Application Security Job Trends in Devon

Application Security (AppSec)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 0.93% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £45,650 - -
25th Percentile £45,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £58,088 - -
90th Percentile £63,690 - -
South West median annual salary £63,950 £86,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year -25.86% +15.00% +13.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 378 489 431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 88.11% 67.92% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 255 305 342
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £30,431
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £54,050
90th Percentile £67,825 £68,250 £66,750
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Application Security job vacancy trend in Devon

Application Security
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Application Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Application Security

Application Security
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Devon over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Application Security in Devon

Application Security
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Devon region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Exeter - 3 £46,750 - 1
Plymouth - 1 £63,950 - 1
Application Security
South West

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Azure App Service
2 3 (75.00%) Serverless
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Developer
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) .NET Core
1 3 (75.00%) Blazor
2 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) B2B
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) OWASP
1 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Server Management
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft