Application Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Application Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Application Security 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 585 494 550
Rank change year-on-year -91 +56 -61
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 186 245 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.43% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.45% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 138 142 236
10th Percentile £44,775 £27,750 £32,875
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,000 £37,696
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.55% +5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £84,919 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £99,675 £87,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Application Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the UK excluding London

Application Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Application Security in the UK excluding London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the UK excluding London

Application Security
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +21 69 £61,206 -2.07% 20
South East -25 58 £71,250 +29.55% 16
North West -23 40 £57,500 -11.54% 15
Midlands -16 27 £57,500 -4.17% 11
West Midlands -13 25 £57,500 -13.53% 10
Yorkshire +54 20 £79,842 +27.75% 5
Scotland -60 17 £52,500 +16.99% 3
South West -24 15 £75,000 -25.00% 5
North East -5 9 £62,500 +31.58%
Wales +6 2 £65,000 +74.98%
East Midlands -17 2 £44,500 -19.09% 1
Application Security
UK

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (1.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.54%) Confluence
2 1 (0.54%) IIS
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (46.24%) Azure
2 68 (36.56%) AWS
3 23 (12.37%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (8.60%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (4.84%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.69%) GCP
6 5 (2.69%) PaaS
6 5 (2.69%) SaaS
7 4 (2.15%) Azure App Service
7 4 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.15%) IaaS
7 4 (2.15%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.15%) Serverless
8 3 (1.61%) AWS CodePipeline
8 3 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.61%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 33 (17.74%) WAN
2 31 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 28 (15.05%) Network Security
4 15 (8.06%) Firewall
5 9 (4.84%) VPN
6 6 (3.23%) Internet
7 5 (2.69%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (2.69%) Wireless
7 5 (2.69%) Wireless Security
8 4 (2.15%) LAN
8 4 (2.15%) TCP/IP
8 4 (2.15%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.54%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.76%) Relational Database
2 7 (3.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (3.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (2.15%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.61%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.08%) MySQL
6 1 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.54%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (3.76%) Git
2 3 (1.61%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.08%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.08%) Selenium
3 2 (1.08%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.08%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.54%) Gradle
4 1 (0.54%) Grunt
4 1 (0.54%) gulp
4 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.54%) JIRA
4 1 (0.54%) Maven
4 1 (0.54%) MSI
4 1 (0.54%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (16.13%) Finance
2 29 (15.59%) Social Skills
3 18 (9.68%) Law
4 17 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.06%) Telecoms
6 14 (7.53%) Public Sector
7 12 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (5.91%) Marketing
9 7 (3.76%) Retail
10 5 (2.69%) Legal
11 4 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.08%) Banking
12 2 (1.08%) Electronics
13 1 (0.54%) Games
13 1 (0.54%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (40.32%) Architect
2 57 (30.65%) Security Architect
3 53 (28.49%) Senior
4 39 (20.97%) Lead
4 39 (20.97%) Lead Architect
5 28 (15.05%) Lead Security Architect
6 18 (9.68%) Senior Architect
7 17 (9.14%) Security Engineer
8 15 (8.06%) Consultant
9 14 (7.53%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 11 (5.91%) Analyst
10 11 (5.91%) Security Analyst
10 11 (5.91%) Security Researcher
11 10 (5.38%) Developer
12 9 (4.84%) Administrator
12 9 (4.84%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 9 (4.84%) Security Consultant
13 8 (4.30%) Security Assurance Manager
13 8 (4.30%) Security Manager
14 7 (3.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.99%) OAuth
2 9 (4.84%) .NET
3 8 (4.30%) React
4 7 (3.76%) CSS
4 7 (3.76%) HTML
4 7 (3.76%) SAML
5 6 (3.23%) .NET Framework
5 6 (3.23%) OAuth2
5 6 (3.23%) RESTful
5 6 (3.23%) Web Services
6 5 (2.69%) ASP.NET
7 4 (2.15%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.15%) Vue
8 3 (1.61%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (1.61%) CSS3
8 3 (1.61%) Entity Framework
8 3 (1.61%) HTML5
9 2 (1.08%) Jest
9 2 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (1.08%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 43 (23.12%) Management Information System
2 34 (18.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 17 (9.14%) Public Cloud
4 12 (6.45%) Replication
5 10 (5.38%) Product Ownership
5 10 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (4.84%) Data Centre
6 9 (4.84%) Mobile App
7 8 (4.30%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.30%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (4.30%) PKI
7 8 (4.30%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.08%) Life Science
8 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.54%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.54%) IoT
9 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.75%) Windows
2 10 (5.38%) Linux
2 10 (5.38%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.69%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.08%) Android
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
5 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (34.41%) OWASP
2 59 (31.72%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (31.72%) Information Security
3 40 (21.51%) Secure Coding
4 39 (20.97%) CI/CD
4 39 (20.97%) Identity Management
4 39 (20.97%) Security Architecture
5 37 (19.89%) Computer Science
6 34 (18.28%) DevOps
6 34 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (17.74%) Identity Access Management
7 33 (17.74%) Penetration Testing
8 30 (16.13%) Vulnerability Management
9 26 (13.98%) Threat Modelling
10 23 (12.37%) Risk Management
10 23 (12.37%) Software Engineering
11 22 (11.83%) SDLC
11 22 (11.83%) Security Management
11 22 (11.83%) Security Operations
11 22 (11.83%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.13%) SQL
2 23 (12.37%) Python
3 18 (9.68%) JavaScript
4 12 (6.45%) C#
4 12 (6.45%) Java
5 7 (3.76%) T-SQL
6 6 (3.23%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.69%) C
7 5 (2.69%) R
7 5 (2.69%) Scala
8 4 (2.15%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.54%) Bash
9 1 (0.54%) Groovy
9 1 (0.54%) PHP
9 1 (0.54%) Ruby
9 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 60 (32.26%) CISSP
2 51 (27.42%) CISM
3 42 (22.58%) Degree
4 39 (20.97%) AWS Certification
5 34 (18.28%) Azure Certification
6 33 (17.74%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (15.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 29 (15.59%) CCSK
7 29 (15.59%) CCSP
8 18 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (4.84%) SANS
9 9 (4.84%) Security Cleared
10 8 (4.30%) GIAC
10 8 (4.30%) GPEN
10 8 (4.30%) PCI QSA
11 7 (3.76%) SC Cleared
12 6 (3.23%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (2.69%) CISA
13 5 (2.69%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (33.33%) NIST
2 24 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (9.68%) GRC
4 13 (6.99%) GDPR
4 13 (6.99%) PCI DSS
5 9 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (4.84%) NIST 800
6 8 (4.30%) NCSC
7 6 (3.23%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (2.15%) COBIT
10 3 (1.61%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.61%) QA
11 2 (1.08%) ISO 22301
11 2 (1.08%) ISO 31000
11 2 (1.08%) ITGC
12 1 (0.54%) Accessibility
System Software
1 44 (23.66%) Docker
2 17 (9.14%) Active Directory
3 12 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.91%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (2.15%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (29.03%) Kubernetes
2 36 (19.35%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (5.91%) Terraform
4 7 (3.76%) Nessus
5 6 (3.23%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (2.69%) Suricata
7 4 (2.15%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.61%) HP Fortify
9 2 (1.08%) Ansible
10 1 (0.54%) WMI
Vendors
1 32 (17.20%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.45%) VMware
3 7 (3.76%) Juniper
4 6 (3.23%) Qualys
4 6 (3.23%) Splunk
5 5 (2.69%) Cisco
5 5 (2.69%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.15%) HP
7 3 (1.61%) Oracle
7 3 (1.61%) SAP
7 3 (1.61%) Veracode
8 2 (1.08%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (1.08%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.08%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (1.08%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.08%) Veeam
9 1 (0.54%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.54%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.54%) OutSystems
9 1 (0.54%) Symantec