Application Security Jobs in Central London

Application Security (AppSec)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Application Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Application Security over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 146 226
Rank change year-on-year -6 +80 +26
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 8 42 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.33% 1.11% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.21% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7 25 11
10th Percentile £33,250 £78,500 £53,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £85,000 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.50% +17.65% +3.03%
75th Percentile £80,000 £106,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £120,000 £111,250
London median annual salary £95,000 £75,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +26.67% -14.29% +12.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,321 3,472 4,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.71% 91.83% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,586 2,632 3,900
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Central London.

Salary trend for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Central London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Central London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
City of London +5 8 £57,500 -42.50% 9
Southwark - 1 £120,000 -
Application Security
London

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2013
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon MSK
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (12.50%) Datadog
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) Junior
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Application Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Information Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Information Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Information Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Junior Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Site Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (25.00%) React
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) J2EE
2 1 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
3 3 (37.50%) SDLC
3 3 (37.50%) Secure Coding
4 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 2 (25.00%) Microservices
4 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 2 (25.00%) Security Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Task Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
3 2 (25.00%) Bash
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 1 (12.50%) Ruby
4 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
1 1 (12.50%) Argo
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Prometheus
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Checkmarx
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Ping Identity