Application Security Jobs in the City of London

Application Security (AppSec)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 139 215
Rank change year-on-year +6 +76 +23
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 8 41 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.40% 1.23% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 1.34% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7 24 12
10th Percentile £31,700 £77,625 £53,450
25th Percentile £33,125 £84,688 £58,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £100,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -60.50% +14.29% +6.06%
75th Percentile £78,125 £109,688 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £120,000 £109,625
Central London median annual salary £39,500 £100,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -60.50% +11.11% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,943 3,069 4,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.00% 92.02% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,466 2,415 3,653
10th Percentile £41,875 £41,250 £43,162
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £121,250 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the City of London

Application Security
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the City of London.

Salary trend for Application Security in the City of London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the City of London

Application Security
Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 16 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
London Bridge - 1 £120,000 -
Application Security
Central London

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (50.00%) 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 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Junior
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Site Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineer
2 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 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (25.00%) Microservices
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Secure Coding
5 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
5 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (12.50%) Post-Merger Integration
5 1 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) Bash
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) Ruby
3 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (50.00%) 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 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Checkmarx
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Ping Identity