Application Security (AppSec)
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 | 74 | - | 140 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +9 |
| Permanent jobs citing Application Security | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 0.79% | - | 0.25% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.81% | - | 0.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £54,500 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | - | £42,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | - | £44,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -41.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | - | £46,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,000 | - | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £62,500 | £50,000 | £45,751 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | +9.29% | -39.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 868 | 1,335 | 1,952 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 97.42% | 89.60% | 95.83% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 394 | 935 | 1,136 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,929 | £35,000 | £36,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £46,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.17% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £72,750 | £77,715 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,474 | £97,500 | £90,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.70% | +4.55% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
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Salary Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Edinburgh.
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Salary Histogram in Edinburgh
Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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: