Ethical Hacking Jobs in London

Ethical Hacking
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ethical Hacking over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 579 854
Rank change year-on-year +99 +275 -250
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 29 24 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.077% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.081% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 24 23 35
10th Percentile £51,250 £55,450 £41,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £59,375 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -12.90% +12.32%
75th Percentile £79,248 £92,875 £100,000
90th Percentile £91,991 £99,650 £105,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Ethical Hacking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,142 29,692 72,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.35% 95.12% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16,050 21,866 34,403
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Ethical Hacking in London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Ethical Hacking in London

Ethical Hacking
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Central London +42 6 £72,500 -14.71% 1
West London - 3 £50,000 - 6
Ethical Hacking
England

Ethical Hacking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (55.17%) Azure
2 9 (31.03%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (27.59%) AWS
3 8 (27.59%) GCP
4 6 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (17.24%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (13.79%) Amazon S3
7 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
8 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) Wireshark
2 6 (20.69%) Firewall
3 5 (17.24%) LAN
3 5 (17.24%) Network Security
3 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
3 5 (17.24%) WAN
4 1 (3.45%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Metasploit
2 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (41.38%) Finance
1 12 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.79%) Banking
3 4 (13.79%) Retail
4 3 (10.34%) Law
4 3 (10.34%) Legal
5 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Senior
2 10 (34.48%) Penetration Tester
2 10 (34.48%) Security Engineer
2 10 (34.48%) Tester
3 4 (13.79%) Data Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Security Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Tester
4 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Incident Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Information Security Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Incident Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Threat Hunter
5 2 (6.90%) Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) CISSP Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Programme Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Information Security Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) Kafka
2 1 (3.45%) Node.js
2 1 (3.45%) React
2 1 (3.45%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Cyberattack
1 7 (24.14%) Management Information System
1 7 (24.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (13.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (13.79%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (13.79%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
2 4 (13.79%) Public Cloud
3 3 (10.34%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (10.34%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.45%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Android
2 5 (17.24%) Apple iOS
3 4 (13.79%) CentOS
3 4 (13.79%) Linux
3 4 (13.79%) Solaris
3 4 (13.79%) Ubuntu
3 4 (13.79%) Unix
3 4 (13.79%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (75.86%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (51.72%) Penetration Testing
3 12 (41.38%) Roadmaps
3 12 (41.38%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (37.93%) Information Security
4 11 (37.93%) SIEM
5 10 (34.48%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 10 (34.48%) Security Operations
6 9 (31.03%) Identity Access Management
6 9 (31.03%) Key Management
6 9 (31.03%) Process Improvement
6 9 (31.03%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 9 (31.03%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 9 (31.03%) Zero Trust
7 8 (27.59%) Incident Response
8 6 (20.69%) Agile
8 6 (20.69%) Cryptography
8 6 (20.69%) Offensive Security
8 6 (20.69%) Red Team
9 5 (17.24%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (34.48%) Python
2 5 (17.24%) PowerShell
3 3 (10.34%) Bash
4 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (58.62%) CISSP
2 15 (51.72%) CEH
3 9 (31.03%) CISM
4 7 (24.14%) GIAC
5 6 (20.69%) GPEN
5 6 (20.69%) OSCP
6 5 (17.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (17.24%) CCSP
6 5 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (17.24%) SANS
6 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
6 5 (17.24%) Security Cleared
6 5 (17.24%) SSCP
7 4 (13.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (13.79%) CCSAM
7 4 (13.79%) CREST Certified
8 3 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (10.34%) Degree
9 2 (6.90%) CEPT
10 1 (3.45%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (41.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (41.38%) NIST
2 5 (17.24%) PCI DSS
3 4 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (10.34%) GDPR
5 1 (3.45%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (17.24%) Nmap
2 4 (13.79%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (10.34%) Nessus
4 1 (3.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (31.03%) Qualys
2 9 (31.03%) Splunk
3 5 (17.24%) Rapid7
3 5 (17.24%) Thycotic
4 1 (3.45%) Alibaba
4 1 (3.45%) Google