Security Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 545 513 518
Rank change year-on-year -32 +5 -44
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 57 120 419
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.32% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.33% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 51 101 196
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,250 £42,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,000 £53,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £70,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +0.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £95,000 £94,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,847 35,988 73,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.59% 96.02% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,766 25,695 42,040
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Security Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Testing over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Security Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.07%) AWS
2 14 (24.56%) Azure
3 6 (10.53%) GCP
3 6 (10.53%) SaaS
4 4 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (5.26%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.75%) IaaS
6 1 (1.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.81%) Wireless
2 7 (12.28%) Firewall
3 6 (10.53%) SD-WAN
3 6 (10.53%) WAN
4 4 (7.02%) SSL
5 3 (5.26%) HTTP
5 3 (5.26%) SSH
6 2 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.75%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.75%) Network Security
7 1 (1.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) InfluxDB
1 4 (7.02%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Burp Suite
1 6 (10.53%) Metasploit
1 6 (10.53%) SoapUI
2 4 (7.02%) JMeter
2 4 (7.02%) Postman
3 2 (3.51%) Appium
3 2 (3.51%) Cucumber
3 2 (3.51%) JIRA
3 2 (3.51%) JUnit
3 2 (3.51%) Selenium
3 2 (3.51%) TestNG
3 2 (3.51%) TestRail
3 2 (3.51%) WebDriver
General
1 12 (21.05%) Public Sector
2 9 (15.79%) Marketing
2 9 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Finance
4 4 (7.02%) Welsh Language
5 3 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Health Technology
6 2 (3.51%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (3.51%) Legal
7 1 (1.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 20 (35.09%) Penetration Tester
1 20 (35.09%) Tester
2 17 (29.82%) Senior
3 10 (17.54%) Security Penetration Tester
3 10 (17.54%) Security Tester
4 9 (15.79%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 9 (15.79%) Senior Tester
5 8 (14.04%) Consultant
5 8 (14.04%) Lead
5 8 (14.04%) Security Consultant
6 7 (12.28%) Architect
6 7 (12.28%) Security Architect
7 6 (10.53%) Senior Architect
7 6 (10.53%) Senior Security Architect
7 6 (10.53%) Team Leader
8 5 (8.77%) Test Team Leader
9 4 (7.02%) Analyst
9 4 (7.02%) Security Analyst
9 4 (7.02%) Security Engineer
9 4 (7.02%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) OAuth
1 4 (7.02%) OAuth2
1 4 (7.02%) SOAP
1 4 (7.02%) XML
2 3 (5.26%) Gherkin
3 2 (3.51%) Playwright
4 1 (1.75%) .NET
4 1 (1.75%) Node.js
4 1 (1.75%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Mobile App
2 9 (15.79%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (10.53%) IoT
4 5 (8.77%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (5.26%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.75%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) Kali Linux
2 4 (7.02%) Unix
3 1 (1.75%) Android
3 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.88%) Penetration Testing
2 26 (45.61%) Information Security
3 22 (38.60%) Application Security
3 22 (38.60%) OWASP
4 18 (31.58%) Red Team
5 17 (29.82%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (29.82%) Mentoring
6 14 (24.56%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (22.81%) Cloud Security
8 12 (21.05%) Coaching
8 12 (21.05%) Security Architecture
9 10 (17.54%) Social Engineering
10 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (15.79%) Data Privacy
10 9 (15.79%) Test Automation
11 8 (14.04%) Agile
12 7 (12.28%) Actionable Insight
13 6 (10.53%) Secure Coding
13 6 (10.53%) Security Operations
13 6 (10.53%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.77%) Python
1 5 (8.77%) SQL
2 4 (7.02%) Java
2 4 (7.02%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) CREST Certified
2 16 (28.07%) OSCP
3 12 (21.05%) CHECK Team Member
3 12 (21.05%) Cyber Scheme
4 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
4 11 (19.30%) Security Cleared
5 10 (17.54%) CHECK Team Leader
6 6 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (10.53%) AWS Certification
6 6 (10.53%) Azure Certification
6 6 (10.53%) CCSK
6 6 (10.53%) CCSP
6 6 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (10.53%) CISM
6 6 (10.53%) CISSP
6 6 (10.53%) OSCE
6 6 (10.53%) PCI QSA
6 6 (10.53%) Tigerscheme
7 5 (8.77%) ISTQB
8 4 (7.02%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.05%) NIST
2 7 (12.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (12.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (10.53%) Accessibility
3 6 (10.53%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (10.53%) GRC
3 6 (10.53%) PCI DSS
4 3 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (5.26%) GDPR
4 3 (5.26%) ISO 9001
4 3 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 3 (5.26%) QA
4 3 (5.26%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (15.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (10.53%) Nessus
2 6 (10.53%) Nmap
2 6 (10.53%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (7.02%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (10.53%) Qualys
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.02%) Oracle
4 3 (5.26%) Google
5 1 (1.75%) Dynatrace