Application Security Jobs with Work from Home Options

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Application Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Application Security over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 413 545
Rank change year-on-year -3 +132 -122
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 196 234 377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.55% 0.62% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.65% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 146 177 250
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £50,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £89,852 £85,938
90th Percentile £98,125 £111,250 £106,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% +3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Application Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,752 36,131 73,386
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.60% 96.00% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,753 25,817 42,020
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Application Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Application Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Application Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Application Security.

Application Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Application Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Application Security over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Application Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (0.51%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 8 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 77 (39.29%) Azure
2 41 (20.92%) AWS
3 19 (9.69%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (8.67%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.12%) SaaS
6 11 (5.61%) Azure AKS
7 10 (5.10%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.57%) Serverless
9 6 (3.06%) Azure Service Fabric
9 6 (3.06%) IaaS
9 6 (3.06%) PaaS
10 5 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.53%) Azure API Management
11 3 (1.53%) Azure Functions
11 3 (1.53%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.53%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.53%) Azure Storage
12 2 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 1 (0.51%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 78 (39.80%) WAN
2 48 (24.49%) Firewall
3 43 (21.94%) LAN
4 42 (21.43%) VPN
5 39 (19.90%) Internet
6 33 (16.84%) SD-WAN
7 14 (7.14%) Wireless
8 8 (4.08%) Network Security
9 6 (3.06%) TCP/IP
10 4 (2.04%) BGP
10 4 (2.04%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (2.04%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 4 (2.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 4 (2.04%) MPLS
10 4 (2.04%) OSPF
10 4 (2.04%) tcpdump
10 4 (2.04%) Unified Communications
10 4 (2.04%) VXLAN
10 4 (2.04%) Wireshark
11 2 (1.02%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (1.53%) Looker
2 3 (1.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.51%) MySQL
3 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (3.06%) Burp Suite
1 6 (3.06%) Metasploit
2 4 (2.04%) Git
3 3 (1.53%) Moq
3 3 (1.53%) Postman
3 3 (1.53%) Selenium
3 3 (1.53%) SoapUI
3 3 (1.53%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.53%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.51%) Grunt
4 1 (0.51%) gulp
General
1 61 (31.12%) Social Skills
2 42 (21.43%) Retail
3 27 (13.78%) Finance
4 14 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.61%) Health Technology
6 10 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (4.59%) Legal
8 8 (4.08%) Law
8 8 (4.08%) Tech for Good
9 7 (3.57%) Telecoms
10 6 (3.06%) Marketing
10 6 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.53%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.02%) Advertising
12 2 (1.02%) Local Government
13 1 (0.51%) Banking
13 1 (0.51%) Electronics
13 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 67 (34.18%) Senior
2 66 (33.67%) Architect
3 44 (22.45%) Security Architect
4 33 (16.84%) Lead
5 27 (13.78%) Lead Architect
5 27 (13.78%) Lead Security Architect
6 20 (10.20%) Security Engineer
7 19 (9.69%) Infrastructure Architect
8 18 (9.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (9.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (7.14%) Analyst
9 14 (7.14%) Security Analyst
10 13 (6.63%) Penetration Tester
10 13 (6.63%) Tester
11 12 (6.12%) Developer
12 9 (4.59%) Analytics Manager
12 9 (4.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 9 (4.59%) Fraud Manager
13 8 (4.08%) Azure Engineer
14 7 (3.57%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.65%) REST
2 6 (3.06%) .NET
2 6 (3.06%) .NET Framework
2 6 (3.06%) Entity Framework
2 6 (3.06%) SOAP
2 6 (3.06%) Vue
2 6 (3.06%) Web Services
3 5 (2.55%) CSS
3 5 (2.55%) HTML
4 4 (2.04%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.53%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.53%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (1.53%) Middleware
5 3 (1.53%) Swagger
6 2 (1.02%) CSS3
6 2 (1.02%) HTML5
6 2 (1.02%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (1.02%) React
6 2 (1.02%) TAPI
7 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 44 (22.45%) Management Information System
2 41 (20.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 9 (4.59%) PKI
4 8 (4.08%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.06%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.53%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.53%) W3C
8 2 (1.02%) IoT
8 2 (1.02%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.02%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.02%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.51%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.51%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.51%) Robotics
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 54 (27.55%) Windows
2 38 (19.39%) Linux
3 37 (18.88%) Ubuntu
3 37 (18.88%) VMS
4 15 (7.65%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.02%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.51%) Android
6 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (35.20%) Information Security
2 65 (33.16%) OWASP
3 61 (31.12%) DevSecOps
4 52 (26.53%) Cybersecurity
4 52 (26.53%) Security Architecture
5 45 (22.96%) Agile
6 41 (20.92%) Identity Management
7 40 (20.41%) CI/CD
7 40 (20.41%) Collaborative Culture
8 39 (19.90%) Secure Coding
9 35 (17.86%) Actionable Insight
10 28 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (12.76%) Vulnerability Management
12 22 (11.22%) ITIL
12 22 (11.22%) Security Testing
13 20 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 19 (9.69%) Mentoring
14 19 (9.69%) Penetration Testing
15 18 (9.18%) DevOps
15 18 (9.18%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.71%) SQL
2 13 (6.63%) C#
3 11 (5.61%) JavaScript
4 8 (4.08%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (4.08%) PowerShell
5 7 (3.57%) Java
5 7 (3.57%) Python
6 6 (3.06%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.53%) R
8 2 (1.02%) PHP
9 1 (0.51%) C
9 1 (0.51%) Dart
9 1 (0.51%) Go
9 1 (0.51%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.51%) Ladder Logic
9 1 (0.51%) Lua
9 1 (0.51%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.51%) Ruby
9 1 (0.51%) Rust
9 1 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 49 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 46 (23.47%) CISSP
3 43 (21.94%) DV Cleared
4 41 (20.92%) CISM
5 37 (18.88%) Azure Certification
6 36 (18.37%) Cisco Certification
6 36 (18.37%) Degree
7 35 (17.86%) AWS Certification
8 34 (17.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 33 (16.84%) CCSK
9 33 (16.84%) CCSP
10 14 (7.14%) CHECK Team Member
11 13 (6.63%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (6.12%) CREST Certified
12 12 (6.12%) Cyber Scheme
13 9 (4.59%) CHECK Team Leader
13 9 (4.59%) Numerate Degree
13 9 (4.59%) SC Cleared
14 8 (4.08%) GIAC
14 8 (4.08%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (28.57%) NIST
2 18 (9.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (5.10%) GRC
4 8 (4.08%) COBIT
5 6 (3.06%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (3.06%) PCI DSS
5 6 (3.06%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (2.55%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.55%) GDPR
6 5 (2.55%) SLA
6 5 (2.55%) SOC 2
7 4 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.53%) NCSC
8 3 (1.53%) QA
8 3 (1.53%) WCAG
9 2 (1.02%) ISO 31000
9 2 (1.02%) NIST 800
System Software
1 47 (23.98%) Active Directory
2 42 (21.43%) Docker
3 7 (3.57%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 54 (27.55%) Terraform
2 52 (26.53%) Kubernetes
3 42 (21.43%) Single Sign-On
4 37 (18.88%) Ansible
5 8 (4.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (3.06%) Nmap
7 3 (1.53%) QRadar
8 2 (1.02%) CSIRT
8 2 (1.02%) Nessus
Vendors
1 33 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.57%) VMware
3 4 (2.04%) F5
3 4 (2.04%) Splunk
4 3 (1.53%) IBM
4 3 (1.53%) OpenAI
5 2 (1.02%) Aruba
5 2 (1.02%) Cisco
5 2 (1.02%) Qualys
5 2 (1.02%) SAP
6 1 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.51%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.51%) Siemens
6 1 (0.51%) Symantec