Red Team Jobs

Red Teaming
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Red Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Red Team 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 661 827 1114
Rank change year-on-year +166 +287 -223
Permanent jobs citing Red Team 266 118 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.13% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.13% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 78 62 83
10th Percentile £47,625 £46,000 £40,250
25th Percentile £58,375 £52,813 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,500 £82,000
90th Percentile - £97,950 £101,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,875 £62,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -5.80% +14.68% +14.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Red Team 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Red Team
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Red Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Red Team in the UK

Red Team
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Red Team.

Salary trend for Red Team in the UK

Red Team
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Red Team over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Red Team in the UK

Red Team
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Red Team within the UK 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
England +173 261 £75,000 +11.11% 27
UK excluding London +91 194 £58,875 -5.80% 9
South East +131 150 £65,750 +14.35% 2
London +65 65 £75,000 -2.28% 12
Work from Home +50 34 £55,000 -14.40% 23
West Midlands +13 27 - - 1
Midlands -10 27 - - 1
South West -24 9 £62,500 +73.61% 1
North of England +22 8 £50,000 -21.26% 3
North West -9 5 £50,000 -19.03% 2
Yorkshire +62 3 - - 1

Red Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (1.88%) Azure
2 3 (1.13%) Entra ID
3 2 (0.75%) AWS
3 2 (0.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (13.53%) Network Security
2 11 (4.14%) Wireless
3 6 (2.26%) HTTP
3 6 (2.26%) SSL
4 4 (1.50%) SMTP
5 3 (1.13%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.75%) Firewall
6 2 (0.75%) SSH
6 2 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.38%) Internet
7 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.38%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 41 (15.41%) Metasploit
2 38 (14.29%) Burp Suite
General
1 161 (60.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 44 (16.54%) Social Skills
3 36 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (4.51%) Games
5 11 (4.14%) Finance
6 8 (3.01%) Law
6 8 (3.01%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.26%) Marketing
7 6 (2.26%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.88%) Legal
9 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.75%) Retail
10 1 (0.38%) Banking
Job Titles
1 122 (45.86%) Data Scientist
2 60 (22.56%) Penetration Tester
2 60 (22.56%) Tester
3 38 (14.29%) Data Engineer
4 27 (10.15%) Security Engineer
5 22 (8.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 17 (6.39%) Senior
7 15 (5.64%) Security Manager
8 12 (4.51%) Computer Scientist
8 12 (4.51%) Research Scientist
9 11 (4.14%) Lead
10 10 (3.76%) Research Engineer
10 10 (3.76%) Security Assurance Manager
11 9 (3.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 8 (3.01%) Consultant
12 8 (3.01%) Senior Penetration Tester
12 8 (3.01%) Senior Tester
13 7 (2.63%) Security Consultant
14 5 (1.88%) Operations Manager
14 5 (1.88%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 122 (45.86%) Algorithms
2 16 (6.02%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (5.64%) Mobile App
4 14 (5.26%) Operational Technology
5 13 (4.89%) Cyberattack
6 9 (3.38%) IoT
6 9 (3.38%) SCADA
7 8 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.88%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.13%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (0.75%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.75%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.38%) Cloud Security Posture
12 1 (0.38%) Cybercrime
12 1 (0.38%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.29%) Kali Linux
2 29 (10.90%) Linux
3 2 (0.75%) Android
3 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.75%) Windows
4 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (87.59%) Cybersecurity
2 197 (74.06%) Problem-Solving
3 174 (65.41%) Mentoring
4 167 (62.78%) Computer Science
5 163 (61.28%) Data Science
6 160 (60.15%) Coaching
7 124 (46.62%) Mathematics
8 123 (46.24%) Digital Forensics
9 122 (45.86%) Data Analysis
9 122 (45.86%) Decision-Making
9 122 (45.86%) Statistical Modelling
10 90 (33.83%) Penetration Testing
11 50 (18.80%) Security Testing
12 45 (16.92%) Application Security
13 40 (15.04%) Analytics
14 38 (14.29%) Data Engineering
14 38 (14.29%) Data Modelling
14 38 (14.29%) Information Security
15 37 (13.91%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 30 (11.28%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.88%) Python
2 3 (1.13%) Java
2 3 (1.13%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.75%) Bash
4 1 (0.38%) C#
4 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 206 (77.44%) Degree
2 37 (13.91%) CREST Certified
3 31 (11.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (9.40%) OSCP
5 18 (6.77%) GIAC
6 16 (6.02%) Security Cleared
7 14 (5.26%) SC Cleared
8 13 (4.89%) CISSP
9 12 (4.51%) OSCE
10 11 (4.14%) GPEN
11 9 (3.38%) CHECK Team Member
11 9 (3.38%) CISM
12 7 (2.63%) Cyber Scheme
13 5 (1.88%) CHECK Team Leader
14 4 (1.50%) CCSAS
14 4 (1.50%) CEH
15 3 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
16 2 (0.75%) CASP
16 2 (0.75%) GCIH
16 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.76%) GRC
3 8 (3.01%) GDPR
4 6 (2.26%) NIST
4 6 (2.26%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.75%) NCSC
6 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (1.88%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.75%) Docker
2 2 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (6.77%) Nessus
2 10 (3.76%) Nmap
3 9 (3.38%) QRadar
4 6 (2.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 16 (6.02%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.64%) Qualys
3 9 (3.38%) Darktrace
4 2 (0.75%) Google
5 1 (0.38%) Intel
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat