Security Testing Jobs in the Midlands

Security Testing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security 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 306 286 302
Rank change year-on-year -20 +16 -43
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 37 20 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.26% 0.24% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.24% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 28 18 20
10th Percentile £39,500 £43,998 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,688 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,750 £50,025
Median % change year-on-year -26.20% +35.43% -30.52%
75th Percentile £52,500 £89,063 £66,875
90th Percentile £53,750 £95,000 £80,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Security 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,125 8,190 10,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.22% 96.43% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 7,655 4,352 6,986
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,656 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,001
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the Midlands

Security Testing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Testing in the Midlands

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Security Testing in the Midlands

Security Testing
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +1 30 £50,000 -29.08% 5
East Midlands -23 7 £52,500 +26.02% 3
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) AWS
2 10 (27.03%) Azure
3 5 (13.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 5 (13.51%) Amazon S3
3 5 (13.51%) AWS Fargate
3 5 (13.51%) AWS Lambda
3 5 (13.51%) Azure Pipelines
3 5 (13.51%) Serverless
4 3 (8.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) 5G
2 1 (2.70%) 3GPP
2 1 (2.70%) Diameter Protocol
2 1 (2.70%) HTTP
2 1 (2.70%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.03%) DynamoDB
1 10 (27.03%) Relational Database
1 10 (27.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (27.03%) MSTest
2 5 (13.51%) Git
2 5 (13.51%) Postman
2 5 (13.51%) SoapUI
General
1 19 (51.35%) Social Skills
2 16 (43.24%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
3 4 (10.81%) Legal
4 2 (5.41%) Law
4 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (13.51%) Developer
1 5 (13.51%) Senior
1 5 (13.51%) Senior Test Engineer
1 5 (13.51%) Software Developer
1 5 (13.51%) Test Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Analyst
2 4 (10.81%) Information Manager
2 4 (10.81%) Information Security Manager
2 4 (10.81%) Security Analyst
2 4 (10.81%) Security Manager
3 3 (8.11%) Information Analyst
3 3 (8.11%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (2.70%) Lead
4 1 (2.70%) Security Tester
4 1 (2.70%) Team Leader
4 1 (2.70%) Telecoms Tester
4 1 (2.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.03%) JSON
1 10 (27.03%) XML
2 5 (13.51%) .NET
2 5 (13.51%) .NET Core
2 5 (13.51%) Blazor
2 5 (13.51%) REST
2 5 (13.51%) SOAP
3 1 (2.70%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Mobile App
1 14 (37.84%) Product Ownership
1 14 (37.84%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (27.03%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.41%) Cyberattack
3 2 (5.41%) Cybercrime
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) Linux
1 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (75.68%) Test Automation
2 24 (64.86%) Agile
3 19 (51.35%) Functional Testing
3 19 (51.35%) Software Testing
3 19 (51.35%) Test Scripting
4 16 (43.24%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (40.54%) Computer Science
5 15 (40.54%) Mentoring
6 14 (37.84%) Data Management
6 14 (37.84%) Performance Metrics
6 14 (37.84%) Performance Monitoring
6 14 (37.84%) Performance Testing
6 14 (37.84%) Regression Testing
6 14 (37.84%) Resource Allocation
6 14 (37.84%) SDLC
6 14 (37.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (37.84%) Test Management
6 14 (37.84%) Test Planning
6 14 (37.84%) Test Strategy
7 13 (35.14%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) C#
1 10 (27.03%) SQL
2 5 (13.51%) T-SQL
3 4 (10.81%) C
Qualifications
1 17 (45.95%) Degree
2 15 (40.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (13.51%) CISSP
3 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
4 3 (8.11%) OSCP
5 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) CCSAS
6 1 (2.70%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (2.70%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 4 (10.81%) GDPR
2 4 (10.81%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Google