Ethical Hacking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ethical Hacking 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 747 709 816
Rank change year-on-year -38 +107 -224
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 33 19 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.041% 0.034% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% 0.036% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 22 18 41
10th Percentile - £44,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £93,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Ethical Hacking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Ethical Hacking in the UK excluding London

Ethical Hacking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ethical Hacking within the UK excluding London 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
North of England - 12 £56,500 - 16
West Midlands -3 11 £55,000 +22.22% 5
Midlands -30 11 £55,000 +22.22% 11
North West - 8 £60,000 - 7
Scotland -66 4 £50,000 -23.08% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £56,500 - 7
Isle of Man -13 2 - -
South West -42 2 £67,500 -21.05% 8
South East -31 1 - - 16
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Ethical Hacking
UK

Ethical Hacking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (45.45%) Azure
2 11 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (24.24%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (21.21%) AWS
5 6 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (12.12%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (6.06%) GCP
8 2 (6.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (48.48%) Firewall
2 7 (21.21%) LAN
2 7 (21.21%) Network Security
2 7 (21.21%) WAN
3 5 (15.15%) TCP/IP
3 5 (15.15%) Wireshark
4 1 (3.03%) DNS
4 1 (3.03%) HTTP
4 1 (3.03%) SMTP
4 1 (3.03%) tcpdump
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Burp Suite
General
1 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
1 10 (30.30%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Legal
3 5 (15.15%) Law
4 4 (12.12%) Social Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Retail
6 2 (6.06%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Analyst
2 9 (27.27%) Security Engineer
3 8 (24.24%) Penetration Tester
3 8 (24.24%) Tester
4 7 (21.21%) Security Analyst
5 6 (18.18%) Senior
5 6 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (12.12%) Information Security Engineer
7 4 (12.12%) Lead
7 4 (12.12%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (12.12%) Senior Security Analyst
7 4 (12.12%) Team Leader
8 3 (9.09%) IT Engineer
8 3 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
9 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 2 (6.06%) Information Security Architect
9 2 (6.06%) Security Architect
9 2 (6.06%) Security Assurance Manager
9 2 (6.06%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (45.45%) Security Posture
2 9 (27.27%) Management Information System
3 5 (15.15%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (12.12%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (6.06%) Cloud Native
5 2 (6.06%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (6.06%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (3.03%) CSOC
6 1 (3.03%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (3.03%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (3.03%) PKI
6 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (3.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Android
2 4 (12.12%) Apple iOS
3 2 (6.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (84.85%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (75.76%) Information Security
3 14 (42.42%) Penetration Testing
4 13 (39.39%) Security Operations
5 12 (36.36%) SIEM
6 10 (30.30%) Vulnerability Management
7 9 (27.27%) Cloud Security
8 8 (24.24%) API Testing
8 8 (24.24%) Data Privacy
8 8 (24.24%) Data Protection
8 8 (24.24%) Test Strategy
9 7 (21.21%) Analytics
9 7 (21.21%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (21.21%) Incident Response
9 7 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (21.21%) Security Management
10 6 (18.18%) Contingency Planning
10 6 (18.18%) Data Loss Prevention
10 6 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
10 6 (18.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) Python
2 6 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.06%) Bash
4 1 (3.03%) C++
4 1 (3.03%) Java
4 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (54.55%) CISSP
2 14 (42.42%) CEH
3 13 (39.39%) CISM
4 11 (33.33%) OSCP
5 10 (30.30%) Degree
6 9 (27.27%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (24.24%) SSCP
8 6 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (15.15%) GIAC
10 4 (12.12%) CCSP
10 4 (12.12%) SANS
11 3 (9.09%) Master's Degree
11 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
12 2 (6.06%) AWS Certification
12 2 (6.06%) CISA
12 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (6.06%) CREST Certified
12 2 (6.06%) CRISC
12 2 (6.06%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (51.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (27.27%) GRC
2 9 (27.27%) PCI DSS
3 8 (24.24%) NIST
4 4 (12.12%) GDPR
4 4 (12.12%) ISO 22301
5 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.06%) QA
6 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
6 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (3.03%) NCSC
6 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.03%) Snort
3 1 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.12%) Nmap
3 1 (3.03%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.21%) Splunk
3 4 (12.12%) Qualys
3 4 (12.12%) Rapid7
3 4 (12.12%) Thycotic