Penetration Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Penetration Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 398 361 477
Rank change year-on-year -37 +116 -84
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 206 320 458
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.61% 0.80% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.83% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 181 199 334
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,400 £34,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £63,125
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +6.93% -7.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.35% +7.60% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,879 38,524 69,675
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.94% 96.06% 97.07%
Number of salaries quoted 23,365 26,722 41,465
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Penetration Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Penetration Testing.

Penetration Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Penetration Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (0.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (15.53%) Azure
2 28 (13.59%) AWS
3 21 (10.19%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.34%) Google Workspace
5 8 (3.88%) GCP
6 5 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.46%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.46%) IaaS
8 3 (1.46%) PaaS
8 3 (1.46%) SaaS
9 2 (0.97%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (0.97%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.97%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (0.97%) Azure Storage
9 2 (0.97%) OCI
10 1 (0.49%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 57 (27.67%) Firewall
2 28 (13.59%) Wireless
3 22 (10.68%) Network Security
4 16 (7.77%) DNS
5 11 (5.34%) Broadband
5 11 (5.34%) NAS
5 11 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (4.37%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.91%) NGFW
7 6 (2.91%) SSL
8 5 (2.43%) BGP
8 5 (2.43%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (2.43%) IPsec
8 5 (2.43%) LAN
8 5 (2.43%) OSPF
8 5 (2.43%) VLAN
8 5 (2.43%) VPN
8 5 (2.43%) WAN
9 3 (1.46%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.97%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.37%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.91%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.43%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.94%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 8 (3.88%) Metasploit
2 5 (2.43%) Burp Suite
2 5 (2.43%) Postman
3 4 (1.94%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.94%) JMeter
3 4 (1.94%) SoapUI
4 3 (1.46%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.46%) Git
4 3 (1.46%) JIRA
4 3 (1.46%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 74 (35.92%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.50%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (13.11%) Presentation Skills
4 26 (12.62%) Legal
5 25 (12.14%) Finance
6 15 (7.28%) Marketing
7 13 (6.31%) Games
7 13 (6.31%) Military
8 12 (5.83%) Public Sector
9 11 (5.34%) Retail
9 11 (5.34%) Telecoms
10 10 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (4.85%) Law
11 7 (3.40%) Aerospace
11 7 (3.40%) Aviation
11 7 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.43%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.94%) Welsh Language
14 3 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 62 (30.10%) Penetration Tester
1 62 (30.10%) Tester
2 29 (14.08%) Senior
3 27 (13.11%) Lead
4 17 (8.25%) Consultant
4 17 (8.25%) Security Manager
4 17 (8.25%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 17 (8.25%) Senior Tester
5 16 (7.77%) Team Leader
5 16 (7.77%) Test Team Leader
6 12 (5.83%) Business Development Manager
6 12 (5.83%) Business Manager
6 12 (5.83%) Development Manager
6 12 (5.83%) Security Engineer
7 11 (5.34%) IT Consultant
7 11 (5.34%) IT Manager
7 11 (5.34%) Vulnerability Manager
8 10 (4.85%) Analyst
9 9 (4.37%) Security Analyst
10 8 (3.88%) Information Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.91%) OAuth
2 4 (1.94%) OAuth2
2 4 (1.94%) SOAP
2 4 (1.94%) XML
3 3 (1.46%) RESTful
3 3 (1.46%) WPF
4 2 (0.97%) OpenID
4 2 (0.97%) SAML
5 1 (0.49%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.49%) JSON
5 1 (0.49%) SignalR
5 1 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.74%) Mobile App
1 18 (8.74%) Security Posture
2 17 (8.25%) Management Information System
2 17 (8.25%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.83%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (5.34%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.91%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.43%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.43%) Cyberattack
7 5 (2.43%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.43%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.43%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.43%) IoT
7 5 (2.43%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.94%) CESG
8 4 (1.94%) PKI
8 4 (1.94%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.97%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 26 (12.62%) Windows
2 16 (7.77%) Windows Server
3 15 (7.28%) Android
3 15 (7.28%) Apple iOS
4 11 (5.34%) Mac OS
5 8 (3.88%) Unix
6 5 (2.43%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.97%) AIX
7 2 (0.97%) Linux
7 2 (0.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.49%) VMS
8 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (70.39%) Cybersecurity
2 58 (28.16%) Information Security
3 41 (19.90%) Mentoring
4 37 (17.96%) Computer Science
4 37 (17.96%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (16.50%) Red Team
6 31 (15.05%) Security Testing
7 27 (13.11%) Data Protection
8 26 (12.62%) Data Privacy
9 25 (12.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 24 (11.65%) Presales
11 23 (11.17%) Risk Management
11 23 (11.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 20 (9.71%) Application Security
13 19 (9.22%) Ethical Hacking
14 18 (8.74%) Incident Response
14 18 (8.74%) OWASP
15 17 (8.25%) Decision-Making
15 17 (8.25%) Project Management
16 15 (7.28%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.25%) Bash
1 17 (8.25%) Python
2 8 (3.88%) SQL
3 6 (2.91%) C#
4 5 (2.43%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.94%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.46%) Java
7 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (23.30%) CREST Certified
2 38 (18.45%) CISSP
3 36 (17.48%) Degree
4 33 (16.02%) OSCP
5 25 (12.14%) CISM
6 23 (11.17%) Security Cleared
7 21 (10.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (10.19%) SC Cleared
8 17 (8.25%) CHECK Team Member
8 17 (8.25%) GIAC
9 13 (6.31%) CEH
9 13 (6.31%) Cyber Scheme
10 12 (5.83%) CHECK Team Leader
10 12 (5.83%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (5.83%) GPEN
11 10 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (3.40%) CISA
12 7 (3.40%) PCI QSA
13 6 (2.91%) CCIE
13 6 (2.91%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (19.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (13.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (13.11%) NIST
4 20 (9.71%) GRC
5 16 (7.77%) SOC 2
6 15 (7.28%) PCI DSS
7 14 (6.80%) QA
8 12 (5.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (4.37%) GDPR
10 7 (3.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 7 (3.40%) DO-254
11 4 (1.94%) Accessibility
11 4 (1.94%) COBIT
11 4 (1.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (1.94%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.97%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.97%) JSP 440
13 1 (0.49%) GxP
13 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (9.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (5.34%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (4.85%) Nessus
3 9 (4.37%) Ansible
4 5 (2.43%) Nmap
5 4 (1.94%) Grafana
6 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.97%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.97%) Terraform
8 1 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 41 (19.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.34%) Apple
2 11 (5.34%) Google
2 11 (5.34%) VMware
3 6 (2.91%) HubSpot
3 6 (2.91%) Oracle
4 5 (2.43%) Qualys
5 4 (1.94%) Alibaba
6 2 (0.97%) ArcSight
6 2 (0.97%) Cisco
6 2 (0.97%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (0.97%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.97%) Sophos
6 2 (0.97%) Splunk
6 2 (0.97%) Tripwire
7 1 (0.49%) arcserve
7 1 (0.49%) BMC
7 1 (0.49%) Remedy
7 1 (0.49%) SAP
7 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow