Penetration Tester Jobs with Work from Home Options

Penetration Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Penetration Tester salary for remote or hybrid work is £57,500 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 517 529 840
Rank change year-on-year +12 +311 -271
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 85 104 61
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.24% 0.28% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.29% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 64 45 52
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,950 £51,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -10.34% +6.62%
75th Percentile £67,500 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £71,750 £122,000 £92,250
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
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Penetration Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Penetration Tester trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Penetration Tester.

Penetration Tester salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Penetration Tester over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Penetration Tester salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 70 (82.35%) Penetration Testing
2 44 (51.76%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (42.35%) CREST Certified
4 32 (37.65%) SC Cleared
4 32 (37.65%) Security Cleared
5 29 (34.12%) OSCP
6 23 (27.06%) Red Team
7 22 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (25.88%) Information Security
8 21 (24.71%) CHECK Team Leader
9 20 (23.53%) Social Skills
9 20 (23.53%) Security Testing
10 19 (22.35%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (21.18%) Mobile App
12 17 (20.00%) Data Privacy
13 16 (18.82%) CHECK Team Member
14 15 (17.65%) Firewall
15 14 (16.47%) Ethical Hacking
15 14 (16.47%) PCI DSS
15 14 (16.47%) GRC
16 13 (15.29%) Application Security
16 13 (15.29%) Security Posture
16 13 (15.29%) Cyber Scheme
16 13 (15.29%) Test Strategy
16 13 (15.29%) Mentoring
17 12 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
17 12 (14.12%) DV Cleared
17 12 (14.12%) Wireless
18 11 (12.94%) Azure
19 10 (11.76%) Cloud Security

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (12.94%) Azure
2 7 (8.24%) AWS
3 4 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (4.71%) GCP
3 4 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.65%) Firewall
2 12 (14.12%) Wireless
3 10 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (3.53%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.18%) HTTP
5 1 (1.18%) Internet
5 1 (1.18%) SSH
5 1 (1.18%) SSL
5 1 (1.18%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.18%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Metasploit
2 5 (5.88%) Burp Suite
General
1 20 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.35%) Presentation Skills
3 12 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.41%) Law
4 8 (9.41%) Legal
5 7 (8.24%) Marketing
6 6 (7.06%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.35%) Games
8 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.18%) Mobile App
2 13 (15.29%) Security Posture
3 4 (4.71%) IoT
4 3 (3.53%) Operational Technology
4 3 (3.53%) Virtual Team
5 2 (2.35%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.35%) Cyberattack
5 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.76%) Android
1 10 (11.76%) Apple iOS
2 5 (5.88%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.18%) Unix
3 1 (1.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (82.35%) Penetration Testing
2 44 (51.76%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (27.06%) Red Team
4 22 (25.88%) Information Security
4 22 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (23.53%) Security Testing
6 17 (20.00%) Data Privacy
7 14 (16.47%) Ethical Hacking
8 13 (15.29%) Application Security
8 13 (15.29%) Mentoring
8 13 (15.29%) Test Strategy
9 10 (11.76%) Cloud Security
9 10 (11.76%) OWASP
10 9 (10.59%) Computer Science
10 9 (10.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 8 (9.41%) API Testing
11 8 (9.41%) Data Protection
11 8 (9.41%) Offensive Security
11 8 (9.41%) Project Management
11 8 (9.41%) Social Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.24%) Python
2 4 (4.71%) Bash
3 3 (3.53%) Java
3 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 36 (42.35%) CREST Certified
2 32 (37.65%) SC Cleared
2 32 (37.65%) Security Cleared
3 29 (34.12%) OSCP
4 21 (24.71%) CHECK Team Leader
5 16 (18.82%) CHECK Team Member
6 13 (15.29%) Cyber Scheme
7 12 (14.12%) DV Cleared
8 9 (10.59%) Degree
9 6 (7.06%) CEH
9 6 (7.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (7.06%) GIAC
9 6 (7.06%) GPEN
9 6 (7.06%) OSCE
9 6 (7.06%) PCI QSA
9 6 (7.06%) Tigerscheme
10 3 (3.53%) CISSP
10 3 (3.53%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
11 2 (2.35%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (16.47%) GRC
1 14 (16.47%) PCI DSS
2 9 (10.59%) NIST
3 6 (7.06%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (3.53%) GDPR
4 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (8.24%) Nessus
2 5 (5.88%) Nmap
Vendors
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.71%) Qualys
3 1 (1.18%) Google
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