Security Tester Jobs in London

Security Tester
England > London

The median Security Tester salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 583 916
Rank change year-on-year +83 +333 -268
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Tester 9 20 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.036% 0.064% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.067% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 10
10th Percentile - £77,750 £45,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £83,750 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £87,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +60.55% -6.03%
75th Percentile £70,000 £122,188 £72,813
90th Percentile - £122,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £87,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -31.43% +60.55% +28.24%

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 Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Tester in London

Security Tester
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Tester in London

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Security 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 Tester in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) CREST Certified
3 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (77.78%) Cyber Scheme
3 7 (77.78%) Cloud Security
3 7 (77.78%) Wireless
3 7 (77.78%) Information Security
3 7 (77.78%) Security Testing
3 7 (77.78%) OWASP
3 7 (77.78%) Marketing
3 7 (77.78%) OSCP
4 6 (66.67%) Security Architecture
4 6 (66.67%) Data Privacy
4 6 (66.67%) PCI DSS
4 6 (66.67%) PCI QSA
4 6 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 6 (66.67%) Firewall
4 6 (66.67%) Tigerscheme
4 6 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (66.67%) Application Security
4 6 (66.67%) CHECK Team Leader
4 6 (66.67%) CHECK Team Member
4 6 (66.67%) GRC
4 6 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
4 6 (66.67%) NIST
4 6 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
4 6 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (22.22%) Social Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills

Security 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 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) Wireless
2 6 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) HTTP
3 1 (11.11%) SSH
3 1 (11.11%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Burp Suite
1 1 (11.11%) Metasploit
General
1 7 (77.78%) Marketing
2 6 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (77.78%) Cloud Security
2 7 (77.78%) Information Security
2 7 (77.78%) OWASP
2 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (77.78%) Security Testing
3 6 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
3 6 (66.67%) Application Security
3 6 (66.67%) Data Privacy
3 6 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 6 (66.67%) Thought Leadership
3 6 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) Social Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Black-Box Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
5 1 (11.11%) Red Team
5 1 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) White-Box Testing
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) CREST Certified
2 7 (77.78%) Cyber Scheme
2 7 (77.78%) OSCP
3 6 (66.67%) CHECK Team Leader
3 6 (66.67%) CHECK Team Member
3 6 (66.67%) PCI QSA
3 6 (66.67%) Tigerscheme
4 1 (11.11%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (66.67%) GRC
1 6 (66.67%) NIST
1 6 (66.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Nessus
1 1 (11.11%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) Qualys