
2 13 (41.94%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (32.26%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (25.81%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (19.35%) AWS
5 6 (19.35%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (6.45%) GCP
7 2 (6.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (51.61%) Firewall
2 9 (29.03%) Network Security
3 8 (25.81%) LAN
3 8 (25.81%) WAN
4 7 (22.58%) Wireshark
5 6 (19.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.23%) tcpdump
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Burp Suite
General
1 10 (32.26%) Finance
2 8 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Legal
3 4 (12.90%) Law
4 3 (9.68%) Retail
5 2 (6.45%) Electronics
5 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Security Engineer
2 9 (29.03%) Analyst
3 8 (25.81%) Penetration Tester
3 8 (25.81%) Tester
4 6 (19.35%) Information Security Engineer
4 6 (19.35%) Lead
4 6 (19.35%) Security Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Senior
4 6 (19.35%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (19.35%) Team Leader
5 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Security Analyst
6 2 (6.45%) Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Information Architect
6 2 (6.45%) Information Security Architect
6 2 (6.45%) IT Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) IT Security Engineer
6 2 (6.45%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 14 (45.16%) Security Posture
2 10 (32.26%) Management Information System
3 7 (22.58%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (9.68%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (6.45%) Cloud Native
5 2 (6.45%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.23%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (3.23%) CSOC
6 1 (3.23%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.23%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (19.35%) Android
1 6 (19.35%) Apple iOS
1 6 (19.35%) Windows
2 2 (6.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (87.10%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (80.65%) Information Security
3 15 (48.39%) Security Operations
4 12 (38.71%) Penetration Testing
4 12 (38.71%) SIEM
5 11 (35.48%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (29.03%) Cloud Security
6 9 (29.03%) Security Management
7 8 (25.81%) Agile
7 8 (25.81%) API Testing
7 8 (25.81%) Data Loss Prevention
7 8 (25.81%) Data Privacy
7 8 (25.81%) Data Protection
7 8 (25.81%) Identity Access Management
7 8 (25.81%) Roadmaps
7 8 (25.81%) Test Strategy
8 7 (22.58%) Analytics
8 7 (22.58%) Cryptography
8 7 (22.58%) Information Security Management
9 6 (19.35%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 9 (29.03%) Python
2 8 (25.81%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.45%) Bash
4 1 (3.23%) C++
4 1 (3.23%) Java
4 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (54.84%) CISSP
2 14 (45.16%) CEH
3 10 (32.26%) CISM
3 10 (32.26%) OSCP
3 10 (32.26%) SSCP
4 9 (29.03%) Degree
5 8 (25.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 8 (25.81%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (25.81%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (19.35%) CCSP
6 6 (19.35%) SANS
7 4 (12.90%) GIAC
8 3 (9.68%) Master's Degree
8 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
9 2 (6.45%) AWS Certification
9 2 (6.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (6.45%) CISA
9 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (6.45%) CREST Certified
9 2 (6.45%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (54.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (35.48%) PCI DSS
3 10 (32.26%) NIST
4 9 (29.03%) GRC
5 4 (12.90%) ISO 22301
6 2 (6.45%) GDPR
6 2 (6.45%) QA
7 1 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (3.23%) NCSC
7 1 (3.23%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.23%) Snort
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (22.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (19.35%) Nmap
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.81%) Splunk
3 6 (19.35%) Qualys
3 6 (19.35%) Rapid7
3 6 (19.35%) Thycotic