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Penetration Testing jobs and pay
How many open roles ask for Penetration Testing, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.
Citable summary
Penetration Testing appears in 275 open roles (0.2% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 185,000 (P25 122,500 – P75 230,000), as of 2026-10-18.
n=275, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated
275
Open roles
0.2%
Share of all postings
126
Postings with a salary range
$185,000
Median stated pay
Which job families hire for this skill
Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.
Demand by job family
| Job family | Open roles | Share of skill's roles |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 202 | 73.5% |
| Data & ML | 21 | 7.6% |
| Other | 15 | 5.5% |
| Consulting | 13 | 4.7% |
| Operations | 9 | 3.3% |
| Sales | 6 | 2.2% |
| Product | 3 | 1.1% |
| Finance | 2 | 0.7% |
| Legal | 2 | 0.7% |
| Marketing | 1 | 0.4% |
| People & HR | 1 | 0.4% |
Skill demand by country
| Country | Open roles | Share of skill's roles |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 122 | 44.4% |
| Singapore | 18 | 6.5% |
| India | 17 | 6.2% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 5.8% |
| Canada | 12 | 4.4% |
| Poland | 8 | 2.9% |
| France | 7 | 2.5% |
| Germany | 6 | 2.2% |
| Belgium | 5 | 1.8% |
| Spain | 4 | 1.5% |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1.1% |
| PH | 3 | 1.1% |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1.1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0.7% |
| AR | 2 | 0.7% |
| Australia | 2 | 0.7% |
| Brazil | 2 | 0.7% |
| Czechia | 2 | 0.7% |
| Greece | 2 | 0.7% |
| Israel | 2 | 0.7% |
| Italy | 2 | 0.7% |
| Mexico | 2 | 0.7% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 0.7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0.4% |
| China | 1 | 0.4% |
| CR | 1 | 0.4% |
| Hungary | 1 | 0.4% |
| ID | 1 | 0.4% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0.4% |
| MY | 1 | 0.4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0.4% |
| Portugal | 1 | 0.4% |
| Romania | 1 | 0.4% |
| RS | 1 | 0.4% |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0.4% |
| ZA | 1 | 0.4% |
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Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →