Application Security Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Application Security (AppSec)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 1.09% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,900 - -
East of England median annual salary £25,900 £71,500 -
% change year-on-year -63.78% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 520 469 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 70.75% 89.85% 64.99%
Number of salaries quoted 398 81 163
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,125 £31,049
25th Percentile £34,625 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,380 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £93,750
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £46,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.30% -6.50% -9.09%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Application Security job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Application Security
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Application Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing Application Security

Application Security
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. 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
Bedford - 4 £25,900 -
Leighton Buzzard - 4 £25,900 -
Application Security
East of England

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Junior
1 8 (100.00%) Support Assistant
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) DevOps
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 8 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning