Application Security Job Trends in Bedford

Application Security (AppSec)
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedford 0.81% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,900 - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £25,900 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedford

Application Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 207 56 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford 83.47% 91.80% 63.35%
Number of salaries quoted 154 23 83
10th Percentile - £37,400 £24,575
25th Percentile £30,000 £48,125 £28,346
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £53,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% +45.21% -39.17%
75th Percentile £53,750 £76,250 £49,375
90th Percentile £65,000 £95,000 £61,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -16.67%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Application Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Application Security job vacancy trend in Bedford

Application Security
Salary Trend in Bedford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Application Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Application Security

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
1 2 (100.00%) Support Assistant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning