Application Security Jobs in the North West

Application Security (AppSec)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 251 294
Rank change year-on-year 0 +43 -70
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 39 55 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.40% 0.69% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.73% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 38 16 39
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £37,300
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,603 £62,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +47.06% -5.56%
75th Percentile £84,626 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £73,750 £71,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,069 7,579 8,980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.15% 95.75% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 6,136 3,921 5,378
10th Percentile £27,875 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,298 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
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 the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the North West

Application Security
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the North West.

Salary trend for Application Security in the North West

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the North West

Application Security
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Manchester +13 27 £58,750 +2.17% 5
Lancashire -6 7 £79,842 -
Merseyside +13 5 £48,500 +21.25%
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (5.13%) IIS
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Aareon QL
1 1 (2.56%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (2.56%) NEC Housing
1 1 (2.56%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 19 (48.72%) Azure
2 18 (46.15%) AWS
3 4 (10.26%) SaaS
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.13%) OCI
5 1 (2.56%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.56%) BigCommerce
5 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.56%) IaaS
5 1 (2.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (38.46%) SD-WAN
1 15 (38.46%) WAN
2 2 (5.13%) Firewall
2 2 (5.13%) HTTP
2 2 (5.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) MySQL
1 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Burp Suite
1 2 (5.13%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) Grunt
2 1 (2.56%) gulp
General
1 6 (15.38%) Law
1 6 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 4 (10.26%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.56%) Health Technology
3 1 (2.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (51.28%) Architect
2 19 (48.72%) Security Architect
3 9 (23.08%) Lead
3 9 (23.08%) Lead Architect
3 9 (23.08%) Lead Security Architect
4 8 (20.51%) Senior
5 6 (15.38%) Analyst
5 6 (15.38%) Senior Architect
5 6 (15.38%) Senior Security Architect
6 5 (12.82%) Security Analyst
7 4 (10.26%) Applications Architect
7 4 (10.26%) Applications Support
7 4 (10.26%) Information Security Specialist
7 4 (10.26%) Information Specialist
7 4 (10.26%) Security Specialist
8 3 (7.69%) Applications Manager
8 3 (7.69%) Applications Support Manager
8 3 (7.69%) Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Support Manager
9 2 (5.13%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) CSS
1 3 (7.69%) HTML
2 2 (5.13%) Node.js
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.56%) CSS3
3 1 (2.56%) Django
3 1 (2.56%) HTML5
3 1 (2.56%) React
3 1 (2.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (41.03%) Management Information System
2 15 (38.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (5.13%) Life Science
3 2 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.13%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) Information Security
2 19 (48.72%) OWASP
3 15 (38.46%) Identity Management
3 15 (38.46%) Secure Coding
3 15 (38.46%) Security Architecture
4 13 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 10 (25.64%) Security Testing
6 7 (17.95%) Software Engineering
7 6 (15.38%) Coaching
7 6 (15.38%) Decision-Making
7 6 (15.38%) DevOps
7 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
7 6 (15.38%) Static Application Security Testing
8 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (12.82%) Security Operations
8 5 (12.82%) Threat Modelling
9 4 (10.26%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
9 4 (10.26%) SIEM
10 3 (7.69%) Containerisation
10 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 3 (7.69%) SQL
2 2 (5.13%) Java
2 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.56%) C#
3 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) Azure Certification
2 15 (38.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 15 (38.46%) AWS Certification
2 15 (38.46%) CCSK
2 15 (38.46%) CCSP
2 15 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (38.46%) CISM
2 15 (38.46%) CISSP
3 3 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (7.69%) Degree
3 3 (7.69%) OSCP
4 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (41.03%) NIST
2 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.13%) GRC
2 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.13%) ITGC
3 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (43.59%) Docker
2 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (41.03%) Kubernetes
2 15 (38.46%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.56%) Aareon
3 1 (2.56%) Capita
3 1 (2.56%) Civica
3 1 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.56%) Darktrace
3 1 (2.56%) Databricks
3 1 (2.56%) NEC
3 1 (2.56%) Symantec
3 1 (2.56%) VMware