Application Security Jobs in Birmingham

Application Security (AppSec)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 115 182
Rank change year-on-year -16 +67 -40
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 15 15 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.52% 0.80% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.83% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 13
10th Percentile £54,250 £39,750 £35,600
25th Percentile £57,500 £54,063 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,378 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +41.67% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £92,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £84,984 £95,000 £69,000
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £66,500 £49,938
% change year-on-year -13.53% +33.17% -4.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,316 1,804 3,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 80.78% 96.26% 97.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,873 1,336 2,271
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,594 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Birmingham

Application Security
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Application Security in Birmingham

Application Security
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Birmingham over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in Birmingham

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
3 2 (13.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (20.00%) WAN
2 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (13.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (46.67%) SQL Server
1 7 (46.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 7 (46.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (20.00%) Retail
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Banking
2 2 (13.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) DBA
2 5 (33.33%) Administrator
2 5 (33.33%) Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Lead
3 3 (20.00%) Lead Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Lead Security Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Senior
3 3 (20.00%) Senior Security Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Identity Management Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Incident Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) SailPoint Architect
4 2 (13.33%) SQL DBA
5 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Replication
2 4 (26.67%) Public Cloud
3 3 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 9 (60.00%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Configuration Management
1 7 (46.67%) Performance Tuning
2 6 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 5 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 5 (33.33%) Database Tuning
3 5 (33.33%) Information Security
3 5 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 5 (33.33%) Logistics
3 5 (33.33%) Security Management
4 4 (26.67%) Data Engineering
4 4 (26.67%) Database Security
4 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (26.67%) Performance Monitoring
5 3 (20.00%) Identity Management
5 3 (20.00%) OWASP
5 3 (20.00%) Secure Coding
5 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
5 3 (20.00%) Supply Chain Management
6 2 (13.33%) Deployment Automation
6 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) SQL
1 7 (46.67%) T-SQL
2 2 (13.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) CISSP
3 3 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (20.00%) CCSK
3 3 (20.00%) CCSP
3 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (20.00%) CISM
4 2 (13.33%) CEH
4 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (13.33%) GCFA
4 2 (13.33%) GCFE
4 2 (13.33%) GCIH
4 2 (13.33%) GREM
4 2 (13.33%) OSCP
4 2 (13.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (13.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (13.33%) CyberArk
2 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow