Application Security Jobs in the South West

Application Security (AppSec)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 269 267 265
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 22 10 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.24% 0.14% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.15% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 47
10th Percentile £52,500 £93,250 £36,300
25th Percentile £64,688 £94,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £112,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.44% +73.08% +5.69%
75th Percentile £80,313 £125,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,875 - -
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
South 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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,732 6,516 7,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.15% 94.43% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,553 3,657 4,985
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,932
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,200 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the South West

Application Security
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Application Security in the South West

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the South West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the South West

Application Security
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Bristol +8 9 £75,000 -40.00% 2
Dorset - 6 £60,000 -
Wiltshire - 4 £72,500 - 1
Gloucestershire -19 2 £82,500 -13.16% 2
Devon -12 1 - -
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (68.18%) AWS
2 7 (31.82%) Azure
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (13.64%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (13.64%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (13.64%) IaaS
3 3 (13.64%) PaaS
3 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
3 3 (13.64%) PowerApps
3 3 (13.64%) SaaS
4 2 (9.09%) npm
5 1 (4.55%) Azure App Service
5 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Network Security
2 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.55%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Cypress.io
1 2 (9.09%) Git
General
1 8 (36.36%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (22.73%) Law
2 5 (22.73%) Marketing
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Architect
2 7 (31.82%) Senior
3 6 (27.27%) Lead
4 5 (22.73%) Consultant
4 5 (22.73%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 5 (22.73%) Lead Architect
4 5 (22.73%) Senior Architect
4 5 (22.73%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (22.73%) Technical Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) Developer
5 3 (13.64%) Security Architect
5 3 (13.64%) Security Solutions Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 2 (9.09%) Security Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 1 (4.55%) .NET Developer
7 1 (4.55%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) AngularJS
1 2 (9.09%) JSON
1 2 (9.09%) Node.js
1 2 (9.09%) React
1 2 (9.09%) RESTful
1 2 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) .NET Core
2 1 (4.55%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.55%) Blazor
2 1 (4.55%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Cloud Native
1 7 (31.82%) Public Cloud
2 5 (22.73%) Mobile App
2 5 (22.73%) Replication
3 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (13.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 8 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 8 (36.36%) Data Security
2 8 (36.36%) DevOps
2 8 (36.36%) OWASP
3 7 (31.82%) Cloud Security
3 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure as Code
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) SDLC
4 6 (27.27%) Security Architecture
5 5 (22.73%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (22.73%) Machine Learning
5 5 (22.73%) Matrix Organization
5 5 (22.73%) Microservices
5 5 (22.73%) Mobile Application Development
5 5 (22.73%) Penetration Testing
5 5 (22.73%) Requirements Analysis
5 5 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (22.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) Python
2 7 (31.82%) JavaScript
3 6 (27.27%) SQL
4 5 (22.73%) C
4 5 (22.73%) Java
4 5 (22.73%) R
4 5 (22.73%) Scala
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) CISSP
2 6 (27.27%) CISM
2 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (27.27%) Degree
3 5 (22.73%) AWS Certification
3 5 (22.73%) CISA
3 5 (22.73%) CRISC
3 5 (22.73%) PCI QSA
3 5 (22.73%) SANS
4 2 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (9.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (9.09%) CCSP
4 2 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) NIST
2 6 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (22.73%) GRC
3 5 (22.73%) PCI DSS
4 2 (9.09%) SOC 2
5 1 (4.55%) GDPR
5 1 (4.55%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (4.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) HP Fortify
1 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Veracode
3 2 (9.09%) VMware