Penetration Testing Jobs in Bristol

Penetration Testing
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 142 135 182
Rank change year-on-year -7 +47 -1
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 25 22 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.71% 0.90% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.94% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 22
10th Percentile - £43,250 £53,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,015 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,367 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -42.93% +71.43%
75th Percentile £69,375 £65,938 -
90th Percentile £76,375 £76,000 -
South West median annual salary £65,000 £49,250 £90,000
% change year-on-year +31.98% -45.28% +63.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,977 2,348 3,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 84.12% 95.52% 97.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,186 1,409 2,137
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,723 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,162 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,191 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.62% +15.79%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £86,250
South West median annual salary £51,500 £53,519 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.77% +7.04% +8.70%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Bristol

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Bristol

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Bristol

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

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Bristol

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
2 1 (4.00%) Internet
2 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (4.00%) Network Security
2 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.00%) Wireless
2 1 (4.00%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.00%) Metasploit
1 1 (4.00%) Snyk
General
1 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
4 2 (8.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.00%) Aviation
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Penetration Tester
1 18 (72.00%) Tester
2 10 (40.00%) Security Penetration Tester
2 10 (40.00%) Security Tester
3 9 (36.00%) Consultant
3 9 (36.00%) Security Consultant
4 8 (32.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Security Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) IT Security Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (4.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 1 (4.00%) Information Officer
7 1 (4.00%) Information Security Officer
7 1 (4.00%) Risk Officer
7 1 (4.00%) Security Officer
7 1 (4.00%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (12.00%) Cyberattack
2 3 (12.00%) Mobile App
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Android
1 2 (8.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.00%) Kali Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Unix
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 20 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 15 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 15 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (56.00%) Risk Analysis
4 6 (24.00%) Red Team
5 5 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 5 (20.00%) Software Testing
6 4 (16.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (16.00%) SIEM
7 3 (12.00%) Information Security
8 2 (8.00%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
8 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (8.00%) ITIL
8 2 (8.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 1 (4.00%) CI/CD
9 1 (4.00%) Cyber Resilience
9 1 (4.00%) DevSecOps
9 1 (4.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) Bash
2 1 (4.00%) C#
2 1 (4.00%) Go
2 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (64.00%) Degree
2 11 (44.00%) CHECK Team Member
2 11 (44.00%) OSCP
3 6 (24.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (16.00%) CREST Certified
5 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (8.00%) CISSP
7 1 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (4.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (4.00%) CCSP
7 1 (4.00%) CEH
7 1 (4.00%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (4.00%) CISM
7 1 (4.00%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (4.00%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) DO-254
2 1 (4.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Anchore
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft