Penetration Testing Jobs in Manchester

Penetration Testing
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 198 212 212
Rank change year-on-year +14 0 -16
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 25 25 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.42% 0.56% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.58% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23 18 38
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,375 £46,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -37.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,063 £90,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,875 -
North West median annual salary £60,000 £51,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +17.07% -26.79% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,996 4,329 5,596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 83.55% 96.29% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,605 2,479 3,569
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,532 £32,097
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,810 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +5.11% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,774 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.79%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Manchester

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Manchester

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Manchester

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Penetration Testing within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 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
Altrincham - 9 £60,000 - 1
Penetration Testing
North West

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (4.00%) AWS
1 1 (4.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) Wireless
3 2 (8.00%) Wireshark
4 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (12.00%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Public Sector
3 6 (24.00%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Finance
6 1 (4.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Analyst
1 8 (32.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 8 (32.00%) Security Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Business Development Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Business Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Development Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Sales Business Development Manager
2 6 (24.00%) Sales Manager
3 5 (20.00%) Penetration Tester
4 3 (12.00%) Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) Tester
5 2 (8.00%) Information Security Specialist
5 2 (8.00%) Information Specialist
5 2 (8.00%) IT Manager
5 2 (8.00%) IT Security Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Security Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Security Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Security Specialist
6 1 (4.00%) Security Penetration Tester
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (16.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (12.00%) IoT
3 3 (12.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (12.00%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.00%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
5 1 (4.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Kali Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (92.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (32.00%) Incident Response
2 8 (32.00%) Information Security
3 6 (24.00%) Business Development
3 6 (24.00%) CRM
3 6 (24.00%) Lead Generation
3 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (20.00%) OWASP
4 5 (20.00%) Red Team
4 5 (20.00%) Security Testing
4 5 (20.00%) SIEM
5 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (16.00%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (16.00%) Threat Detection
6 3 (12.00%) Application Security
6 3 (12.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (12.00%) Data Privacy
6 3 (12.00%) Microservices
6 3 (12.00%) Social Engineering
6 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) Python
2 3 (12.00%) Java
2 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.00%) Bash
3 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (40.00%) CISSP
2 6 (24.00%) OSCP
3 4 (16.00%) CEH
3 4 (16.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (16.00%) CREST Certified
3 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (12.00%) OSCE
4 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.00%) CISM
6 1 (4.00%) GCFA
6 1 (4.00%) GCFE
6 1 (4.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (4.00%) NCSC
4 1 (4.00%) NIST
4 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Nessus
2 3 (12.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) HubSpot
2 5 (20.00%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (12.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (12.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (12.00%) Qualys
3 3 (12.00%) SonicWALL
3 3 (12.00%) Splunk
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft