Application Security Job Trends in Bracknell

Application Security (AppSec)
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bracknell requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - -12
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 12 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Bracknell 5.04% - 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.50% - 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile - - £85,500
25th Percentile £66,250 - £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £105,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £112,500
90th Percentile £79,000 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £78,750
% change year-on-year +8.00% -20.63% -1.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bracknell

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 Bracknell.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 160 139 453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bracknell 67.23% 90.26% 86.95%
Number of salaries quoted 117 99 431
10th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,000 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £112,500
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £61,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -18.37% +11.36% -

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

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

Application Security job vacancy trend in Bracknell

Application Security
Salary Trend in Bracknell

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Application Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Application Security

Application Security
Salary Histogram in Bracknell

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Bracknell over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Application Security in Bracknell

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) DNS
1 8 (66.67%) Firewall
General
1 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Applications Architect
1 11 (91.67%) Architect
1 11 (91.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) LDAP
1 8 (66.67%) Regular Expression
2 5 (41.67%) XMPP
3 3 (25.00%) JSON
3 3 (25.00%) JSON Schema
3 3 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Linux
1 8 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
1 8 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Architectural Design
2 8 (66.67%) SIEM
3 5 (41.67%) Antivirus Management
3 5 (41.67%) Pattern Matching
3 5 (41.67%) Platform Engineering
3 5 (41.67%) Resource Management
3 5 (41.67%) Server Management
3 5 (41.67%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (8.33%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 8 (66.67%) vSphere
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) McAfee
3 5 (41.67%) Red Hat