Secure Coding Jobs in England

Secure Code Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 614 729 755
Rank change year-on-year +115 +26 -89
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 235 198 420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.22% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.23% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 117 86 240
10th Percentile £50,750 £45,625 £41,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,563 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.01% - +21.95%
75th Percentile £84,919 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +17.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,372 86,501 127,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.52% 95.63% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53,935 51,101 73,310
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Secure Coding in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Secure Coding within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North of England +106 77 £79,842 +62.94% 5
North West +53 54 £61,206 -18.39% 4
South West +8 54 £67,500 +42.11% 6
London +50 48 £79,842 -6.07% 26
South East +37 29 £70,000 -12.50% 3
Yorkshire +94 19 £79,842 +85.68% 1
Midlands +9 19 £79,842 +38.86% 3
West Midlands +16 10 £79,842 +52.08% 2
East Midlands -12 9 - - 1
North East - 6 £79,842 -
East of England - 2 £63,750 - 1
Secure Coding
UK

Secure Coding
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 5 (2.13%) nginx
2 3 (1.28%) NServiceBus
3 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 153 (65.11%) AWS
2 106 (45.11%) Azure
3 21 (8.94%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (4.68%) GitHub
5 10 (4.26%) GCP
5 10 (4.26%) Google Play
5 10 (4.26%) Serverless
6 9 (3.83%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.13%) npm
7 5 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.13%) SaaS
8 4 (1.70%) Azure AKS
8 4 (1.70%) Azure Functions
9 3 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.28%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.28%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.74%) WAN
2 33 (14.04%) SD-WAN
3 15 (6.38%) Firewall
4 11 (4.68%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (2.55%) Network Security
6 5 (2.13%) Internet
6 5 (2.13%) VPN
7 4 (1.70%) LAN
7 4 (1.70%) VoIP
8 3 (1.28%) X.509
9 1 (0.43%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.43%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.43%) Modbus
9 1 (0.43%) MQTT
9 1 (0.43%) Wireless
9 1 (0.43%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (29.79%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (26.81%) Oracle Database
2 63 (26.81%) Oracle Database 11g
3 19 (8.09%) SQL Server
4 12 (5.11%) MySQL
5 5 (2.13%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.13%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.70%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (1.28%) Big Data
7 3 (1.28%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.85%) Power BI
9 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.43%) OLTP
9 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
9 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (10.64%) Git
2 17 (7.23%) Visual Studio
3 10 (4.26%) Appium
4 5 (2.13%) JIRA
4 5 (2.13%) webpack
5 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.85%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.43%) Gradle
6 1 (0.43%) Moq
6 1 (0.43%) NUnit
6 1 (0.43%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 38 (16.17%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.19%) Finance
3 8 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (2.98%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.55%) Legal
6 5 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.13%) Law
7 3 (1.28%) Banking
7 3 (1.28%) Multimedia
7 3 (1.28%) Retail
8 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.85%) Tech for Good
8 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.43%) Advertising
9 1 (0.43%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 133 (56.60%) Developer
2 107 (45.53%) Senior
3 93 (39.57%) Senior Developer
4 63 (26.81%) Database Developer
4 63 (26.81%) PostgreSQL Developer
5 56 (23.83%) Senior Database Developer
6 47 (20.00%) Architect
6 47 (20.00%) Security Architect
7 34 (14.47%) Software Engineer
8 32 (13.62%) Lead
9 27 (11.49%) Lead Architect
9 27 (11.49%) Lead Security Architect
10 16 (6.81%) Software Developer
11 14 (5.96%) .NET Developer
12 10 (4.26%) Android Developer
12 10 (4.26%) Senior Android Developer
12 10 (4.26%) Senior Software Developer
13 9 (3.83%) Senior Software Engineer
14 8 (3.40%) Backend Developer
15 7 (2.98%) Senior Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.32%) React
2 35 (14.89%) .NET
2 35 (14.89%) AngularJS
3 24 (10.21%) ASP.NET
3 24 (10.21%) CSS
3 24 (10.21%) HTML
4 22 (9.36%) Vue
5 21 (8.94%) jQuery
6 15 (6.38%) ASP.NET MVC
6 15 (6.38%) KnockoutJS
7 13 (5.53%) Spring
8 12 (5.11%) JSON
9 10 (4.26%) Android SDK
9 10 (4.26%) REST
10 9 (3.83%) RESTful
11 8 (3.40%) Node.js
11 8 (3.40%) OAuth
11 8 (3.40%) OAuth2
12 7 (2.98%) GraphQL
12 7 (2.98%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 42 (17.87%) Management Information System
2 33 (14.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 11 (4.68%) Mobile App
4 10 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.26%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.83%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.98%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.13%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.70%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.28%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.28%) IoT
10 3 (1.28%) PKI
10 3 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.85%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.85%) Life Science
11 2 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.43%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.53%) Android
2 11 (4.68%) Linux
3 8 (3.40%) Apple iOS
3 8 (3.40%) Windows
4 5 (2.13%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.70%) CentOS
5 4 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (39.57%) Unit Testing
2 86 (36.60%) Actionable Insight
3 73 (31.06%) Agile
4 70 (29.79%) Migration
5 65 (27.66%) Artificial Intelligence
6 64 (27.23%) Data Migration
7 63 (26.81%) Performance Tuning
8 59 (25.11%) DevOps
9 58 (24.68%) OWASP
10 57 (24.26%) CI/CD
11 51 (21.70%) Application Security
12 49 (20.85%) Clean Code
13 46 (19.57%) Software Engineering
14 44 (18.72%) Information Security
15 42 (17.87%) Security Architecture
16 37 (15.74%) Design Patterns
17 35 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
18 33 (14.04%) Identity Management
19 30 (12.77%) SDLC
20 29 (12.34%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 78 (33.19%) SQL
2 63 (26.81%) PL/SQL
3 50 (21.28%) JavaScript
4 42 (17.87%) C#
5 32 (13.62%) Java
6 29 (12.34%) Python
7 14 (5.96%) Kotlin
8 13 (5.53%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.83%) PHP
9 9 (3.83%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.98%) C++
11 6 (2.55%) PowerShell
12 5 (2.13%) C
13 4 (1.70%) Swift
14 3 (1.28%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.85%) Bash
16 1 (0.43%) Bicep
16 1 (0.43%) Go
16 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 53 (22.55%) CISSP
2 42 (17.87%) AWS Certification
3 40 (17.02%) Azure Certification
3 40 (17.02%) CISM
4 36 (15.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 36 (15.32%) Cisco Certification
5 34 (14.47%) CCSK
5 34 (14.47%) CCSP
6 27 (11.49%) Security Cleared
7 23 (9.79%) Degree
8 18 (7.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (4.68%) CISA
10 7 (2.98%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.13%) DV Cleared
12 3 (1.28%) CEH
12 3 (1.28%) OSCP
13 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.85%) CRISC
13 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (17.87%) QA
2 38 (16.17%) NIST
3 15 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.98%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.55%) SOC 2
6 5 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (1.70%) NCSC
8 3 (1.28%) GDPR
9 2 (0.85%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.43%) MISRA
10 1 (0.43%) MISRA C
System Software
1 42 (17.87%) Docker
2 4 (1.70%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.43%) Firmware
3 1 (0.43%) LXC
3 1 (0.43%) OpenSIPS
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (16.17%) Kubernetes
2 33 (14.04%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.98%) Terraform
4 6 (2.55%) Ansible
4 6 (2.55%) Nessus
5 5 (2.13%) Suricata
6 2 (0.85%) Grafana
6 2 (0.85%) Kibana
6 2 (0.85%) logstash
6 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (29.79%) Oracle
2 33 (14.04%) Microsoft
3 14 (5.96%) Google
4 7 (2.98%) Splunk
5 5 (2.13%) Cisco
5 5 (2.13%) Juniper
5 5 (2.13%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.70%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.70%) VMware
7 1 (0.43%) ESRI
7 1 (0.43%) Renesas
7 1 (0.43%) Xamarin