Application Security Job Trends in East London

Application Security (AppSec)
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East London requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in East London 1.49% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
London median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -8.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East 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 East London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 196 234 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East London 73.13% 97.10% 80.58%
Number of salaries quoted 101 74 122
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £28,650
25th Percentile £40,000 £61,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £81,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -32.52% +44.89% +5.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £77,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £111,875 £113,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Application Security job vacancy trend in East London

Application Security
Salary Trend in East London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Application Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Application Security

Application Security
Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 22 June 2026. 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
Tower Hamlets - 3 £70,000 -
Dagenham - 1 - -
Application Security
London

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Broadband
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Cryptography Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (75.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) SDLC
2 3 (75.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Secure Coding
4 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification