Penetration Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Penetration Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Penetration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Penetration Testing over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 469 474
Rank change year-on-year -62 +5 -65
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 235 298 436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.50% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.53% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 157 169 326
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,000 £89,375
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Penetration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,818 56,534 68,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.50% 95.59% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 41,261 29,197 41,375
10th Percentile £27,250 £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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in the UK excluding London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in the UK excluding London

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in the UK excluding London

Penetration Testing
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 Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 East +5 65 £43,750 -25.21% 24
Midlands -9 53 £57,000 -5.00% 12
North of England +12 49 £57,500 +9.52% 23
South West -11 48 £63,750 +25.00% 16
North West +5 37 £60,000 +12.15% 15
West Midlands -5 30 £55,000 -8.33% 9
East Midlands -1 23 £65,000 - 3
Yorkshire +56 12 £44,250 -14.79% 5
Scotland -82 9 £60,000 +7.75% 11
East of England -9 7 £40,000 -27.27% 3
Wales +5 3 £90,000 +55.17% 4
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Penetration Testing
UK

Penetration Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) Apache
2 1 (0.43%) IIS
2 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.43%) Azure
2 29 (12.34%) AWS
3 16 (6.81%) Cloud Computing
4 10 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.40%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (3.40%) Cloudflare
6 6 (2.55%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.70%) GCP
7 4 (1.70%) SaaS
8 3 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (1.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.28%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.28%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.85%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (0.85%) AWS CloudTrail
9 2 (0.85%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (0.85%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 61 (25.96%) Firewall
2 33 (14.04%) Network Security
3 18 (7.66%) Intrusion Detection
4 16 (6.81%) TCP/IP
5 15 (6.38%) Wireless
6 12 (5.11%) DNS
7 11 (4.68%) VPN
8 10 (4.26%) Internet
9 9 (3.83%) SSL
10 7 (2.98%) Wireshark
11 6 (2.55%) BGP
12 5 (2.13%) HTTP
12 5 (2.13%) IPsec
12 5 (2.13%) LAN
12 5 (2.13%) NGFW
12 5 (2.13%) OSPF
12 5 (2.13%) VLAN
12 5 (2.13%) WAN
13 4 (1.70%) Bluetooth
13 4 (1.70%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.13%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.70%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.28%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (2.98%) Burp Suite
2 5 (2.13%) Metasploit
3 4 (1.70%) Git
4 2 (0.85%) JIRA
5 1 (0.43%) Snyk
General
1 72 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (11.49%) Finance
4 21 (8.94%) Aerospace
5 20 (8.51%) Legal
6 16 (6.81%) Telecoms
7 14 (5.96%) Military
8 13 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (4.68%) Games
10 11 (4.68%) Retail
11 10 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (4.26%) Public Sector
12 8 (3.40%) Manufacturing
13 7 (2.98%) Automotive
13 7 (2.98%) Aviation
13 7 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (2.55%) Marketing
15 5 (2.13%) Electronics
16 3 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 43 (18.30%) Analyst
2 35 (14.89%) Penetration Tester
3 34 (14.47%) Tester
4 32 (13.62%) Security Analyst
5 26 (11.06%) Lead
6 23 (9.79%) Senior
7 20 (8.51%) Security Manager
8 17 (7.23%) Consultant
9 16 (6.81%) Architect
9 16 (6.81%) Security Architect
9 16 (6.81%) Security Consultant
10 14 (5.96%) Security Engineer
11 12 (5.11%) Business Development Manager
11 12 (5.11%) Business Manager
11 12 (5.11%) Development Manager
11 12 (5.11%) IT Manager
11 12 (5.11%) Security Penetration Tester
11 12 (5.11%) Security Tester
12 11 (4.68%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 11 (4.68%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.40%) Laravel
1 8 (3.40%) OAuth
2 6 (2.55%) OAuth2
3 5 (2.13%) Web Services
4 4 (1.70%) EDI
5 2 (0.85%) OpenID
5 2 (0.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.62%) Cyber Threat
2 29 (12.34%) Security Posture
3 22 (9.36%) Management Information System
3 22 (9.36%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (8.51%) Operational Technology
5 17 (7.23%) Cyberattack
6 15 (6.38%) Data Centre
7 13 (5.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (4.68%) Cyber Defence
9 10 (4.26%) IoT
10 9 (3.83%) Mobile App
11 6 (2.55%) Embedded Systems
12 5 (2.13%) Algorithms
12 5 (2.13%) Data Structures
12 5 (2.13%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.70%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (1.28%) Cyber Security Posture
14 3 (1.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 3 (1.28%) Driving Licence
14 3 (1.28%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 36 (15.32%) Windows
2 19 (8.09%) Linux
3 10 (4.26%) Kali Linux
4 8 (3.40%) Android
4 8 (3.40%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.13%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.28%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.85%) Unix
8 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (77.87%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (30.64%) Incident Response
3 63 (26.81%) Information Security
4 53 (22.55%) Computer Science
5 44 (18.72%) Vulnerability Management
6 43 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (15.74%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 33 (14.04%) Application Security
9 32 (13.62%) SIEM
10 30 (12.77%) Patch Management
10 30 (12.77%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 29 (12.34%) OWASP
11 29 (12.34%) Red Team
12 28 (11.91%) Security Operations
13 26 (11.06%) Risk Management
13 26 (11.06%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 24 (10.21%) Mentoring
15 23 (9.79%) Software Engineering
16 21 (8.94%) Data Protection
17 20 (8.51%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.02%) Python
2 16 (6.81%) Bash
3 8 (3.40%) PHP
3 8 (3.40%) Rust
4 6 (2.55%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.13%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.28%) Java
6 3 (1.28%) SQL
7 2 (0.85%) C#
7 2 (0.85%) Ruby
8 1 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 59 (25.11%) Degree
2 51 (21.70%) CISSP
3 35 (14.89%) CISM
4 34 (14.47%) OSCP
5 20 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (8.09%) Security Cleared
7 18 (7.66%) CREST Certified
8 16 (6.81%) CEH
9 15 (6.38%) GIAC
10 12 (5.11%) CHECK Team Member
10 12 (5.11%) SC Cleared
11 11 (4.68%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (3.83%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (3.40%) CISA
13 8 (3.40%) GPEN
14 6 (2.55%) DV Cleared
15 5 (2.13%) AWS Certification
15 5 (2.13%) CCNA
15 5 (2.13%) CCNP
15 5 (2.13%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (22.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (11.49%) NIST
3 24 (10.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (7.23%) GRC
5 14 (5.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 13 (5.53%) GDPR
7 9 (3.83%) PCI DSS
8 7 (2.98%) DO-254
8 7 (2.98%) NCSC
9 6 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (2.55%) NIST 800
9 6 (2.55%) QA
10 3 (1.28%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.28%) JTAG
11 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.43%) COBIT
12 1 (0.43%) FISMA
12 1 (0.43%) HITRUST
12 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.43%) JSP 440
System Software
1 20 (8.51%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.85%) Docker
4 2 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (5.11%) Nessus
2 11 (4.68%) WSUS
3 7 (2.98%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (2.55%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.13%) Ansible
5 5 (2.13%) Nmap
5 5 (2.13%) Suricata
6 3 (1.28%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.28%) HP Fortify
6 3 (1.28%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.85%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.43%) Anchore
8 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (15.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.68%) Cisco
3 10 (4.26%) Qualys
3 10 (4.26%) Splunk
4 8 (3.40%) Palo Alto
5 7 (2.98%) VMware
6 6 (2.55%) HubSpot
7 5 (2.13%) Juniper
8 3 (1.28%) HP
8 3 (1.28%) Lauterbach
8 3 (1.28%) Nimble Storage
8 3 (1.28%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.28%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.28%) Veeam
8 3 (1.28%) Veracode
9 2 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.43%) SAP
10 1 (0.43%) SonicWALL