Penetration Testing Jobs in the South West

Penetration Testing
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 249 220 281
Rank change year-on-year -29 +61 -22
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 46 35 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.44% 0.54% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.57% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 21 20 26
10th Percentile £37,500 £24,146 £53,125
25th Percentile £43,080 £31,875 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £49,250 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.98% -45.28% +63.64%
75th Percentile £76,250 £58,438 -
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,000 -
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,437 6,100 8,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 79.87% 94.60% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,959 3,496 4,999
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,241
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £53,519 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +7.04% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,675 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the South West

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in the South West

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in the South West

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol -7 25 £47,500 -7.53% 2
Gloucestershire -9 13 £90,000 - 3
Wiltshire -5 4 £72,500 +10.69%
Devon -16 2 £67,500 +179.55%
Somerset - 2 £63,750 - 2
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (13.04%) AWS
1 6 (13.04%) Azure
2 3 (6.52%) Azure Service Bus
2 3 (6.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (6.52%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (6.52%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (6.52%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.52%) PowerApps
3 2 (4.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 2 (4.35%) AWS CloudTrail
3 2 (4.35%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (2.17%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (2.17%) Internet
2 1 (2.17%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.17%) Network Security
2 1 (2.17%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.17%) Wireless
2 1 (2.17%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Data Lake
2 2 (4.35%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.17%) Metasploit
1 1 (2.17%) Snyk
General
1 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Aerospace
3 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Finance
4 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Law
6 1 (2.17%) Aviation
6 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Military
6 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (39.13%) Penetration Tester
1 18 (39.13%) Tester
2 10 (21.74%) Consultant
2 10 (21.74%) Security Consultant
2 10 (21.74%) Security Penetration Tester
2 10 (21.74%) Security Tester
2 10 (21.74%) Senior
3 9 (19.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 4 (8.70%) Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Architect
4 4 (8.70%) Security Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Security Architect
5 3 (6.52%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Information Officer
5 3 (6.52%) Information Security Officer
5 3 (6.52%) Security Officer
5 3 (6.52%) Security Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.35%) IT Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.35%) OAuth
1 2 (4.35%) OpenID
1 2 (4.35%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.74%) Cyber Defence
1 10 (21.74%) Operational Technology
2 8 (17.39%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.52%) Cyberattack
4 3 (6.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (6.52%) Mobile App
5 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.17%) CCTV
6 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (2.17%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.17%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.09%) Windows
2 11 (23.91%) Linux
3 2 (4.35%) Android
3 2 (4.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.17%) Kali Linux
4 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (84.78%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (47.83%) Incident Response
3 17 (36.96%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (32.61%) Computer Science
5 14 (30.43%) Risk Analysis
6 11 (23.91%) Malware Analysis
7 10 (21.74%) Digital Forensics
7 10 (21.74%) OSINT
7 10 (21.74%) Prototyping
8 7 (15.22%) Information Security
8 7 (15.22%) SIEM
9 6 (13.04%) Red Team
10 5 (10.87%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (10.87%) Data Loss Prevention
10 5 (10.87%) Mentoring
10 5 (10.87%) Security Testing
10 5 (10.87%) Software Testing
11 4 (8.70%) Identity Access Management
11 4 (8.70%) Threat Modelling
11 4 (8.70%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) Python
2 11 (23.91%) Bash
3 1 (2.17%) C#
3 1 (2.17%) Go
3 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (36.96%) Degree
2 11 (23.91%) CHECK Team Member
2 11 (23.91%) OSCP
3 6 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 5 (10.87%) CISSP
4 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared
5 4 (8.70%) CISM
5 4 (8.70%) CREST Certified
6 3 (6.52%) CEH
6 3 (6.52%) DV Cleared
7 2 (4.35%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.17%) CCSP
8 1 (2.17%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (2.17%) CISA
8 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.17%) Cyber Scheme
8 1 (2.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (6.52%) GDPR
5 2 (4.35%) SOC 2
6 1 (2.17%) DO-254
6 1 (2.17%) NCSC
6 1 (2.17%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.52%) HP Fortify
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.17%) Anchore
4 1 (2.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (2.17%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) Veracode