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Penetration Testing

-7.5%
Cybersecurity Operations
37Live openings
$157,066Median salary
19Roles demanding it
18.5%Avg. posting demand

Demand over time

Where it's in demand

Roles whose live postings ask for this skill most often.

Penetration Tester
100%
$154,674
Senior Security Engineer
40%
$148,720
Application Security Engineer
30%
$123,500
Security Architect
20%
$142,400
Chief Information Security Officer
20%
$291,425
Security Analyst
20%
$104,000
Security Engineer
11%
$173,249
AI Engineer
10%
$144,672
Network Administrator
10%
$100,238
QA Lead
10%
$97,951

Pairs with

Skills that show up alongside this one, beyond chance.

SIEM11 roles
Security Engineering11 roles
EDR8 roles
CrowdStrike5 roles
Threat Intelligence10 roles
MITRE ATT&CK4 roles
Microsoft Sentinel4 roles
CISSP12 roles
Cucumber3 roles
SOAR3 roles
Vulnerability Management13 roles
ISO 270017 roles

Same cluster

EDRSIEMThreat IntelligenceISO 27001Threat HuntingCISSPDetection EngineeringCrowdStrikeNISTInformation Security
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