Penetration Testing Jobs in the North of England

Penetration Testing
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 353 321
Rank change year-on-year -1 -32 -21
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 48 74 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.24% 0.47% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.48% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 40 57 100
10th Percentile £36,250 £44,750 £37,494
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +36.84%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £66,900 £75,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,869 15,355 17,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.46% 96.77% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,723 7,789 10,714
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,275 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the North of England

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in the North of England

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in the North of England

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West -1 36 £60,000 +17.07% 14
Yorkshire +36 12 £44,250 -15.71% 6
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 (14.58%) AWS
1 7 (14.58%) Azure
2 6 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (6.25%) GCP
3 3 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (35.42%) Firewall
2 3 (6.25%) Internet
2 3 (6.25%) TCP/IP
2 3 (6.25%) Wireless
3 2 (4.17%) NGFW
3 2 (4.17%) Wireshark
4 1 (2.08%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Burp Suite
2 3 (6.25%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 7 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Finance
6 2 (4.17%) Games
7 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Law
7 1 (2.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (25.00%) Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) IT Manager
2 9 (18.75%) Security Analyst
3 8 (16.67%) Vulnerability Manager
4 7 (14.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 7 (14.58%) Penetration Tester
5 6 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
5 6 (12.50%) Business Manager
5 6 (12.50%) Development Manager
5 6 (12.50%) Sales Business Development Manager
5 6 (12.50%) Sales Manager
6 5 (10.42%) Consultant
6 5 (10.42%) Lead
6 5 (10.42%) Tester
7 4 (8.33%) Security Consultant
8 3 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Security Engineer
8 3 (6.25%) Senior
8 3 (6.25%) SOC Analyst
9 2 (4.17%) Security Penetration Tester
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (8.33%) Cyberattack
2 4 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.25%) IoT
3 3 (6.25%) NHS
3 3 (6.25%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.17%) Anti-Spyware
4 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.08%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Linux
1 4 (8.33%) Windows
2 3 (6.25%) Kali Linux
2 3 (6.25%) Mac OS X
3 1 (2.08%) Android
3 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.08%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (89.58%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (22.92%) Incident Response
2 11 (22.92%) Information Security
3 10 (20.83%) SIEM
3 10 (20.83%) Static Application Security Testing
4 8 (16.67%) Patch Management
4 8 (16.67%) Red Team
4 8 (16.67%) Security Testing
4 8 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 7 (14.58%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (14.58%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 6 (12.50%) Application Security
6 6 (12.50%) Business Development
6 6 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 6 (12.50%) CRM
6 6 (12.50%) Lead Generation
6 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 6 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (10.42%) Coaching
7 5 (10.42%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) Python
2 3 (6.25%) Java
2 3 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.25%) SQL
3 1 (2.08%) Bash
3 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (18.75%) CISSP
1 9 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.50%) OSCP
2 6 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.33%) CEH
3 4 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (8.33%) CREST Certified
3 4 (8.33%) Degree
4 3 (6.25%) OSCE
5 2 (4.17%) CISM
5 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.08%) GCFA
6 1 (2.08%) GCFE
6 1 (2.08%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.08%) NCSC
3 1 (2.08%) NIST
3 1 (2.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Nessus
2 3 (6.25%) Nmap
3 1 (2.08%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 12 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) Splunk
3 6 (12.50%) HubSpot
4 4 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (6.25%) Qualys
5 3 (6.25%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 2 (4.17%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.17%) SonicWALL