Penetration Testing Jobs in Central London

Penetration Testing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central 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 148 212 265
Rank change year-on-year +64 +53 -42
Permanent jobs citing Penetration Testing 44 24 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.16% 0.49% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.51% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 41 24 37
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,133 £51,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £52,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £98,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +68.97% +5.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,000 £88,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £81,928 £70,000
% change year-on-year -8.46% +17.04% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central 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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,487 4,674 8,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 91.57% 94.69% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,599 3,837 6,358
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

Penetration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Penetration Testing in Central London

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Penetration Testing in Central London.

Salary trend for Penetration Testing in Central London

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Penetration Testing in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Penetration Testing in Central London

Penetration Testing
Job Locations in Central 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 Central 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
City of London +53 36 £75,000 -23.47% 2
Penetration Testing
London

Penetration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 24 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (45.45%) Azure
3 8 (18.18%) Google Workspace
4 5 (11.36%) AWS
5 4 (9.09%) Mimecast
6 3 (6.82%) GCP
7 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (4.55%) SaaS
8 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.27%) Firewall
2 8 (18.18%) Broadband
2 8 (18.18%) DNS
2 8 (18.18%) NAS
2 8 (18.18%) Wireless
3 7 (15.91%) Network Security
4 4 (9.09%) DKIM
5 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.27%) VPN
5 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 13 (29.55%) Law
1 13 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.73%) Games
3 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Legal
4 7 (15.91%) Finance
5 3 (6.82%) Retail
5 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Security Engineer
2 9 (20.45%) Lead
3 8 (18.18%) Consultant
3 8 (18.18%) IT Consultant
3 8 (18.18%) Penetration Tester
3 8 (18.18%) Tester
4 4 (9.09%) Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Security Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Information Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Information Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (6.82%) Security Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Senior
5 3 (6.82%) Team Leader
5 3 (6.82%) Test Team Leader
6 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Penetration Tester
6 2 (4.55%) Senior Tester
7 1 (2.27%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) HTML
1 1 (2.27%) Kafka
1 1 (2.27%) OAuth
1 1 (2.27%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.27%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Onboarding
2 8 (18.18%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (13.64%) Mobile App
4 3 (6.82%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) CSOC
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.45%) Windows
2 8 (18.18%) Mac OS
2 8 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.55%) Android
3 2 (4.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (52.27%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (31.82%) Business Continuity
3 12 (27.27%) Computer Science
3 12 (27.27%) Information Security
4 10 (22.73%) Incident Response
4 10 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (20.45%) Data Protection
5 9 (20.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 8 (18.18%) Asset Management
6 8 (18.18%) Digital Forensics
6 8 (18.18%) Identity Management
6 8 (18.18%) IT Audit
6 8 (18.18%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (18.18%) OWASP
6 8 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 7 (15.91%) Change Control
7 7 (15.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (15.91%) SIEM
8 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.73%) Bash
2 3 (6.82%) Python
3 1 (2.27%) C#
3 1 (2.27%) C++
3 1 (2.27%) Go
3 1 (2.27%) Java
3 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (27.27%) Degree
2 11 (25.00%) CISSP
3 9 (20.45%) CISA
4 8 (18.18%) CEH
4 8 (18.18%) CREST Certified
5 6 (13.64%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (11.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (6.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (4.55%) CISM
9 1 (2.27%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.27%) SANS
9 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (40.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (38.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (18.18%) SOC 2
4 6 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (9.09%) GRC
5 4 (9.09%) NIST
6 3 (6.82%) QA
7 2 (4.55%) GDPR
8 1 (2.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 8 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (15.91%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (15.91%) CASB
2 7 (15.91%) QRadar
3 4 (9.09%) DatAdvantage
4 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (43.18%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.00%) Google
3 8 (18.18%) Apple
3 8 (18.18%) VMware
4 7 (15.91%) Cisco
4 7 (15.91%) Kenna
4 7 (15.91%) Rapid7
5 4 (9.09%) Darktrace
5 4 (9.09%) Varonis
6 3 (6.82%) IBM