Application Security Jobs in England

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 472 461 543
Rank change year-on-year -11 +82 -78
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 405 607 765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.65% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.68% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 279 345 466
10th Percentile £47,750 £38,296 £36,375
25th Percentile £56,809 £57,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +11.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £105,250 £111,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,814 89,178 125,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.66% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 53,731 52,642 73,765
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,327
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in England

Application Security
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Application Security in England

Application Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in England

Application Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +58 232 £75,000 -10.71% 43
North of England +30 65 £61,206 +4.18% 14
South East -2 58 £72,500 +28.89% 17
North West -4 39 £60,603 -3.04% 5
Midlands +2 26 £60,000 - 7
West Midlands +23 25 £60,000 -17.81% 7
South West +10 21 £73,750 -34.44% 4
Yorkshire +83 18 £79,842 +33.07% 7
North East +3 8 £64,921 +36.68% 2
East Midlands -17 1 £65,000 +18.18%
East of England -22 1 £60,000 -25.00% 4
Application Security
UK

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Drupal
4 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.49%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.25%) Aareon QL
2 1 (0.25%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (0.25%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.25%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 134 (33.09%) Azure
2 98 (24.20%) AWS
3 46 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.69%) SaaS
5 18 (4.44%) Cloud Computing
6 16 (3.95%) GCP
7 15 (3.70%) Azure AKS
8 14 (3.46%) Entra ID
8 14 (3.46%) PaaS
8 14 (3.46%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.72%) IaaS
10 9 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.23%) Serverless
13 4 (0.99%) Azure App Service
13 4 (0.99%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.99%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.74%) AWS CodePipeline
14 3 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 99 (24.44%) Firewall
2 77 (19.01%) WAN
3 62 (15.31%) Network Security
4 49 (12.10%) VPN
5 43 (10.62%) LAN
6 41 (10.12%) Internet
7 33 (8.15%) SD-WAN
8 15 (3.70%) Wireless
9 13 (3.21%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (1.98%) TCP/IP
10 8 (1.98%) Wireshark
11 6 (1.48%) HTTP
12 4 (0.99%) BGP
12 4 (0.99%) Ethernet VPN
12 4 (0.99%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 4 (0.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 4 (0.99%) MPLS
12 4 (0.99%) OSPF
12 4 (0.99%) tcpdump
12 4 (0.99%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.46%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.98%) NoSQL
2 8 (1.98%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (1.23%) CockroachDB
5 3 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.74%) Looker
5 3 (0.74%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.25%) Big Data
7 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.25%) MySQL
7 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 39 (9.63%) Burp Suite
2 34 (8.40%) Metasploit
3 8 (1.98%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.73%) Git
5 6 (1.48%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (1.23%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.23%) Jaeger
7 4 (0.99%) Selenium
8 3 (0.74%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.49%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.25%) Grunt
10 1 (0.25%) gulp
10 1 (0.25%) Moq
10 1 (0.25%) MSI
10 1 (0.25%) Postman
10 1 (0.25%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.25%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 122 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 87 (21.48%) Finance
3 58 (14.32%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.36%) Retail
5 20 (4.94%) Law
6 19 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (4.69%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.70%) Banking
8 14 (3.46%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.96%) Health Technology
10 11 (2.72%) Legal
10 11 (2.72%) Marketing
11 10 (2.47%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.47%) Tech for Good
12 9 (2.22%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.73%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.49%) Investment Banking
16 1 (0.25%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 132 (32.59%) Architect
2 111 (27.41%) Senior
3 78 (19.26%) Security Architect
4 47 (11.60%) Analyst
5 45 (11.11%) Security Analyst
6 40 (9.88%) Lead
7 35 (8.64%) Penetration Tester
7 35 (8.64%) Tester
8 34 (8.40%) Lead Architect
9 32 (7.90%) Security Engineer
10 30 (7.41%) Lead Security Architect
11 24 (5.93%) Consultant
11 24 (5.93%) Infrastructure Architect
12 23 (5.68%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (5.43%) Senior Security Analyst
14 21 (5.19%) CISSP Analyst
15 20 (4.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 17 (4.20%) Developer
17 16 (3.95%) IT Security Analyst
17 16 (3.95%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.20%) OAuth
2 14 (3.46%) React
3 13 (3.21%) RESTful
4 12 (2.96%) .NET
4 12 (2.96%) SailPoint
5 11 (2.72%) HTML
6 9 (2.22%) Web Services
7 8 (1.98%) CSS
7 8 (1.98%) OAuth2
7 8 (1.98%) SAML
8 7 (1.73%) REST
8 7 (1.73%) web3js
9 6 (1.48%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.48%) HTML5
9 6 (1.48%) JSON
9 6 (1.48%) Middleware
10 5 (1.23%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.23%) Kafka
10 5 (1.23%) Node.js
10 5 (1.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 70 (17.28%) Management Information System
2 48 (11.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 20 (4.94%) Cyber Threat
3 20 (4.94%) PKI
4 19 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (3.95%) Security Posture
6 14 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (3.21%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.96%) Cloud Native
9 11 (2.72%) Public Cloud
9 11 (2.72%) Replication
10 10 (2.47%) Mobile App
11 9 (2.22%) Product Ownership
11 9 (2.22%) Robotics
12 7 (1.73%) Blockchain
12 7 (1.73%) Web3
13 6 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
15 3 (0.74%) Data Structures
16 2 (0.49%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 79 (19.51%) Linux
2 67 (16.54%) Windows
3 36 (8.89%) Ubuntu
3 36 (8.89%) VMS
4 31 (7.65%) Kali Linux
5 19 (4.69%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.74%) Android
6 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (38.27%) Cybersecurity
2 128 (31.60%) Information Security
3 92 (22.72%) DevSecOps
4 91 (22.47%) OWASP
5 88 (21.73%) Penetration Testing
6 79 (19.51%) Computer Science
7 77 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (18.77%) Cloud Security
9 75 (18.52%) Security Architecture
10 74 (18.27%) CI/CD
11 61 (15.06%) Agile
12 55 (13.58%) SIEM
13 54 (13.33%) Security Testing
14 50 (12.35%) DevOps
14 50 (12.35%) Security Operations
15 49 (12.10%) Secure Coding
16 47 (11.60%) Identity Management
16 47 (11.60%) Vulnerability Management
17 41 (10.12%) Identity Access Management
18 40 (9.88%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (10.62%) SQL
2 31 (7.65%) Python
3 26 (6.42%) PowerShell
4 24 (5.93%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.94%) Java
6 12 (2.96%) C#
7 10 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (1.73%) R
8 7 (1.73%) T-SQL
8 7 (1.73%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.23%) C
9 5 (1.23%) C++
10 4 (0.99%) Scala
11 3 (0.74%) Bash
11 3 (0.74%) PHP
12 2 (0.49%) Go
13 1 (0.25%) Dart
13 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.25%) Rust
13 1 (0.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 122 (30.12%) CISSP
2 103 (25.43%) Degree
3 68 (16.79%) CISM
4 63 (15.56%) Cisco Certification
5 59 (14.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 58 (14.32%) CCSP
7 52 (12.84%) Security Cleared
8 50 (12.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 47 (11.60%) Azure Certification
10 43 (10.62%) AWS Certification
11 41 (10.12%) DV Cleared
12 33 (8.15%) CCSK
13 18 (4.44%) CompTIA CySA+
13 18 (4.44%) CompTIA Security+
14 16 (3.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 16 (3.95%) Network+ Certification
15 15 (3.70%) OSCP
16 14 (3.46%) PCI QSA
17 13 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
18 12 (2.96%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (21.73%) NIST
2 36 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (5.93%) GRC
4 22 (5.43%) PCI DSS
5 19 (4.69%) GDPR
5 19 (4.69%) SOC 2
6 15 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.22%) NIST 800
8 6 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.48%) NCSC
9 5 (1.23%) COBIT
9 5 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.23%) SLA
10 3 (0.74%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 3 (0.74%) QA
11 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.49%) ISO 31000
11 2 (0.49%) ITGC
11 2 (0.49%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (15.06%) Active Directory
2 57 (14.07%) Docker
3 14 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.47%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 69 (17.04%) Kubernetes
2 55 (13.58%) Terraform
3 45 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
4 44 (10.86%) Ansible
5 8 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.98%) Nessus
6 6 (1.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.48%) Nmap
7 5 (1.23%) Kiali
8 3 (0.74%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.74%) QRadar
8 3 (0.74%) Suricata
8 3 (0.74%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.49%) CSIRT
10 1 (0.25%) Cacti
10 1 (0.25%) CASB
10 1 (0.25%) Grafana
10 1 (0.25%) Puppet
10 1 (0.25%) WMI
10 1 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 88 (21.73%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.70%) VMware
3 13 (3.21%) Splunk
4 12 (2.96%) CyberArk
5 11 (2.72%) BeyondTrust
5 11 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.47%) Qualys
7 6 (1.48%) Juniper
8 5 (1.23%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.23%) F5
9 4 (0.99%) Cisco
10 3 (0.74%) IBM
10 3 (0.74%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.74%) Veracode
11 2 (0.49%) Citrix
11 2 (0.49%) Darktrace
11 2 (0.49%) Oracle
11 2 (0.49%) SAP
12 1 (0.25%) CrowdStrike
12 1 (0.25%) Databricks