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 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 389 369 487
Rank change year-on-year -20 +118 -73
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 203 300 461
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.58% 0.79% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.83% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 184 187 331
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -4.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 9 June 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 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 35 (17.24%) Azure
2 31 (15.27%) AWS
3 20 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.42%) Google Workspace
5 10 (4.93%) GCP
6 4 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.48%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (1.48%) AWS CloudTrail
7 3 (1.48%) AWS Control Tower
7 3 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.48%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.48%) IaaS
7 3 (1.48%) PaaS
7 3 (1.48%) SaaS
8 2 (0.99%) Azure Storage
8 2 (0.99%) OCI
9 1 (0.49%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.49%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 53 (26.11%) Firewall
2 29 (14.29%) Wireless
3 17 (8.37%) Network Security
4 16 (7.88%) DNS
5 11 (5.42%) Broadband
5 11 (5.42%) NAS
5 11 (5.42%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (3.94%) SSL
6 8 (3.94%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.96%) NGFW
8 5 (2.46%) BGP
8 5 (2.46%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (2.46%) IPsec
8 5 (2.46%) LAN
8 5 (2.46%) OSPF
8 5 (2.46%) VLAN
8 5 (2.46%) VPN
8 5 (2.46%) WAN
9 3 (1.48%) HTTP
9 3 (1.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.45%) MongoDB
3 5 (2.46%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.97%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (4.43%) Metasploit
2 6 (2.96%) Burp Suite
3 5 (2.46%) Postman
4 4 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.97%) JMeter
4 4 (1.97%) SoapUI
5 3 (1.48%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.48%) Git
5 3 (1.48%) JIRA
5 3 (1.48%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.49%) Selenium
General
1 74 (36.45%) Social Skills
2 30 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (13.30%) Finance
4 26 (12.81%) Presentation Skills
5 22 (10.84%) Legal
6 17 (8.37%) Marketing
7 13 (6.40%) Games
8 12 (5.91%) Public Sector
9 11 (5.42%) Retail
9 11 (5.42%) Telecoms
10 10 (4.93%) Law
11 7 (3.45%) Military
12 5 (2.46%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.97%) Welsh Language
14 3 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.49%) Aviation
16 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (34.48%) Penetration Tester
1 70 (34.48%) Tester
2 28 (13.79%) Lead
3 26 (12.81%) Senior
4 18 (8.87%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 18 (8.87%) Senior Tester
5 16 (7.88%) Consultant
5 16 (7.88%) Team Leader
5 16 (7.88%) Test Team Leader
6 13 (6.40%) Security Manager
7 12 (5.91%) Business Development Manager
7 12 (5.91%) Business Manager
7 12 (5.91%) Development Manager
7 12 (5.91%) Security Engineer
8 11 (5.42%) IT Consultant
8 11 (5.42%) IT Manager
8 11 (5.42%) Vulnerability Manager
9 9 (4.43%) Security Penetration Tester
9 9 (4.43%) Security Tester
10 8 (3.94%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.45%) OAuth
2 4 (1.97%) OAuth2
2 4 (1.97%) SOAP
2 4 (1.97%) XML
3 3 (1.48%) OpenID
3 3 (1.48%) RESTful
3 3 (1.48%) SAML
3 3 (1.48%) WPF
4 1 (0.49%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.49%) JSON
4 1 (0.49%) SignalR
4 1 (0.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.36%) Mobile App
2 18 (8.87%) Security Posture
3 15 (7.39%) Management Information System
4 14 (6.90%) Onboarding
5 11 (5.42%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (4.93%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.96%) IoT
8 6 (2.96%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.46%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.46%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.46%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.46%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.97%) PKI
10 4 (1.97%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.48%) Cyberattack
12 2 (0.99%) Anti-Spyware
12 2 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.32%) Windows
2 16 (7.88%) Windows Server
3 15 (7.39%) Android
3 15 (7.39%) Apple iOS
4 11 (5.42%) Mac OS
5 7 (3.45%) Unix
6 6 (2.96%) Kali Linux
7 2 (0.99%) AIX
7 2 (0.99%) Linux
7 2 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.49%) VMS
8 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (67.00%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (26.60%) Information Security
3 41 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (18.23%) Mentoring
5 34 (16.75%) Computer Science
6 33 (16.26%) Red Team
7 28 (13.79%) Security Testing
8 26 (12.81%) Data Privacy
8 26 (12.81%) Data Protection
9 24 (11.82%) Presales
10 21 (10.34%) OWASP
11 20 (9.85%) Ethical Hacking
11 20 (9.85%) Risk Management
11 20 (9.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 20 (9.85%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 19 (9.36%) Application Security
13 18 (8.87%) Incident Response
14 17 (8.37%) Business Continuity
14 17 (8.37%) Project Management
15 16 (7.88%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.88%) Bash
1 16 (7.88%) Python
2 8 (3.94%) SQL
3 5 (2.46%) C#
3 5 (2.46%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.97%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.48%) Java
6 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 53 (26.11%) CREST Certified
2 36 (17.73%) Degree
3 34 (16.75%) OSCP
3 34 (16.75%) Security Cleared
4 30 (14.78%) CISSP
4 30 (14.78%) SC Cleared
5 23 (11.33%) CISM
6 22 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (8.37%) CHECK Team Member
7 17 (8.37%) GIAC
8 13 (6.40%) Cyber Scheme
9 12 (5.91%) CHECK Team Leader
10 11 (5.42%) CEH
11 8 (3.94%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (3.94%) GPEN
12 7 (3.45%) CISA
12 7 (3.45%) OSCE
12 7 (3.45%) PCI QSA
13 6 (2.96%) CCIE
13 6 (2.96%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (19.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (11.82%) NIST
4 19 (9.36%) GRC
5 15 (7.39%) PCI DSS
5 15 (7.39%) SOC 2
6 13 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 13 (6.40%) QA
7 11 (5.42%) GDPR
8 7 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.97%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.97%) COBIT
9 4 (1.97%) JSP 440
9 4 (1.97%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.99%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.99%) RMADS
11 1 (0.49%) DO-254
11 1 (0.49%) GxP
11 1 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.49%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (5.91%) Nessus
2 11 (5.42%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (4.43%) Ansible
4 6 (2.96%) Nmap
5 4 (1.97%) Grafana
5 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.99%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.99%) Terraform
7 1 (0.49%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.40%) Google
3 11 (5.42%) Apple
3 11 (5.42%) VMware
4 7 (3.45%) Qualys
5 6 (2.96%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.96%) Oracle
6 4 (1.97%) Alibaba
7 2 (0.99%) ArcSight
7 2 (0.99%) Cisco
7 2 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (0.99%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.99%) Sophos
7 2 (0.99%) Splunk
7 2 (0.99%) Tripwire
8 1 (0.49%) arcserve
8 1 (0.49%) BMC
8 1 (0.49%) Remedy
8 1 (0.49%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.49%) Veeam