Penetration Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Penetration Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 458 488
Rank change year-on-year -86 +30 -53
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 232 291 436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.51% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.54% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 157 170 318
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Penetration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the UK excluding London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in the UK excluding London

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in the UK excluding London

Penetration Testing
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 Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 East -17 65 £43,750 -27.69% 21
Midlands -12 52 £55,000 -8.33% 9
North of England +9 48 £60,000 +14.29% 23
South West -20 45 £63,750 +25.00% 13
North West -4 36 £60,000 +14.29% 16
West Midlands -27 30 £55,000 -8.33% 8
East Midlands +1 22 £65,000 - 1
Yorkshire +33 12 £44,250 -15.71% 7
Scotland -83 11 £60,000 +7.75% 11
East of England -18 7 £40,000 -27.27% 4
Wales +2 3 £90,000 +60.71% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Penetration Testing
UK

Penetration Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) Apache
2 1 (0.43%) IIS
2 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.69%) Azure
2 29 (12.50%) AWS
3 15 (6.47%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (3.45%) Cloudflare
6 6 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.72%) GCP
7 4 (1.72%) SaaS
8 3 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (1.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.29%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.29%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.86%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (0.86%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.86%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (0.86%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (26.29%) Firewall
2 29 (12.50%) Network Security
3 18 (7.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 15 (6.47%) TCP/IP
5 14 (6.03%) Wireless
6 12 (5.17%) DNS
7 11 (4.74%) VPN
8 9 (3.88%) Internet
8 9 (3.88%) SSL
9 7 (3.02%) NGFW
9 7 (3.02%) Wireshark
10 6 (2.59%) BGP
11 5 (2.16%) HTTP
11 5 (2.16%) IPsec
11 5 (2.16%) LAN
11 5 (2.16%) OSPF
11 5 (2.16%) VLAN
11 5 (2.16%) WAN
12 4 (1.72%) Bluetooth
12 4 (1.72%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.16%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.59%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.72%) Git
2 4 (1.72%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.86%) JIRA
4 1 (0.43%) Snyk
General
1 68 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (12.07%) Finance
4 19 (8.19%) Legal
5 17 (7.33%) Aerospace
6 16 (6.90%) Telecoms
7 11 (4.74%) Games
7 11 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (4.31%) Military
8 10 (4.31%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.31%) Retail
9 8 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.45%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.02%) Automotive
10 7 (3.02%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.59%) Marketing
12 5 (2.16%) Electronics
13 3 (1.29%) Aviation
13 3 (1.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 45 (19.40%) Analyst
2 34 (14.66%) Penetration Tester
2 34 (14.66%) Security Analyst
3 33 (14.22%) Tester
4 26 (11.21%) Lead
5 25 (10.78%) Senior
6 20 (8.62%) Consultant
7 19 (8.19%) Security Consultant
7 19 (8.19%) Security Manager
8 16 (6.90%) Architect
8 16 (6.90%) Security Architect
9 14 (6.03%) Security Engineer
10 12 (5.17%) Business Development Manager
10 12 (5.17%) Business Manager
10 12 (5.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 12 (5.17%) Development Manager
10 12 (5.17%) Security Penetration Tester
10 12 (5.17%) Security Tester
11 11 (4.74%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 11 (4.74%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.45%) Laravel
1 8 (3.45%) OAuth
2 6 (2.59%) OAuth2
3 5 (2.16%) Web Services
4 4 (1.72%) EDI
5 2 (0.86%) OpenID
5 2 (0.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.93%) Cyber Threat
2 28 (12.07%) Security Posture
3 23 (9.91%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (9.05%) Management Information System
5 20 (8.62%) Operational Technology
6 18 (7.76%) Cyberattack
7 15 (6.47%) Data Centre
8 13 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (4.74%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (3.88%) IoT
11 8 (3.45%) Mobile App
12 5 (2.16%) Algorithms
12 5 (2.16%) Data Structures
12 5 (2.16%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (1.72%) Onboarding
14 3 (1.29%) Cyber Security Posture
14 3 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 3 (1.29%) Driving Licence
14 3 (1.29%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.52%) Windows
2 19 (8.19%) Linux
3 9 (3.88%) Kali Linux
4 8 (3.45%) Android
4 8 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.16%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.29%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (77.16%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (31.03%) Incident Response
3 64 (27.59%) Information Security
4 50 (21.55%) Computer Science
5 45 (19.40%) Vulnerability Management
6 43 (18.53%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (14.66%) SIEM
8 33 (14.22%) Application Security
8 33 (14.22%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 31 (13.36%) Security Operations
10 30 (12.93%) Patch Management
11 29 (12.50%) OWASP
11 29 (12.50%) Red Team
12 26 (11.21%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 26 (11.21%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 25 (10.78%) Risk Management
14 23 (9.91%) Mentoring
14 23 (9.91%) Software Engineering
15 21 (9.05%) Data Protection
15 21 (9.05%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.81%) Python
2 15 (6.47%) Bash
3 8 (3.45%) PHP
3 8 (3.45%) Rust
4 6 (2.59%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.16%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.29%) Java
6 3 (1.29%) SQL
7 2 (0.86%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) C#
8 1 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 58 (25.00%) Degree
2 51 (21.98%) CISSP
3 34 (14.66%) CISM
3 34 (14.66%) OSCP
4 21 (9.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (8.19%) Security Cleared
6 17 (7.33%) CREST Certified
7 16 (6.90%) CEH
8 15 (6.47%) GIAC
9 13 (5.60%) SC Cleared
10 11 (4.74%) CHECK Team Member
10 11 (4.74%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (3.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (3.45%) CISA
12 8 (3.45%) GPEN
13 5 (2.16%) AWS Certification
13 5 (2.16%) CCNA
13 5 (2.16%) CCNP
13 5 (2.16%) DV Cleared
13 5 (2.16%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (23.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (11.21%) NIST
3 24 (10.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (7.33%) GRC
5 14 (6.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 13 (5.60%) GDPR
7 9 (3.88%) PCI DSS
8 7 (3.02%) NCSC
9 6 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (2.59%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.72%) QA
11 3 (1.29%) DO-254
11 3 (1.29%) HIPAA
11 3 (1.29%) JTAG
12 2 (0.86%) JSP 440
12 2 (0.86%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.43%) COBIT
13 1 (0.43%) FISMA
13 1 (0.43%) HITRUST
13 1 (0.43%) RMADS
System Software
1 21 (9.05%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.86%) Docker
4 2 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (5.17%) Nessus
2 11 (4.74%) WSUS
3 7 (3.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (2.59%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.16%) Ansible
5 5 (2.16%) Suricata
6 4 (1.72%) Nmap
7 3 (1.29%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.29%) HP Fortify
7 3 (1.29%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.86%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.43%) Anchore
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 38 (16.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.74%) Cisco
2 11 (4.74%) Splunk
3 10 (4.31%) Qualys
4 9 (3.88%) Palo Alto
5 7 (3.02%) VMware
6 6 (2.59%) HubSpot
7 5 (2.16%) Juniper
8 3 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (1.29%) HP
8 3 (1.29%) Lauterbach
8 3 (1.29%) Nimble Storage
8 3 (1.29%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.29%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.29%) Veeam
8 3 (1.29%) Veracode
9 2 (0.86%) SonicWALL
10 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.43%) SAP
10 1 (0.43%) Zscaler