Penetration Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

Penetration Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 542 457 492
Rank change year-on-year -85 +35 -67
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 241 290 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.52% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.55% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 167 173 318
10th Percentile £36,150 £41,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £88,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 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%

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 12 June 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 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
South East -32 66 £47,500 -18.80% 17
Midlands -33 58 £55,000 - 12
North of England -15 48 £60,000 +14.29% 15
South West -29 46 £65,000 +31.98% 9
North West -15 37 £60,000 +17.07% 10
West Midlands -21 36 £55,000 - 9
East Midlands -14 22 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Scotland -81 12 £60,000 +7.75% 8
Yorkshire +37 11 £44,250 -15.71% 5
East of England -22 7 £40,000 -27.27% 3
Wales +10 3 £90,000 +60.71% 1
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 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 48 (19.92%) Azure
2 32 (13.28%) AWS
3 15 (6.22%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (3.32%) Amazon ECS
4 8 (3.32%) Cloudflare
4 8 (3.32%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.49%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 4 (1.66%) AWS CloudTrail
6 4 (1.66%) GCP
7 3 (1.24%) AWS Control Tower
7 3 (1.24%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.24%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.24%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.24%) SaaS
8 1 (0.41%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.41%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 63 (26.14%) Firewall
2 28 (11.62%) Network Security
3 17 (7.05%) Intrusion Detection
4 15 (6.22%) TCP/IP
5 14 (5.81%) Wireless
6 12 (4.98%) DNS
7 11 (4.56%) VPN
8 9 (3.73%) Internet
8 9 (3.73%) NGFW
8 9 (3.73%) SSL
9 7 (2.90%) Wireshark
10 6 (2.49%) BGP
11 5 (2.07%) HTTP
11 5 (2.07%) IPsec
11 5 (2.07%) LAN
11 5 (2.07%) OSPF
11 5 (2.07%) VLAN
11 5 (2.07%) WAN
12 4 (1.66%) SMTP
12 4 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.66%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Burp Suite
2 4 (1.66%) Git
2 4 (1.66%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.83%) JIRA
4 1 (0.41%) Snyk
General
1 73 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.69%) Finance
3 28 (11.62%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.88%) Legal
5 16 (6.64%) Telecoms
6 14 (5.81%) Aerospace
7 12 (4.98%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.56%) Games
9 10 (4.15%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.15%) Retail
10 8 (3.32%) Military
11 7 (2.90%) Automotive
11 7 (2.90%) Manufacturing
12 6 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.49%) Marketing
12 6 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (2.07%) Electronics
14 4 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.66%) Law
15 1 (0.41%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 47 (19.50%) Analyst
2 37 (15.35%) Security Analyst
3 33 (13.69%) Penetration Tester
4 32 (13.28%) Tester
5 28 (11.62%) Lead
6 25 (10.37%) Senior
7 22 (9.13%) Consultant
8 21 (8.71%) Security Consultant
9 20 (8.30%) Security Manager
10 16 (6.64%) Architect
10 16 (6.64%) Security Architect
11 15 (6.22%) Security Engineer
12 14 (5.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 12 (4.98%) Business Development Manager
13 12 (4.98%) Business Manager
13 12 (4.98%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 12 (4.98%) Development Manager
13 12 (4.98%) Security Penetration Tester
13 12 (4.98%) Security Tester
14 11 (4.56%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.73%) OAuth
2 8 (3.32%) Laravel
3 6 (2.49%) OAuth2
4 5 (2.07%) Web Services
5 4 (1.66%) EDI
6 3 (1.24%) OpenID
6 3 (1.24%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.86%) Cyber Threat
2 29 (12.03%) Security Posture
3 24 (9.96%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (8.71%) Management Information System
5 20 (8.30%) Cyberattack
6 19 (7.88%) Operational Technology
7 15 (6.22%) Data Centre
8 13 (5.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (4.15%) Cyber Defence
10 9 (3.73%) IoT
11 7 (2.90%) Mobile App
12 6 (2.49%) Driving Licence
13 5 (2.07%) Algorithms
13 5 (2.07%) Data Structures
13 5 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
14 4 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (1.66%) Onboarding
15 3 (1.24%) Cyber Security Posture
15 3 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 3 (1.24%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.35%) Windows
2 20 (8.30%) Linux
3 9 (3.73%) Kali Linux
4 7 (2.90%) Android
4 7 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.66%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.24%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (76.35%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (30.29%) Incident Response
3 69 (28.63%) Information Security
4 50 (20.75%) Computer Science
5 48 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (19.09%) Vulnerability Management
7 38 (15.77%) SIEM
8 34 (14.11%) Security Operations
9 33 (13.69%) Application Security
10 32 (13.28%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 31 (12.86%) OWASP
11 31 (12.86%) Patch Management
12 30 (12.45%) Red Team
13 27 (11.20%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 26 (10.79%) Risk Management
15 25 (10.37%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 24 (9.96%) Mentoring
17 23 (9.54%) Software Engineering
18 21 (8.71%) Data Protection
18 21 (8.71%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.18%) Python
2 15 (6.22%) Bash
3 8 (3.32%) PHP
3 8 (3.32%) Rust
4 7 (2.90%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.07%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.24%) Java
6 3 (1.24%) SQL
7 2 (0.83%) Ruby
8 1 (0.41%) C#
8 1 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 63 (26.14%) Degree
2 57 (23.65%) CISSP
3 38 (15.77%) OSCP
4 37 (15.35%) CISM
5 23 (9.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (9.54%) Security Cleared
6 19 (7.88%) CEH
7 18 (7.47%) CREST Certified
8 15 (6.22%) GIAC
9 14 (5.81%) SC Cleared
10 11 (4.56%) CHECK Team Member
10 11 (4.56%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (3.32%) GPEN
13 7 (2.90%) CISA
14 6 (2.49%) AWS Certification
15 5 (2.07%) Azure Certification
15 5 (2.07%) CCIE
15 5 (2.07%) CCNA
15 5 (2.07%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (24.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (11.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (10.79%) NIST
4 17 (7.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 17 (7.05%) GRC
5 15 (6.22%) GDPR
6 8 (3.32%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.90%) NCSC
8 6 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (2.49%) NIST 800
9 4 (1.66%) QA
10 3 (1.24%) JSP 440
10 3 (1.24%) JTAG
10 3 (1.24%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.83%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.83%) RMADS
12 1 (0.41%) COBIT
12 1 (0.41%) DO-254
System Software
1 24 (9.96%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.83%) Docker
4 2 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (4.98%) Nessus
2 11 (4.56%) WSUS
3 7 (2.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (2.49%) Kubernetes
5 5 (2.07%) Ansible
5 5 (2.07%) Suricata
6 4 (1.66%) Nmap
7 3 (1.24%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.24%) HP Fortify
7 3 (1.24%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.83%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.41%) Anchore
9 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.39%) Splunk
3 11 (4.56%) Cisco
3 11 (4.56%) Palo Alto
4 10 (4.15%) Qualys
5 6 (2.49%) HubSpot
5 6 (2.49%) VMware
6 5 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (2.07%) Juniper
7 4 (1.66%) SonicWALL
8 3 (1.24%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.24%) HP
8 3 (1.24%) Lauterbach
8 3 (1.24%) Nimble Storage
8 3 (1.24%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.24%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.24%) Veeam
8 3 (1.24%) Veracode
9 2 (0.83%) Zscaler
10 1 (0.41%) Salesforce