Application Security Jobs in Scotland

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 268 209 220
Rank change year-on-year -59 +11 -37
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 16 12 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.24% 0.25% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.27% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 16
10th Percentile £34,675 £42,000 £38,058
25th Percentile £44,500 £43,272 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,189 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% +4.87% -26.53%
75th Percentile £63,125 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £82,500 £78,750
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
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,235 4,465 5,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.26% 91.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,242 2,777
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,905 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +10.30% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Scotland

Application Security
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Application Security in Scotland

Application Security
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Application Security in Scotland

Application Security
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -91 15 £52,500 +14.75%
Application Security
UK

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) Azure
2 10 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (50.00%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (6.25%) Azure AKS
4 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
4 1 (6.25%) OpenShift
4 1 (6.25%) PaaS
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (6.25%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.25%) MySQL
2 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
2 1 (6.25%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) Gradle
2 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.25%) Maven
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 9 (56.25%) Law
3 6 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (37.50%) Marketing
4 3 (18.75%) Legal
5 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Architect
2 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 6 (37.50%) Lead
2 6 (37.50%) Lead Architect
2 6 (37.50%) Senior
2 6 (37.50%) Senior Architect
3 4 (25.00%) Security Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 2 (12.50%) IT Security Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security Architect
6 1 (6.25%) Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Full Stack Developer
6 1 (6.25%) Junior
6 1 (6.25%) Junior Cloud Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) OAuth
1 7 (43.75%) SAML
2 2 (12.50%) RESTful
3 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
3 1 (6.25%) CSS
3 1 (6.25%) HTML
3 1 (6.25%) JSON
3 1 (6.25%) Laravel
3 1 (6.25%) React
3 1 (6.25%) Vue
3 1 (6.25%) Web Services
3 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Public Cloud
2 4 (25.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Unix
2 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (62.50%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (43.75%) SDLC
5 6 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
5 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
5 6 (37.50%) DevOps
5 6 (37.50%) Machine Learning
5 6 (37.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 6 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (37.50%) Wealth Management
6 4 (25.00%) Analytics
6 4 (25.00%) DevSecOps
6 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
6 4 (25.00%) Information Security
6 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 4 (25.00%) SIEM
6 4 (25.00%) SOAR
6 4 (25.00%) Use Case
6 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Bash
1 1 (6.25%) Groovy
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
1 1 (6.25%) PHP
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) Ruby
1 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 6 (37.50%) CISM
1 6 (37.50%) CISSP
2 3 (18.75%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) NIST
2 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (25.00%) SOC 2
3 2 (12.50%) NCSC
4 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Ansible
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft