Penetration Tester Jobs in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
UK > UK excluding London

The median Penetration Tester salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 704 640 828
Rank change year-on-year -64 +188 -132
Permanent jobs requiring a Penetration Tester 66 93 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.16% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.18% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 37 36 31
10th Percentile £37,500 £25,198 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,938 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £76,875 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Penetration Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Penetration Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Tester in the UK excluding London

Penetration Tester
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 Penetration Tester within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South West -23 24 £62,500 +31.58% 5
North of England +40 21 £90,000 +50.00% 4
North West -9 11 £90,000 +41.18% 2
Yorkshire +66 10 £90,000 +50.00% 2
Midlands -18 10 £55,000 -12.00% 2
West Midlands -17 9 £55,000 -12.00% 2
Scotland -80 6 £90,000 +50.00% 1
South East -26 3 £56,250 +12.50%
Northern Ireland +19 1 - -
Wales +5 1 - -
East Midlands -15 1 £60,000 -
Penetration Tester
UK

Penetration Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Penetration Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Penetration Tester in the job title.

1 35 (53.03%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (51.52%) Penetration Testing
3 27 (40.91%) OSCP
4 24 (36.36%) CHECK Team Leader
5 16 (24.24%) Incident Response
5 16 (24.24%) SC Cleared
5 16 (24.24%) Security Cleared
5 16 (24.24%) Degree
6 15 (22.73%) Computer Science
6 15 (22.73%) Offensive Security
7 14 (21.21%) Social Skills
7 14 (21.21%) Security Posture
7 14 (21.21%) Risk Analysis
8 13 (19.70%) Information Security
9 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (18.18%) Mobile App
10 11 (16.67%) Data Privacy
10 11 (16.67%) CHECK Team Member
10 11 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
11 10 (15.15%) CREST Certified
11 10 (15.15%) Red Team
11 10 (15.15%) DV Cleared
12 8 (12.12%) Test Strategy
12 8 (12.12%) Security Testing
12 8 (12.12%) Data Protection
12 8 (12.12%) Legal
12 8 (12.12%) Ethical Hacking
12 8 (12.12%) GRC
12 8 (12.12%) API Testing
13 7 (10.61%) Law

Penetration Tester Skill Set
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 1 (1.52%) AWS
1 1 (1.52%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.58%) Wireless
2 2 (3.03%) Wireless Security
3 1 (1.52%) Firewall
3 1 (1.52%) Internet
3 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Burp Suite
1 4 (6.06%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (12.12%) Legal
4 7 (10.61%) Law
5 5 (7.58%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.03%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.21%) Security Posture
2 12 (18.18%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.55%) IoT
3 3 (4.55%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.03%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.52%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Kali Linux
2 3 (4.55%) Android
2 3 (4.55%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.52%) Unix
3 1 (1.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (53.03%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (51.52%) Penetration Testing
3 16 (24.24%) Incident Response
4 15 (22.73%) Computer Science
4 15 (22.73%) Offensive Security
5 14 (21.21%) Risk Analysis
6 13 (19.70%) Information Security
7 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (16.67%) Data Privacy
9 10 (15.15%) Red Team
10 8 (12.12%) API Testing
10 8 (12.12%) Data Protection
10 8 (12.12%) Ethical Hacking
10 8 (12.12%) Security Testing
10 8 (12.12%) Test Strategy
11 6 (9.09%) Mentoring
12 4 (6.06%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (6.06%) Software Testing
13 3 (4.55%) Microservices
13 3 (4.55%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.58%) Python
2 4 (6.06%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.55%) Java
4 1 (1.52%) Bash
4 1 (1.52%) C#
Qualifications
1 27 (40.91%) OSCP
2 24 (36.36%) CHECK Team Leader
3 16 (24.24%) Degree
3 16 (24.24%) SC Cleared
3 16 (24.24%) Security Cleared
4 11 (16.67%) CHECK Team Member
5 10 (15.15%) CREST Certified
5 10 (15.15%) DV Cleared
6 6 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.55%) OSCE
8 1 (1.52%) CCSAM
8 1 (1.52%) CCSAS
8 1 (1.52%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.12%) GRC
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Nmap
2 3 (4.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (4.55%) Qualys
2 1 (1.52%) Red Hat