Secure Code Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Secure Coding skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Secure Coding over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 611 768 746
Rank change year-on-year +157 -22 -20
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 286 208 559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.21% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.22% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 134 96 252
10th Percentile £52,750 £45,625 £38,258
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,294 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £76,250 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.20% +7.02% +9.62%
75th Percentile £84,919 £97,290 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Secure Coding 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Secure Coding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Secure Coding in the UK

Secure Coding
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Secure Coding.

Salary trend for Secure Coding in the UK

Secure Coding
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Secure Coding over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Secure Coding in the UK

Secure Coding
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Secure Coding within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
England +119 227 £71,991 -4.01% 54
UK excluding London +130 207 £70,000 +21.74% 28
Work from Home +213 206 £70,000 -14.11% 28
North of England +98 74 £79,842 +62.94% 3
North West +44 52 £61,206 -18.39% 1
London +40 51 £79,842 -8.75% 30
South West +6 49 £67,500 +42.11% 4
South East +29 27 £70,000 -15.15% 15
Scotland - 19 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +95 18 £79,842 +85.68%
Midlands -1 18 £79,842 +38.86% 2
Northern Ireland +35 10 - - 1
West Midlands +17 10 £79,842 +52.08% 1
Wales +14 8 - - 1
East Midlands -16 8 - - 1
North East - 6 £79,842 - 2
East of England - 2 £63,750 - 3

Secure Coding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (1.75%) nginx
2 3 (1.05%) NServiceBus
3 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 187 (65.38%) AWS
2 111 (38.81%) Azure
3 21 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.94%) GitHub
4 17 (5.94%) Serverless
5 11 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
5 11 (3.85%) SaaS
6 10 (3.50%) GCP
6 10 (3.50%) Google Play
7 8 (2.80%) PaaS
8 7 (2.45%) IaaS
9 6 (2.10%) Azure Service Fabric
9 6 (2.10%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.75%) npm
10 5 (1.75%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.40%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.40%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.05%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.94%) WAN
2 33 (11.54%) SD-WAN
3 15 (5.24%) Firewall
4 11 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (2.10%) Network Security
6 5 (1.75%) Internet
6 5 (1.75%) VPN
7 4 (1.40%) LAN
7 4 (1.40%) VoIP
8 3 (1.05%) X.509
9 1 (0.35%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.35%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.35%) Modbus
9 1 (0.35%) MQTT
9 1 (0.35%) Wireless
9 1 (0.35%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (33.92%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (31.82%) Oracle Database
2 91 (31.82%) Oracle Database 11g
3 19 (6.64%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.85%) DynamoDB
4 11 (3.85%) MySQL
5 8 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.40%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.40%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.05%) Big Data
7 3 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.70%) Power BI
9 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.35%) OLTP
9 1 (0.35%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (9.09%) Git
2 17 (5.94%) Visual Studio
3 10 (3.50%) Appium
4 6 (2.10%) JIRA
5 5 (1.75%) webpack
6 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.70%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.35%) Gradle
7 1 (0.35%) Moq
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.35%) Sourcetree
7 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.35%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 52 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.89%) Finance
3 13 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (2.45%) Law
5 7 (2.45%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.10%) Legal
7 5 (1.75%) Banking
8 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.40%) Retail
9 3 (1.05%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.70%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.35%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (0.35%) Electronics
11 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 171 (59.79%) Developer
2 141 (49.30%) Senior
3 127 (44.41%) Senior Developer
4 91 (31.82%) Database Developer
4 91 (31.82%) PostgreSQL Developer
5 79 (27.62%) Senior Database Developer
6 54 (18.88%) Architect
7 53 (18.53%) Security Architect
8 34 (11.89%) Lead
9 33 (11.54%) Software Engineer
10 27 (9.44%) Lead Architect
10 27 (9.44%) Lead Security Architect
11 22 (7.69%) Software Developer
12 16 (5.59%) Senior Software Developer
13 14 (4.90%) .NET Developer
13 14 (4.90%) Backend Developer
14 12 (4.20%) Oracle Developer
14 12 (4.20%) Senior Oracle Developer
15 11 (3.85%) Senior Backend Developer
16 10 (3.50%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.24%) .NET
1 35 (12.24%) React
2 34 (11.89%) AngularJS
3 24 (8.39%) CSS
4 23 (8.04%) ASP.NET
4 23 (8.04%) HTML
5 22 (7.69%) Vue
6 21 (7.34%) jQuery
7 16 (5.59%) REST
8 15 (5.24%) ASP.NET MVC
8 15 (5.24%) KnockoutJS
9 14 (4.90%) Node.js
10 13 (4.55%) GraphQL
11 12 (4.20%) JSON
11 12 (4.20%) Spring
11 12 (4.20%) Web Services
12 10 (3.50%) Android SDK
13 9 (3.15%) RESTful
13 9 (3.15%) SOAP
14 8 (2.80%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 33 (11.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 11 (3.85%) Mobile App
4 10 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.50%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.45%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.75%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.40%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.05%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.05%) PKI
10 3 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.70%) IoT
11 2 (0.70%) Life Science
11 2 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.55%) Android
2 11 (3.85%) Linux
3 8 (2.80%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.80%) Windows
4 5 (1.75%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.40%) CentOS
5 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (45.80%) Unit Testing
2 116 (40.56%) Actionable Insight
3 98 (34.27%) Migration
4 93 (32.52%) Artificial Intelligence
5 92 (32.17%) Data Migration
6 91 (31.82%) Performance Tuning
7 80 (27.97%) Agile
8 65 (22.73%) OWASP
9 63 (22.03%) DevOps
10 60 (20.98%) Clean Code
11 57 (19.93%) Application Security
11 57 (19.93%) CI/CD
12 50 (17.48%) Information Security
13 48 (16.78%) Security Architecture
13 48 (16.78%) Software Engineering
14 37 (12.94%) Design Patterns
15 34 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
15 34 (11.89%) SDLC
16 33 (11.54%) Identity Management
16 33 (11.54%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 112 (39.16%) SQL
2 91 (31.82%) PL/SQL
3 49 (17.13%) JavaScript
4 47 (16.43%) C#
5 31 (10.84%) Java
6 28 (9.79%) Python
7 20 (6.99%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.90%) Kotlin
9 12 (4.20%) C
10 9 (3.15%) T-SQL
11 8 (2.80%) PHP
12 7 (2.45%) C++
13 6 (2.10%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.40%) Swift
15 3 (1.05%) Objective-C
16 1 (0.35%) Bash
16 1 (0.35%) Bicep
16 1 (0.35%) Go
16 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 60 (20.98%) CISSP
2 47 (16.43%) CISM
3 42 (14.69%) AWS Certification
4 40 (13.99%) Azure Certification
5 36 (12.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 36 (12.59%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (11.89%) CCSK
6 34 (11.89%) CCSP
7 31 (10.84%) Security Cleared
8 29 (10.14%) Degree
9 24 (8.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (4.20%) CISA
10 12 (4.20%) SC Cleared
11 8 (2.80%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.45%) DV Cleared
13 6 (2.10%) GIAC
13 6 (2.10%) SANS
14 3 (1.05%) CEH
14 3 (1.05%) OSCP
15 2 (0.70%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (16.08%) NIST
2 41 (14.34%) QA
3 17 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.45%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.10%) COBIT
5 6 (2.10%) SOC 2
5 6 (2.10%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (1.75%) NCSC
7 3 (1.05%) GDPR
8 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.35%) MISRA
9 1 (0.35%) MISRA C
System Software
1 42 (14.69%) Docker
2 4 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) LXC
3 1 (0.35%) OpenSIPS
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (13.29%) Kubernetes
2 33 (11.54%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.45%) Terraform
4 6 (2.10%) Ansible
4 6 (2.10%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (2.10%) Nessus
5 5 (1.75%) Suricata
6 2 (0.70%) Grafana
6 2 (0.70%) Kibana
6 2 (0.70%) logstash
6 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 103 (36.01%) Oracle
2 33 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.90%) Google
4 7 (2.45%) Splunk
5 5 (1.75%) Cisco
5 5 (1.75%) Juniper
5 5 (1.75%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.40%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.40%) VMware
7 1 (0.35%) ESRI
7 1 (0.35%) Renesas
7 1 (0.35%) Xamarin