Security Penetration Tester Jobs in London

Penetration/Security Tester
England > London

The median Penetration/Security Tester salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 501 583 919
Rank change year-on-year +82 +336 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Penetration Tester 8 20 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.032% 0.064% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.067% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 7
10th Percentile - £77,750 £44,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £83,750 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £87,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +60.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £122,188 £57,250
90th Percentile - £122,500 £57,850
England median annual salary £60,000 £87,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -31.43% +60.55% +40.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 23,403 29,645 71,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.97% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,198 22,316 34,853
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,988 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Security Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Penetration Tester in London

Security Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Penetration Tester in London.

Salary trend for Security Penetration Tester in London

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Security Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Security Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (87.50%) CREST Certified
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (87.50%) OSCP
2 7 (87.50%) Cloud Security
2 7 (87.50%) Security Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Wireless
2 7 (87.50%) OWASP
2 7 (87.50%) Marketing
3 6 (75.00%) Security Architecture
3 6 (75.00%) Data Privacy
3 6 (75.00%) Information Security
3 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 6 (75.00%) PCI DSS
3 6 (75.00%) PCI QSA
3 6 (75.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 6 (75.00%) Application Security
3 6 (75.00%) GRC
3 6 (75.00%) Presentation Skills
3 6 (75.00%) Tigerscheme
3 6 (75.00%) Cyber Scheme
3 6 (75.00%) CHECK Team Leader
3 6 (75.00%) CHECK Team Member
3 6 (75.00%) Thought Leadership
3 6 (75.00%) NIST
3 6 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (75.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (12.50%) Black-Box Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Docker

Security Penetration Tester Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Wireless
2 6 (75.00%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) HTTP
3 1 (12.50%) SSH
3 1 (12.50%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Burp Suite
1 1 (12.50%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (87.50%) Marketing
2 6 (75.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) IoT
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (87.50%) Cloud Security
2 7 (87.50%) OWASP
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (87.50%) Security Testing
3 6 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (75.00%) Application Security
3 6 (75.00%) Data Privacy
3 6 (75.00%) Information Security
3 6 (75.00%) Security Architecture
3 6 (75.00%) Thought Leadership
3 6 (75.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Black-Box Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 1 (12.50%) Red Team
4 1 (12.50%) Social Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) White-Box Testing
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CREST Certified
1 7 (87.50%) OSCP
2 6 (75.00%) CHECK Team Leader
2 6 (75.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 6 (75.00%) Cyber Scheme
2 6 (75.00%) PCI QSA
2 6 (75.00%) Tigerscheme
3 1 (12.50%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (75.00%) GRC
1 6 (75.00%) NIST
1 6 (75.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Nessus
1 1 (12.50%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Qualys