OWASP Jobs in the South East

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for OWASP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OWASP over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 357 370
Rank change year-on-year +31 +13 -82
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 66 51 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.40% 0.34% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.36% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 27 21 87
10th Percentile £51,500 - £43,300
25th Percentile £64,625 £57,500 £57,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 - £79,050
England median annual salary £70,000 £85,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +30.77% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

OWASP 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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,140 14,106 18,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.73% 94.52% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,922 8,179 12,081
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,565
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OWASP in the South East.

Salary trend for OWASP in the South East

OWASP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing OWASP in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for OWASP in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
Hampshire - 25 £70,000 - 2
Thames Valley +9 19 £72,500 -14.71% 6
West Sussex +54 18 £95,000 +58.33%
Berkshire +11 18 £72,500 -14.71% 6
Kent - 2 £55,000 -
Middlesex - 2 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £80,000 -
OWASP
England

OWASP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (3.03%) IIS
2 1 (1.52%) Apache
2 1 (1.52%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 32 (48.48%) Azure
2 13 (19.70%) AWS
3 12 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (15.15%) SaaS
5 7 (10.61%) Pulumi
6 5 (7.58%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (3.03%) GitHub
7 2 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.52%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 26 (39.39%) Network Security
2 9 (13.64%) Firewall
2 9 (13.64%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (6.06%) Internet
3 4 (6.06%) VPN
4 2 (3.03%) DNS
4 2 (3.03%) SSL
4 2 (3.03%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (21.21%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.03%) Power BI
3 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (18.18%) Git
2 9 (13.64%) NUnit
2 9 (13.64%) Visual Studio
3 7 (10.61%) Jasmine
3 7 (10.61%) Selenium
3 7 (10.61%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (10.61%) TeamCity
3 7 (10.61%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.52%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (33.33%) Finance
2 21 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 12 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (15.15%) Telecoms
5 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (33.33%) Architect
1 22 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 19 (28.79%) Developer
3 15 (22.73%) Senior
4 13 (19.70%) Software Developer
5 11 (16.67%) C# Developer
5 11 (16.67%) C# Software Developer
5 11 (16.67%) Lead
6 8 (12.12%) Lead Developer
6 8 (12.12%) Security Assurance Manager
6 8 (12.12%) Security Manager
7 7 (10.61%) .NET Developer
7 7 (10.61%) .NET Software Developer
7 7 (10.61%) AWS Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Azure Developer
7 7 (10.61%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Lead .NET Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Lead C# Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Lead Software Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (50.00%) .NET
2 26 (39.39%) React
3 9 (13.64%) .NET Core
3 9 (13.64%) .NET Framework
3 9 (13.64%) ASP.NET
3 9 (13.64%) Entity Framework
3 9 (13.64%) HTML
4 8 (12.12%) RESTful
5 7 (10.61%) ARM Templates
5 7 (10.61%) CSS
5 7 (10.61%) HTML5
5 7 (10.61%) OpenID
6 6 (9.09%) OAuth
6 6 (9.09%) OAuth2
7 5 (7.58%) AngularJS
7 5 (7.58%) Web Services
8 2 (3.03%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (3.03%) Castle Windsor
8 2 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (3.03%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.73%) Security Posture
2 12 (18.18%) Product Ownership
3 11 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (12.12%) Data Centre
4 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
5 4 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.03%) e-Learning
6 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.06%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.06%) Agile
2 26 (39.39%) Vulnerability Management
3 24 (36.36%) Application Security
4 22 (33.33%) SDLC
5 21 (31.82%) Penetration Testing
6 20 (30.30%) Computer Science
6 20 (30.30%) Test Automation
7 19 (28.79%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (27.27%) CI/CD
8 18 (27.27%) TDD
9 15 (22.73%) Time Management
10 13 (19.70%) BDD
10 13 (19.70%) DevOps
10 13 (19.70%) Full Stack Development
10 13 (19.70%) OOP
10 13 (19.70%) Software Engineering
11 12 (18.18%) Microservices
11 12 (18.18%) Security Management
11 12 (18.18%) Security Operations
11 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (56.06%) JavaScript
2 26 (39.39%) C#
3 17 (25.76%) SQL
3 17 (25.76%) TypeScript
4 15 (22.73%) Java
5 7 (10.61%) Bicep
6 4 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 4 (6.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (30.30%) Degree
2 14 (21.21%) CISSP
3 11 (16.67%) DBS Check
4 10 (15.15%) CISM
5 8 (12.12%) GIAC
5 8 (12.12%) GPEN
6 7 (10.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (6.06%) AWS Certification
7 4 (6.06%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.03%) CISA
8 2 (3.03%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (3.03%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (21.21%) NIST
2 10 (15.15%) GDPR
3 8 (12.12%) GRC
3 8 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (9.09%) NIST 800
5 4 (6.06%) COBIT
5 4 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (6.06%) NCSC
5 4 (6.06%) PCI DSS
6 3 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.52%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.52%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 11 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.12%) Kubernetes
2 7 (10.61%) MIIS
2 7 (10.61%) Terraform
3 6 (9.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (9.09%) Nessus
4 4 (6.06%) Suricata
5 1 (1.52%) Kibana
Vendors
1 9 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.09%) Qualys
3 4 (6.06%) Cisco
3 4 (6.06%) Juniper
3 4 (6.06%) Palo Alto
3 4 (6.06%) Splunk