OWASP Job Trends in the City of London

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring OWASP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 160 146
Rank change year-on-year +49 -14 +49
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 21 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.90% 0.15% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.16% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 9
10th Percentile - - £51,750
25th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.86% -22.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile - - £83,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +13.79% -19.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

OWASP 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 2,004 2,540 2,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.34% 95.67% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,464 1,623 2,347
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,650
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OWASP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

OWASP job vacancy trend in the City of London

OWASP
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing OWASP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing OWASP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Business Applications
1 14 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (85.71%) Azure
2 14 (66.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 14 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 14 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 14 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 14 (66.67%) PowerApps
3 4 (19.05%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (19.05%) PaaS
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (66.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (66.67%) Git
1 14 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (85.71%) Lead
2 6 (28.57%) Development Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Development Support Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Support Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Security Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Lead Developer
4 2 (9.52%) Lead Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (66.67%) REST
1 14 (66.67%) SOAP
1 14 (66.67%) Web Services
2 4 (19.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Security Posture
2 3 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Agile
2 18 (85.71%) CI/CD
3 14 (66.67%) API Management
3 14 (66.67%) CRM
3 14 (66.67%) Data Migration
3 14 (66.67%) ITIL
3 14 (66.67%) Line Management
3 14 (66.67%) Migration
3 14 (66.67%) Scrum
4 7 (33.33%) Coaching
4 7 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
4 7 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 4 (19.05%) Backlog Management
5 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (19.05%) DevOps
5 4 (19.05%) DevSecOps
5 4 (19.05%) Product Strategy
5 4 (19.05%) SDLC
5 4 (19.05%) Threat Modelling
5 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
1 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
2 3 (14.29%) CISM
2 3 (14.29%) CISSP
2 3 (14.29%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (19.05%) NCSC
2 4 (19.05%) NIST
3 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft