GPEN Jobs with Work from Home Options

GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN)
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for GPEN qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 591 643 882
Rank change year-on-year +52 +239 -284
Permanent jobs citing GPEN 9 6 10
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.026% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.093% 0.059% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 9
10th Percentile - £56,000 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% -35.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £83,750 -
90th Percentile £73,800 £89,000 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £90,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -27.78% +63.64% +2.80%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

GPEN is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,718 10,088 17,243
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.93% 26.18% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,904 6,114 8,887
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.30% +9.09% -

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GPEN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GPEN trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GPEN.

GPEN salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GPEN over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

GPEN salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Wireshark
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Penetration Tester
1 6 (66.67%) Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Hunter
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Security Assurance Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Security Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Testing Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Testing Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Team
2 2 (22.22%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
3 6 (66.67%) Information Security
3 6 (66.67%) Offensive Security
4 5 (55.56%) Red Team
5 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
6 2 (22.22%) OWASP
6 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
6 2 (22.22%) Security Management
6 2 (22.22%) Security Operations
6 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Bash
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) GIAC
2 7 (77.78%) CEH
3 6 (66.67%) CISSP
3 6 (66.67%) OSCP
4 4 (44.44%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (22.22%) CISM
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) GDPR
1 5 (55.56%) NIST
2 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (22.22%) GRC
3 2 (22.22%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Nessus
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Qualys