Penetration Testing Jobs in London

Penetration Testing
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 310 359 560
Rank change year-on-year +49 +201 -168
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 222 259 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.91% 0.82% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.86% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 203 215 264
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £40,973
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £81,928 £69,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +18.74% +6.15%
75th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £106,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,963 30,105 71,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.63% 95.16% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 15,985 22,072 34,609
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in London

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +61 43 £80,000 -18.37% 3
West London -3 4 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Penetration Testing
England

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (0.90%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 57 (25.68%) Azure
2 36 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (15.32%) AWS
4 20 (9.01%) GCP
5 11 (4.95%) Google Workspace
6 9 (4.05%) SaaS
7 6 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.70%) IaaS
7 6 (2.70%) PaaS
8 4 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.80%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Storage
9 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.45%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 55 (24.77%) Firewall
2 38 (17.12%) Network Security
3 24 (10.81%) Wireless
4 19 (8.56%) DNS
5 16 (7.21%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (4.95%) Broadband
6 11 (4.95%) NAS
7 6 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.80%) DKIM
8 4 (1.80%) LAN
8 4 (1.80%) WAN
9 3 (1.35%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.90%) HTTP
10 2 (0.90%) SSH
10 2 (0.90%) SSL
10 2 (0.90%) VPN
11 1 (0.45%) DHCP
11 1 (0.45%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 37 (16.67%) Metasploit
2 35 (15.77%) Burp Suite
3 8 (3.60%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.25%) JIRA
5 4 (1.80%) Git
6 3 (1.35%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.35%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.45%) GitLab
General
1 81 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 56 (25.23%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (20.27%) Finance
4 22 (9.91%) Law
5 21 (9.46%) Banking
6 20 (9.01%) Legal
7 16 (7.21%) Marketing
8 15 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (6.31%) Games
9 14 (6.31%) Retail
10 9 (4.05%) Telecoms
11 8 (3.60%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.80%) International Banking
13 4 (1.80%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.45%) Advertising
15 1 (0.45%) iGaming
15 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 81 (36.49%) Tester
2 80 (36.04%) Penetration Tester
3 41 (18.47%) Senior
4 36 (16.22%) Lead
5 25 (11.26%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 25 (11.26%) Senior Tester
6 24 (10.81%) Team Leader
7 19 (8.56%) Analyst
8 18 (8.11%) Security Engineer
9 15 (6.76%) Consultant
10 13 (5.86%) Test Team Leader
11 12 (5.41%) Security Analyst
12 11 (4.95%) IT Consultant
13 10 (4.50%) Security Specialist
14 9 (4.05%) Architect
14 9 (4.05%) Security Manager
14 9 (4.05%) Security Tester
15 8 (3.60%) Compliance Specialist
15 8 (3.60%) Security Penetration Tester
16 7 (3.15%) Security Compliance Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.35%) RESTful
1 3 (1.35%) WPF
2 2 (0.90%) OAuth
2 2 (0.90%) OAuth2
2 2 (0.90%) OpenID
3 1 (0.45%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.45%) HTML
3 1 (0.45%) JSON
3 1 (0.45%) Kafka
3 1 (0.45%) Loki
3 1 (0.45%) SignalR
3 1 (0.45%) Web Services
3 1 (0.45%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.91%) Mobile App
2 18 (8.11%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.21%) Management Information System
4 13 (5.86%) Cyberattack
5 11 (4.95%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (4.95%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (3.15%) IoT
6 7 (3.15%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.25%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (2.25%) PKI
8 4 (1.80%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.80%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.35%) Client/Server
9 3 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.35%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 39 (17.57%) Linux
2 36 (16.22%) Windows
3 34 (15.32%) Kali Linux
4 17 (7.66%) Windows Server
5 12 (5.41%) Apple iOS
6 11 (4.95%) Android
6 11 (4.95%) Mac OS
6 11 (4.95%) Unix
7 4 (1.80%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.45%) VMS
8 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (69.82%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (32.88%) Information Security
3 71 (31.98%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (28.38%) Computer Science
5 53 (23.87%) Red Team
5 53 (23.87%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 51 (22.97%) Security Testing
7 42 (18.92%) Application Security
8 33 (14.86%) Reverse Engineering
8 33 (14.86%) SIEM
9 30 (13.51%) Incident Response
9 30 (13.51%) Malware Analysis
10 29 (13.06%) Critical Thinking
11 28 (12.61%) Mentoring
11 28 (12.61%) Project Management
12 25 (11.26%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 23 (10.36%) Cloud Security
13 23 (10.36%) OWASP
14 22 (9.91%) Presales
15 20 (9.01%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.66%) Bash
2 14 (6.31%) Python
3 7 (3.15%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.25%) Java
5 4 (1.80%) C#
6 2 (0.90%) SQL
7 1 (0.45%) C++
7 1 (0.45%) Go
7 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 67 (30.18%) Degree
2 50 (22.52%) CREST Certified
3 46 (20.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 36 (16.22%) CISSP
5 26 (11.71%) OSCP
6 22 (9.91%) CISM
7 20 (9.01%) CHECK Team Leader
7 20 (9.01%) CISA
8 15 (6.76%) CEH
9 11 (4.95%) GIAC
10 10 (4.50%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (4.05%) CompTIA CySA+
11 9 (4.05%) Master's Degree
11 9 (4.05%) Security Cleared
12 8 (3.60%) Cyber Scheme
12 8 (3.60%) OSCE
12 8 (3.60%) SC Cleared
13 7 (3.15%) CHECK Team Member
14 6 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 6 (2.70%) Tigerscheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (10.36%) Cyber Essentials
2 23 (10.36%) NIST
3 16 (7.21%) PCI DSS
3 16 (7.21%) QA
4 14 (6.31%) SOC 2
5 12 (5.41%) GRC
6 11 (4.95%) GDPR
7 7 (3.15%) Actionable Recommendations
7 7 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (2.25%) COBIT
9 2 (0.90%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.90%) NCSC
10 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.45%) GxP
10 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.45%) SLA
10 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (10.36%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.15%) Docker
3 7 (3.15%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (4.95%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (4.50%) Nessus
2 10 (4.50%) QRadar
3 9 (4.05%) Ansible
3 9 (4.05%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.15%) CASB
4 7 (3.15%) Nmap
4 7 (3.15%) SCCM
4 7 (3.15%) Terraform
5 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.80%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (1.80%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.45%) Grafana
7 1 (0.45%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (21.17%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.91%) Google
3 18 (8.11%) VMware
4 13 (5.86%) Qualys
5 11 (4.95%) Apple
6 10 (4.50%) Cisco
7 7 (3.15%) IBM
7 7 (3.15%) Kenna
7 7 (3.15%) Rapid7
8 5 (2.25%) Alibaba
9 4 (1.80%) Darktrace
9 4 (1.80%) Varonis
10 3 (1.35%) LogRhythm
10 3 (1.35%) Splunk
11 1 (0.45%) arcserve
11 1 (0.45%) Remedy
11 1 (0.45%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.45%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.45%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.45%) Veeam