Salary for Senior-level / Expert Penetration Tester in United Kingdom during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Penetration Tester in United Kingdom during 2024 is USD 100,000

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Penetration Tester salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 112,500 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Penetration Tester
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2024
Sample size
13
Top 10%
$ 112,500
Top 25%
$ 112,500
Median
$ 100,000
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 93,750

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Penetration Tester roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Penetration Tester job listings are Pentesting, Vulnerabilities and OSCP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Pentesting | 245 jobs Vulnerabilities | 211 jobs OSCP | 184 jobs Cloud | 167 jobs Python | 128 jobs Scripting | 121 jobs Linux | 105 jobs Red team | 104 jobs Security assessment | 100 jobs OWASP | 96 jobs Burp Suite | 94 jobs Metasploit | 91 jobs Application security | 90 jobs Exploit | 89 jobs Computer Science | 85 jobs C | 84 jobs GPEN | 83 jobs APIs | 82 jobs AWS | 80 jobs Offensive security | 80 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Penetration Tester roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Penetration Tester job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 126 jobs Health care | 93 jobs Flex hours | 72 jobs Team events | 60 jobs Competitive pay | 55 jobs Salary bonus | 41 jobs Insurance | 40 jobs Flex vacation | 35 jobs Equity / stock options | 34 jobs Parental leave | 30 jobs Medical leave | 29 jobs Startup environment | 27 jobs 401(k) matching | 23 jobs Conferences | 18 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Fitness / gym | 9 jobs Gear | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 7 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs Home office stipend | 5 jobs

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