Application Security Jobs in the City of London

Application Security (AppSec)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 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 134 220 246
Rank change year-on-year +86 +26 -31
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 41 16 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.23% 0.35% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 0.36% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 24 12 44
10th Percentile £77,625 £53,075 £61,625
25th Percentile £84,688 £56,563 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £87,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +6.06% +17.86%
75th Percentile £109,688 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £109,625 £127,500
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £87,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +6.06% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,053 4,405 7,060
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 91.85% 95.18% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,395 3,676 5,664
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,625 £45,325
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the City of London

Application Security
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the City of London.

Salary trend for Application Security in the City of London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the City of London

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (21.95%) Azure
3 4 (9.76%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (7.32%) Azure AKS
4 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.32%) IaaS
4 3 (7.32%) PaaS
4 3 (7.32%) SaaS
5 1 (2.44%) AWS
5 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (34.15%) Firewall
2 3 (7.32%) Network Security
3 1 (2.44%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.44%) VPN
3 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) NoSQL
1 3 (7.32%) RDBMS
1 3 (7.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Burp Suite
1 6 (14.63%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 26 (63.41%) Finance
2 3 (7.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Legal
4 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (48.78%) Senior
2 19 (46.34%) Analyst
2 19 (46.34%) Security Analyst
2 19 (46.34%) Senior Analyst
2 19 (46.34%) Senior Security Analyst
3 16 (39.02%) Architect
4 13 (31.71%) CISSP Analyst
4 13 (31.71%) IT Analyst
4 13 (31.71%) IT Security Analyst
4 13 (31.71%) Security Architect
4 13 (31.71%) Senior IT Security Analyst
5 10 (24.39%) IT Architect
5 10 (24.39%) IT Security Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Security Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (4.88%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Architect
9 1 (2.44%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 1 (2.44%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (14.63%) REST
2 4 (9.76%) OAuth
2 4 (9.76%) RESTful
3 3 (7.32%) JSON
3 3 (7.32%) SAML
3 3 (7.32%) Web Services
3 3 (7.32%) XML
4 2 (4.88%) HTML
5 1 (2.44%) .NET
5 1 (2.44%) CSS
5 1 (2.44%) Kafka
5 1 (2.44%) OAuth2
5 1 (2.44%) OpenID
5 1 (2.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Security Posture
2 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Android
1 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (36.59%) Incident Response
3 14 (34.15%) Incident Management
3 14 (34.15%) SIEM
4 13 (31.71%) Change Management
4 13 (31.71%) Cloud Security
4 13 (31.71%) Privileged Access Management
4 13 (31.71%) Security Architecture
4 13 (31.71%) Security Management
4 13 (31.71%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 13 (31.71%) Threat Detection
5 11 (26.83%) Security Operations
6 10 (24.39%) TOGAF
7 9 (21.95%) OWASP
8 8 (19.51%) Information Security
9 7 (17.07%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (14.63%) Benchmarking
10 6 (14.63%) DevSecOps
10 6 (14.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 6 (14.63%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) Python
2 2 (4.88%) C++
2 2 (4.88%) Java
2 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.44%) C#
3 1 (2.44%) Go
3 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (63.41%) CISSP
2 11 (26.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 11 (26.83%) CCSP
2 11 (26.83%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (21.95%) Degree
4 2 (4.88%) CEH
4 2 (4.88%) CISM
4 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CCSK
5 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.44%) OSCP
5 1 (2.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) NIST
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.32%) Docker
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Nmap
2 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (58.54%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) OpenAI