Security Testing Jobs in the North of England

Security Testing
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security 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 365 367 388
Rank change year-on-year +2 +21 -53
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 47 56 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.23% 0.36% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.37% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 42 32 30
10th Percentile £37,525 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £76,250 £94,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £89,875 £107,500 £82,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Security 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,081 15,203 17,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.10% 96.75% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,841 7,774 10,691
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,225 £81,500 £80,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in the North of England

Security Testing
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in the North of England.

Salary trend for Security Testing in the North of England

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in the North of England

Security Testing
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Testing within the North of England 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 West -35 29 £61,206 -19.73% 8
Yorkshire +71 18 £50,000 +21.21% 6
Security Testing
England

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 17 (36.17%) AWS
2 13 (27.66%) Azure
3 12 (25.53%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (17.02%) SaaS
5 3 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (6.38%) GCP
6 1 (2.13%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) SD-WAN
1 6 (12.77%) WAN
2 4 (8.51%) Firewall
3 3 (6.38%) Wireless
4 1 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) IntelliJ
1 7 (14.89%) JUnit
1 7 (14.89%) Mockito
2 6 (12.77%) Burp Suite
3 3 (6.38%) Gradle
3 3 (6.38%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (19.15%) Public Sector
2 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Retail
4 3 (6.38%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Finance
5 1 (2.13%) Health Technology
5 1 (2.13%) Law
5 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (29.79%) Consultant
1 14 (29.79%) Security Consultant
2 12 (25.53%) Information Security Consultant
3 7 (14.89%) Tester
4 6 (12.77%) Architect
4 6 (12.77%) Security Architect
4 6 (12.77%) Senior
4 6 (12.77%) Senior Architect
4 6 (12.77%) Senior Security Architect
5 5 (10.64%) Software Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Compliance Manager
6 4 (8.51%) IT Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) IT Security Consultant
6 4 (8.51%) Java Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Java Software Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Penetration Tester
6 4 (8.51%) Risk Manager
6 4 (8.51%) Security Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Systems Tester
6 4 (8.51%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.38%) REST
2 1 (2.13%) .NET
2 1 (2.13%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (12.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 6 (12.77%) Management Information System
3 5 (10.64%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (8.51%) Security Posture
5 3 (6.38%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (6.38%) IoT
5 3 (6.38%) Mobile App
5 3 (6.38%) NHS
5 3 (6.38%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.13%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.13%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (55.32%) Information Security
2 19 (40.43%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (31.91%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 14 (29.79%) Incident Response
5 12 (25.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 12 (25.53%) Data Protection
5 12 (25.53%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (25.53%) Security Operations
5 12 (25.53%) Threat Intelligence
6 11 (23.40%) Business Continuity
7 10 (21.28%) Application Security
7 10 (21.28%) Risk Register
7 10 (21.28%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (19.15%) OWASP
8 9 (19.15%) Security Auditing
9 8 (17.02%) Penetration Testing
10 7 (14.89%) Mentoring
10 7 (14.89%) Test Automation
11 6 (12.77%) Coaching
11 6 (12.77%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) Java
2 7 (14.89%) SQL
3 6 (12.77%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.38%) C#
4 3 (6.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 6 (12.77%) AWS Certification
1 6 (12.77%) Azure Certification
1 6 (12.77%) CCSK
1 6 (12.77%) CCSP
1 6 (12.77%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (12.77%) CISM
1 6 (12.77%) CISSP
2 4 (8.51%) Degree
2 4 (8.51%) PhD
3 3 (6.38%) CREST Certified
3 3 (6.38%) OSCE
3 3 (6.38%) OSCP
3 3 (6.38%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (38.30%) Cyber Essentials
1 18 (38.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (25.53%) GDPR
2 12 (25.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 12 (25.53%) NIST
3 7 (14.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (10.64%) COBIT
5 4 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (8.51%) ISO 9001
5 4 (8.51%) SOC 2
6 1 (2.13%) NCSC
6 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (19.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (14.89%) Kubernetes
2 6 (12.77%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (6.38%) Nessus
3 3 (6.38%) Nmap
Vendors
1 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) Qualys
2 3 (6.38%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.26%) Splunk