OWASP Jobs in the Thames Valley

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 232 220
Rank change year-on-year +7 -12 -15
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 19 34 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.28% 0.55% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.59% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 30
10th Percentile £60,000 £55,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £63,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +21.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,000 - £78,750
South East median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,732 5,801 6,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.12% 94.68% 92.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,012 3,152 3,917
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in the Thames Valley

OWASP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OWASP in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for OWASP in the Thames Valley

OWASP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing OWASP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for OWASP in the Thames Valley

OWASP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 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
Berkshire +17 18 £72,500 -14.71% 7
Buckinghamshire - 1 £80,000 -
OWASP
South East

OWASP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (5.26%) Apache
1 1 (5.26%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
1 5 (26.32%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (21.05%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 16 (84.21%) Network Security
2 4 (21.05%) Firewall
2 4 (21.05%) Internet
2 4 (21.05%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (21.05%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Cypress.io
1 1 (5.26%) Git
1 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (52.63%) Telecoms
2 9 (47.37%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Security Assurance Manager
1 8 (42.11%) Security Manager
2 6 (31.58%) Architect
2 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 6 (31.58%) Security Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Consultant
3 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (21.05%) Security Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
4 2 (10.53%) Telecoms Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (5.26%) Full Stack Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Integration Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) Web Services
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 2 (10.53%) React
3 1 (5.26%) AngularJS
3 1 (5.26%) JSON
3 1 (5.26%) Kafka
3 1 (5.26%) Node.js
3 1 (5.26%) Redux
3 1 (5.26%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Data Centre
1 8 (42.11%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (31.58%) Management Information System
3 5 (26.32%) Security Posture
4 4 (21.05%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Application Security
2 16 (84.21%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (84.21%) Vulnerability Management
3 13 (68.42%) Software Engineering
4 12 (63.16%) Computer Science
4 12 (63.16%) Penetration Testing
4 12 (63.16%) Security Management
4 12 (63.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (57.89%) Risk Management
6 10 (52.63%) Security Operations
7 8 (42.11%) Content Development
7 8 (42.11%) DevSecOps
7 8 (42.11%) Identity Access Management
7 8 (42.11%) Purple Team
7 8 (42.11%) Red Team
8 6 (31.58%) Information Security
9 4 (21.05%) Asset Management
9 4 (21.05%) Cryptography
9 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
9 4 (21.05%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) PowerShell
1 4 (21.05%) Python
2 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) C#
3 1 (5.26%) Java
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) CISSP
1 12 (63.16%) Degree
2 8 (42.11%) CISM
2 8 (42.11%) GIAC
2 8 (42.11%) GPEN
3 4 (21.05%) AWS Certification
3 4 (21.05%) Azure Certification
4 2 (10.53%) ISACA
5 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (5.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (73.68%) NIST
2 10 (52.63%) GDPR
3 8 (42.11%) GRC
4 6 (31.58%) NIST 800
5 4 (21.05%) COBIT
5 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (21.05%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (31.58%) Nessus
2 4 (21.05%) Suricata
3 1 (5.26%) Kibana
3 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Qualys
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 4 (21.05%) Cisco
3 4 (21.05%) Juniper
3 4 (21.05%) Palo Alto
3 4 (21.05%) Splunk