Penetration Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Penetration Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £67,500 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 708 636 842
Rank change year-on-year -72 +206 -149
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 72 92 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.090% 0.17% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.19% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 44 35 28
10th Percentile £37,875 £24,988 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,688 £48,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -7.69% +33.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £68,750 £80,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -6.02%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South West -31 27 £90,000 +151.24% 1
North of England +21 23 £90,000 +50.00% 2
North West -19 12 £90,000 +41.18% 1
Yorkshire +73 11 £90,000 +50.00% 1
Midlands -44 10 £55,000 -12.00% 2
West Midlands -17 9 £55,000 -12.00% 2
Scotland -79 7 £90,000 +50.00%
South East -43 3 £56,250 +8.17%
Northern Ireland +19 1 - -
Wales +13 1 - -
East Midlands -29 1 £60,000 -
Penetration Tester
UK

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 34 (47.22%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (45.83%) Penetration Testing
3 31 (43.06%) CHECK Team Leader
4 27 (37.50%) OSCP
5 22 (30.56%) Offensive Security
6 16 (22.22%) Degree
6 16 (22.22%) SC Cleared
6 16 (22.22%) Security Cleared
6 16 (22.22%) Incident Response
7 15 (20.83%) Computer Science
8 14 (19.44%) Risk Analysis
8 14 (19.44%) Social Skills
8 14 (19.44%) Security Posture
9 13 (18.06%) Information Security
10 12 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (15.28%) CHECK Team Member
11 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
11 11 (15.28%) Data Privacy
11 11 (15.28%) Mobile App
12 10 (13.89%) DV Cleared
12 10 (13.89%) CREST Certified
12 10 (13.89%) Red Team
13 8 (11.11%) Test Strategy
13 8 (11.11%) Security Testing
13 8 (11.11%) Data Protection
13 8 (11.11%) Legal
13 8 (11.11%) Ethical Hacking
13 8 (11.11%) GRC
13 8 (11.11%) API Testing
14 6 (8.33%) Mentoring

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 (1.39%) AWS
1 1 (1.39%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.94%) Wireless
2 2 (2.78%) Wireless Security
3 1 (1.39%) Firewall
3 1 (1.39%) Internet
3 1 (1.39%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) Burp Suite
1 4 (5.56%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (19.44%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (11.11%) Legal
4 6 (8.33%) Law
5 5 (6.94%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.78%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.44%) Security Posture
2 11 (15.28%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.17%) IoT
3 3 (4.17%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.78%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.39%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.56%) Kali Linux
2 2 (2.78%) Android
2 2 (2.78%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.39%) Unix
3 1 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (47.22%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (45.83%) Penetration Testing
3 22 (30.56%) Offensive Security
4 16 (22.22%) Incident Response
5 15 (20.83%) Computer Science
6 14 (19.44%) Risk Analysis
7 13 (18.06%) Information Security
8 12 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (15.28%) Data Privacy
10 10 (13.89%) Red Team
11 8 (11.11%) API Testing
11 8 (11.11%) Data Protection
11 8 (11.11%) Ethical Hacking
11 8 (11.11%) Security Testing
11 8 (11.11%) Test Strategy
12 6 (8.33%) Mentoring
13 4 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
13 4 (5.56%) Software Testing
14 3 (4.17%) Cloud Security
14 3 (4.17%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.94%) Python
2 4 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.17%) Java
4 1 (1.39%) Bash
4 1 (1.39%) C#
Qualifications
1 31 (43.06%) CHECK Team Leader
2 27 (37.50%) OSCP
3 16 (22.22%) Degree
3 16 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 16 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 11 (15.28%) CHECK Team Member
5 10 (13.89%) CREST Certified
5 10 (13.89%) DV Cleared
6 6 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.17%) OSCE
8 1 (1.39%) CCSAM
8 1 (1.39%) CCSAS
8 1 (1.39%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.11%) GRC
Systems Management
1 4 (5.56%) Nmap
2 3 (4.17%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (4.17%) Qualys
2 1 (1.39%) Red Hat