Application Security Jobs in London

Application Security (AppSec)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 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 288 346 476
Rank change year-on-year +58 +130 -100
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 232 331 458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.99% 0.92% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.97% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 143 204 244
10th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £84,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £96,875 £98,421 £102,125
90th Percentile £122,000 £122,125 £127,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +11.54%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,454 34,168 63,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.39% 95.40% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 15,999 24,428 34,404
10th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Application Security in London

Application Security
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the London 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
Central London +65 38 £100,000 +11.11% 5
South London +1 1 £61,050 -
West London -8 1 £57,500 -20.42%
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) Apache
2 1 (0.43%) Drupal
2 1 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 55 (23.71%) Azure
2 35 (15.09%) AWS
3 33 (14.22%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (6.03%) Azure AKS
5 11 (4.74%) GCP
6 10 (4.31%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (3.45%) SaaS
8 5 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.16%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.72%) IaaS
9 4 (1.72%) PaaS
10 1 (0.43%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 88 (37.93%) Firewall
2 46 (19.83%) WAN
3 45 (19.40%) VPN
4 42 (18.10%) LAN
5 37 (15.95%) Internet
5 37 (15.95%) Network Security
6 12 (5.17%) Wireless
7 8 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.72%) BGP
8 4 (1.72%) Ethernet VPN
8 4 (1.72%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (1.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (1.72%) HTTP
8 4 (1.72%) MPLS
8 4 (1.72%) OSPF
8 4 (1.72%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.72%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.72%) tcpdump
8 4 (1.72%) Unified Communications
8 4 (1.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.16%) CockroachDB
2 3 (1.29%) Looker
2 3 (1.29%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.29%) RDBMS
2 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.43%) Power BI
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (15.09%) Burp Suite
2 34 (14.66%) Metasploit
3 8 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.16%) Jaeger
4 5 (2.16%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 96 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 65 (28.02%) Finance
3 42 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (16.38%) Retail
5 14 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.60%) Banking
7 11 (4.74%) Health Technology
8 10 (4.31%) Law
8 10 (4.31%) Tech for Good
9 9 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.88%) Financial Institution
10 8 (3.45%) Legal
11 7 (3.02%) Marketing
11 7 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.43%) Police
15 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 68 (29.31%) Architect
2 61 (26.29%) Senior
3 38 (16.38%) Analyst
4 37 (15.95%) Security Analyst
5 34 (14.66%) Penetration Tester
5 34 (14.66%) Tester
6 26 (11.21%) Security Architect
7 24 (10.34%) Infrastructure Architect
7 24 (10.34%) Security Engineer
8 22 (9.48%) Senior Analyst
9 21 (9.05%) CISSP Analyst
9 21 (9.05%) Senior Security Analyst
10 16 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 15 (6.47%) IT Analyst
11 15 (6.47%) IT Security Analyst
11 15 (6.47%) Senior IT Security Analyst
12 12 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (5.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.88%) Consultant
13 9 (3.88%) IT Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.74%) OAuth
2 10 (4.31%) SailPoint
3 8 (3.45%) SAML
4 7 (3.02%) web3js
5 6 (2.59%) Middleware
5 6 (2.59%) REST
6 5 (2.16%) Kafka
6 5 (2.16%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (2.16%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.72%) HTML
7 4 (1.72%) RESTful
8 3 (1.29%) JSON
8 3 (1.29%) OpenID
8 3 (1.29%) Web Services
8 3 (1.29%) XML
9 2 (0.86%) .NET
9 2 (0.86%) HTML5
9 2 (0.86%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.86%) React
9 2 (0.86%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.22%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 15 (6.47%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (5.60%) Greenfield Project
5 12 (5.17%) PKI
6 10 (4.31%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.88%) Robotics
8 8 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (3.02%) Blockchain
9 7 (3.02%) Web3
10 6 (2.59%) Data Centre
11 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.29%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.86%) Cloud Native
14 1 (0.43%) IoT
14 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
14 1 (0.43%) Mobile App
14 1 (0.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 71 (30.60%) Linux
2 47 (20.26%) Windows
3 36 (15.52%) Ubuntu
3 36 (15.52%) VMS
4 28 (12.07%) Kali Linux
5 8 (3.45%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.43%) Android
6 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (45.26%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (33.19%) DevSecOps
3 70 (30.17%) Information Security
4 61 (26.29%) Cloud Security
5 54 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
6 52 (22.41%) Penetration Testing
7 49 (21.12%) Agile
8 45 (19.40%) Computer Science
9 40 (17.24%) Actionable Insight
10 39 (16.81%) SIEM
11 38 (16.38%) Security Testing
12 37 (15.95%) Security Architecture
13 36 (15.52%) Collaborative Culture
14 33 (14.22%) Critical Thinking
15 31 (13.36%) CI/CD
15 31 (13.36%) Malware Analysis
16 30 (12.93%) Security Operations
17 29 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
18 28 (12.07%) Red Team
18 28 (12.07%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.48%) PowerShell
2 14 (6.03%) SQL
3 10 (4.31%) Kusto Query Language
3 10 (4.31%) Python
4 9 (3.88%) Java
5 3 (1.29%) Bash
5 3 (1.29%) C++
5 3 (1.29%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.29%) R
6 2 (0.86%) C#
6 2 (0.86%) Go
7 1 (0.43%) Bicep
7 1 (0.43%) C
7 1 (0.43%) Dart
7 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.43%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.43%) PHP
7 1 (0.43%) Rust
7 1 (0.43%) Swift
7 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (29.31%) Degree
2 65 (28.02%) CISSP
3 40 (17.24%) Security Cleared
4 36 (15.52%) DV Cleared
5 34 (14.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (12.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 27 (11.64%) CCSP
9 22 (9.48%) CISM
10 16 (6.90%) CompTIA CySA+
11 14 (6.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 14 (6.03%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (6.03%) Network+ Certification
12 12 (5.17%) Azure Certification
13 9 (3.88%) CEH
13 9 (3.88%) Numerate Degree
13 9 (3.88%) PMI Certification
13 9 (3.88%) PMP
14 8 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (3.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (15.09%) NIST
2 18 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (6.47%) SOC 2
4 11 (4.74%) PCI DSS
5 7 (3.02%) GRC
6 6 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (2.16%) SLA
8 3 (1.29%) GDPR
8 3 (1.29%) NCSC
9 2 (0.86%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.43%) AIFMD
10 1 (0.43%) COBIT
10 1 (0.43%) COSO
10 1 (0.43%) PSD2
10 1 (0.43%) QA
10 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 46 (19.83%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.60%) Docker
3 2 (0.86%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (20.26%) Terraform
2 43 (18.53%) Ansible
3 23 (9.91%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.59%) Nmap
7 5 (2.16%) Kiali
8 3 (1.29%) QRadar
9 1 (0.43%) Cacti
9 1 (0.43%) CASB
9 1 (0.43%) Grafana
9 1 (0.43%) Nagios
9 1 (0.43%) Puppet
9 1 (0.43%) WSUS
9 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 56 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.31%) CyberArk
3 9 (3.88%) BeyondTrust
3 9 (3.88%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.88%) Splunk
4 5 (2.16%) AppDynamics
4 5 (2.16%) F5
5 4 (1.72%) Qualys
6 3 (1.29%) IBM
6 3 (1.29%) VMware
7 2 (0.86%) Citrix
8 1 (0.43%) CA
8 1 (0.43%) Google
8 1 (0.43%) Imperva
8 1 (0.43%) Juniper
8 1 (0.43%) McAfee
8 1 (0.43%) NetApp
8 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 1 (0.43%) SolarWinds