Penetration Testing Jobs in the South East

Penetration Testing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Penetration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Penetration Testing 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 338 306 389
Rank change year-on-year -32 +83 -62
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 66 71 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.35% 0.53% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.57% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 45 42 90
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £58,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.80% -10.00% +6.56%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £111,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% -3.08% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Penetration Testing 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,283 12,518 20,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.98% 94.30% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10,406 7,566 11,829
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the South East

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in the South East.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in the South East

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in the South East

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the South East 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
Thames Valley -30 17 £72,500 +1.75% 5
Berkshire -5 16 £72,500 -10.77% 1
West Sussex +32 14 £72,500 +26.09% 3
Kent -10 12 £42,500 -15.00% 1
Hampshire -28 12 £47,500 +8.57% 4
Surrey -23 9 £58,750 +0.43% 2
Buckinghamshire -20 1 - - 3
Sussex - 1 - -
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 25 (37.88%) Azure
2 7 (10.61%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (1.52%) GCP
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (45.45%) Firewall
2 25 (37.88%) Network Security
3 14 (21.21%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (18.18%) DNS
5 11 (16.67%) VPN
6 9 (13.64%) SSL
6 9 (13.64%) TCP/IP
7 6 (9.09%) BGP
7 6 (9.09%) Wireless
8 5 (7.58%) Internet
8 5 (7.58%) IPsec
8 5 (7.58%) LAN
8 5 (7.58%) NGFW
8 5 (7.58%) OSPF
8 5 (7.58%) VLAN
8 5 (7.58%) WAN
9 4 (6.06%) HTTP
9 4 (6.06%) SMTP
10 3 (4.55%) Wireshark
11 1 (1.52%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) NoSQL
General
1 24 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 10 (15.15%) Telecoms
3 9 (13.64%) Finance
4 7 (10.61%) Military
5 6 (9.09%) Marketing
6 5 (7.58%) Legal
7 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Retail
8 1 (1.52%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (22.73%) Analyst
2 12 (18.18%) Security Manager
3 11 (16.67%) Architect
3 11 (16.67%) Security Architect
4 10 (15.15%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 10 (15.15%) Security Assurance Manager
5 9 (13.64%) Security Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Business Development Manager
6 6 (9.09%) Business Manager
6 6 (9.09%) Development Manager
6 6 (9.09%) Security Technical Architect
6 6 (9.09%) Technical Architect
6 6 (9.09%) Vulnerability Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Junior
7 4 (6.06%) Lead
7 4 (6.06%) Security Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Consultant
8 3 (4.55%) NOC Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Security Consultant
8 3 (4.55%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) OAuth
1 6 (9.09%) OAuth2
2 5 (7.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.21%) Data Centre
2 12 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (15.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (15.15%) Management Information System
4 8 (12.12%) Security Posture
5 6 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (9.09%) Cyberattack
6 5 (7.58%) Algorithms
6 5 (7.58%) Data Structures
7 4 (6.06%) Operational Technology
8 3 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (4.55%) Raspberry Pi
9 1 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (1.52%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.67%) Windows
2 5 (7.58%) Android
2 5 (7.58%) Apple iOS
2 5 (7.58%) Kali Linux
3 3 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (37.88%) Vulnerability Management
3 23 (34.85%) OWASP
4 22 (33.33%) Application Security
4 22 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 20 (30.30%) Information Security
6 18 (27.27%) Software Engineering
7 16 (24.24%) Patch Management
8 15 (22.73%) Purple Team
8 15 (22.73%) Red Team
8 15 (22.73%) Risk Management
8 15 (22.73%) Security Management
9 14 (21.21%) Security Operations
10 13 (19.70%) Incident Response
11 12 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 11 (16.67%) Secure Coding
12 11 (16.67%) SIEM
12 11 (16.67%) Threat Detection
13 9 (13.64%) Security Architecture
13 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.67%) Python
2 5 (7.58%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (36.36%) Degree
2 17 (25.76%) CISSP
3 13 (19.70%) GIAC
4 10 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (15.15%) CISM
5 9 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (12.12%) GPEN
7 5 (7.58%) AWS Certification
7 5 (7.58%) Azure Certification
7 5 (7.58%) CCIE
7 5 (7.58%) CCNA
7 5 (7.58%) CCNP
7 5 (7.58%) CREST Certified
7 5 (7.58%) JNCIE
8 3 (4.55%) MCSA
8 3 (4.55%) MCSE
8 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
8 3 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (19.70%) NIST
3 9 (13.64%) GRC
4 8 (12.12%) GDPR
5 6 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 6 (9.09%) NIST 800
6 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (7.58%) PCI DSS
7 4 (6.06%) NCSC
8 3 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (4.55%) JSP 440
9 2 (3.03%) RMADS
10 1 (1.52%) COBIT
System Software
1 11 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (16.67%) WSUS
2 6 (9.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 6 (9.09%) Nessus
3 5 (7.58%) Ansible
3 5 (7.58%) Suricata
Vendors
1 9 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.12%) Cisco
2 8 (12.12%) Palo Alto
3 6 (9.09%) Qualys
4 5 (7.58%) Juniper
4 5 (7.58%) Splunk
5 3 (4.55%) Red Hat
5 3 (4.55%) VMware
6 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.52%) SonicWALL