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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 362 373
Rank change year-on-year +32 +11 -99
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 64 53 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.35% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.37% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 26 23 84
10th Percentile £57,125 - £43,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £59,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 - £78,750
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 14,122 14,301 18,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.88% 94.48% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9,946 8,298 12,047
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,265 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +9.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £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

OWASP
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 25 April 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 25 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
Hampshire - 24 £70,000 - 2
West Sussex +54 18 £95,000 +58.33%
Thames Valley 0 18 £72,500 -14.71% 8
Berkshire +6 17 £72,500 -14.71% 8
Kent - 2 £55,000 -
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
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 (3.13%) IIS
2 1 (1.56%) Apache
2 1 (1.56%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 31 (48.44%) Azure
2 12 (18.75%) AWS
2 12 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (15.63%) SaaS
4 7 (10.94%) Pulumi
5 4 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.13%) GitHub
6 2 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.56%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 25 (39.06%) Network Security
2 8 (12.50%) Firewall
2 8 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (4.69%) Internet
3 3 (4.69%) VPN
4 2 (3.13%) DNS
4 2 (3.13%) SSL
4 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (21.88%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.13%) Power BI
3 1 (1.56%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (18.75%) Git
2 9 (14.06%) NUnit
2 9 (14.06%) Visual Studio
3 7 (10.94%) Jasmine
3 7 (10.94%) Selenium
3 7 (10.94%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (10.94%) TeamCity
3 7 (10.94%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.56%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (34.38%) Finance
2 21 (32.81%) Social Skills
3 12 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (15.63%) Telecoms
5 9 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (32.81%) Architect
1 21 (32.81%) Security Architect
2 19 (29.69%) Developer
3 15 (23.44%) Senior
4 13 (20.31%) Software Developer
5 11 (17.19%) C# Developer
5 11 (17.19%) C# Software Developer
5 11 (17.19%) Lead
6 8 (12.50%) Lead Developer
6 8 (12.50%) Security Assurance Manager
6 8 (12.50%) Security Manager
7 7 (10.94%) .NET Developer
7 7 (10.94%) .NET Software Developer
7 7 (10.94%) AWS Developer
7 7 (10.94%) Azure Developer
7 7 (10.94%) C# .NET Developer
7 7 (10.94%) Lead .NET Developer
7 7 (10.94%) Lead C# Developer
7 7 (10.94%) Lead Software Developer
7 7 (10.94%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (51.56%) .NET
2 26 (40.63%) React
3 9 (14.06%) .NET Core
3 9 (14.06%) .NET Framework
3 9 (14.06%) ASP.NET
3 9 (14.06%) Entity Framework
3 9 (14.06%) HTML
4 8 (12.50%) RESTful
5 7 (10.94%) ARM Templates
5 7 (10.94%) CSS
5 7 (10.94%) HTML5
5 7 (10.94%) OpenID
6 6 (9.38%) OAuth
6 6 (9.38%) OAuth2
7 5 (7.81%) AngularJS
8 4 (6.25%) Web Services
9 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (3.13%) Castle Windsor
9 2 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (3.13%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.88%) Security Posture
2 12 (18.75%) Product Ownership
3 11 (17.19%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (10.94%) Data Centre
4 7 (10.94%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (3.13%) e-Learning
6 2 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (57.81%) Agile
2 25 (39.06%) Vulnerability Management
3 22 (34.38%) Application Security
3 22 (34.38%) SDLC
4 20 (31.25%) Penetration Testing
4 20 (31.25%) Test Automation
5 19 (29.69%) Computer Science
6 18 (28.13%) CI/CD
6 18 (28.13%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (28.13%) TDD
7 15 (23.44%) Time Management
8 13 (20.31%) BDD
8 13 (20.31%) Full Stack Development
8 13 (20.31%) OOP
9 12 (18.75%) DevOps
9 12 (18.75%) Microservices
9 12 (18.75%) Security Management
9 12 (18.75%) Software Engineering
9 12 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (17.19%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 37 (57.81%) JavaScript
2 26 (40.63%) C#
3 17 (26.56%) SQL
3 17 (26.56%) TypeScript
4 15 (23.44%) Java
5 7 (10.94%) Bicep
6 3 (4.69%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (29.69%) Degree
2 13 (20.31%) CISSP
3 11 (17.19%) DBS Check
4 10 (15.63%) CISM
5 8 (12.50%) GIAC
5 8 (12.50%) GPEN
6 7 (10.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.69%) AWS Certification
7 3 (4.69%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.13%) CISA
8 2 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (3.13%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.31%) NIST
2 10 (15.63%) GDPR
3 8 (12.50%) GRC
4 6 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (9.38%) NIST 800
5 4 (6.25%) COBIT
6 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (4.69%) NCSC
6 3 (4.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (17.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 7 (10.94%) MIIS
2 7 (10.94%) Terraform
3 6 (9.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (9.38%) Nessus
4 3 (4.69%) Suricata
5 1 (1.56%) Kibana
Vendors
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.38%) Qualys
3 3 (4.69%) Cisco
3 3 (4.69%) Juniper
3 3 (4.69%) Palo Alto
3 3 (4.69%) Splunk