Application Security Jobs in England

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 481 451
Rank change year-on-year -7 -30 +88
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 185 405 551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.46% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.54% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 128 276 323
10th Percentile £49,417 £47,750 £39,050
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,809 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £106,313 £91,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £111,875 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,377 74,348 83,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.05% 84.31% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,410 54,380 49,711
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in England

Application Security
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in England.

Salary trend for Application Security in England

Application Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Application Security in England

Application Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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 +7 109 £95,000 +26.67% 171
South East +67 38 £60,000 -15.79% 230
South West +103 12 £66,250 -11.67% 108
Midlands +54 11 £55,000 -4.35% 143
West Midlands +52 7 £55,000 -4.35% 78
North of England -15 6 £65,000 +6.20% 175
East Midlands +43 4 - - 55
North West -38 4 £51,585 -10.29% 80
East of England - 4 £71,500 - 115
Yorkshire +46 2 £67,500 -15.46% 75
Application Security
UK

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (5.41%) Confluence
2 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.70%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (2.70%) Appian
4 4 (2.16%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.16%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (2.16%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (1.08%) CMS
5 2 (1.08%) IIS
5 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.08%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.54%) Apache
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.54%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (41.08%) Azure
2 64 (34.59%) AWS
3 35 (18.92%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (14.05%) PaaS
5 22 (11.89%) Amazon EC2
6 17 (9.19%) Power Platform
7 16 (8.65%) GCP
8 11 (5.95%) GitHub
9 10 (5.41%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (5.41%) SaaS
9 10 (5.41%) Serverless
10 9 (4.86%) IaaS
11 7 (3.78%) Amazon S3
11 7 (3.78%) Azure Data Factory
11 7 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (2.70%) MinIO
13 4 (2.16%) Cloud Functions
13 4 (2.16%) Entra ID
13 4 (2.16%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.11%) Network Security
2 13 (7.03%) Firewall
3 4 (2.16%) HTTP
3 4 (2.16%) HTTPS
3 4 (2.16%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.62%) VPN
4 3 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.54%) SSL
5 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (7.03%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (4.86%) DB2
5 7 (3.78%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.70%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.16%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.16%) Cloud Spanner
8 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.08%) Big Data
8 2 (1.08%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.08%) MySQL
9 1 (0.54%) Airbyte
9 1 (0.54%) DataStage
9 1 (0.54%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.54%) HBase
9 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.54%) QualityStage
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (10.81%) IntelliJ
2 13 (7.03%) Jenkins
3 12 (6.49%) JIRA
4 9 (4.86%) Visual Studio
5 8 (4.32%) Selenium
6 6 (3.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (2.70%) Robot Framework
7 5 (2.70%) Snyk
7 5 (2.70%) SoapUI
8 4 (2.16%) AppScan
8 4 (2.16%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.16%) Git
8 4 (2.16%) Mocha
8 4 (2.16%) Postman
8 4 (2.16%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.62%) Android Studio
9 3 (1.62%) Burp Suite
9 3 (1.62%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.62%) MSTest
9 3 (1.62%) SpecFlow
General
1 50 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 48 (25.95%) Finance
3 26 (14.05%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.78%) Banking
5 5 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.70%) Law
5 5 (2.70%) Retail
6 4 (2.16%) Back Office
6 4 (2.16%) Marketing
6 4 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.16%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.16%) Publishing
7 3 (1.62%) Games
8 2 (1.08%) Advertising
8 2 (1.08%) Automotive
8 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.08%) Legal
8 2 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.08%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 44 (23.78%) Security Engineer
1 44 (23.78%) Senior
2 36 (19.46%) Lead
3 24 (12.97%) Analyst
4 21 (11.35%) Architect
5 20 (10.81%) Java Engineer
6 14 (7.57%) Senior Java Engineer
7 13 (7.03%) Security Analyst
8 11 (5.95%) Applications Support
9 10 (5.41%) Senior Security Engineer
10 8 (4.32%) Applications Engineer
10 8 (4.32%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 7 (3.78%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 7 (3.78%) Security Architect
11 7 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
12 6 (3.24%) Applications Support Analyst
12 6 (3.24%) Software Engineer
12 6 (3.24%) Support Analyst
12 6 (3.24%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (14.59%) React
2 25 (13.51%) REST
3 24 (12.97%) YAML
4 18 (9.73%) .NET
5 11 (5.95%) .NET Framework
6 8 (4.32%) ASP.NET
7 7 (3.78%) React Native
8 6 (3.24%) RESTful
8 6 (3.24%) Web Services
9 5 (2.70%) Apache NiFi
9 5 (2.70%) Kafka
9 5 (2.70%) Node.js
9 5 (2.70%) SLSA
10 4 (2.16%) Express.js
10 4 (2.16%) Jest
10 4 (2.16%) Playwright
10 4 (2.16%) SOAP
11 3 (1.62%) CSS
11 3 (1.62%) HTML
11 3 (1.62%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.97%) Security Posture
2 15 (8.11%) Cloud Native
3 13 (7.03%) Mobile App
4 9 (4.86%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (3.78%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.78%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.70%) Blog
6 5 (2.70%) Low-Code
6 5 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.16%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.62%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.08%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.08%) Online Games
9 2 (1.08%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.08%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.27%) Windows
2 7 (3.78%) Android
2 7 (3.78%) Apple iOS
2 7 (3.78%) Linux
3 5 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.16%) Windows 7
4 4 (2.16%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.54%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.54%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (37.30%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (35.68%) CI/CD
3 65 (35.14%) Security Testing
4 62 (33.51%) DevOps
5 56 (30.27%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (26.49%) DevSecOps
7 48 (25.95%) Agile
8 44 (23.78%) Computer Science
8 44 (23.78%) SDLC
9 37 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
9 37 (20.00%) Test Automation
10 35 (18.92%) OWASP
10 35 (18.92%) Threat Modelling
11 32 (17.30%) Cloud Security
12 31 (16.76%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
13 30 (16.22%) Information Security
14 28 (15.14%) Mentoring
15 27 (14.59%) Vulnerability Management
16 26 (14.05%) Penetration Testing
16 26 (14.05%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (22.16%) Java
2 31 (16.76%) Python
3 28 (15.14%) PowerShell
4 27 (14.59%) SQL
5 17 (9.19%) JavaScript
6 15 (8.11%) C#
7 10 (5.41%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.78%) PL/SQL
8 7 (3.78%) T-SQL
8 7 (3.78%) VB.NET
9 6 (3.24%) Go
10 5 (2.70%) C++
10 5 (2.70%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.16%) Bash
11 4 (2.16%) C
11 4 (2.16%) Objective-C
12 3 (1.62%) Ruby
13 2 (1.08%) PHP
13 2 (1.08%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (1.08%) Swift
Qualifications
1 66 (35.68%) Degree
2 35 (18.92%) Master's Degree
3 25 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (10.27%) CISSP
5 16 (8.65%) Security Cleared
6 15 (8.11%) CISM
7 14 (7.57%) PhD
8 9 (4.86%) AWS Certification
8 9 (4.86%) CREST Certified
9 8 (4.32%) DV Cleared
9 8 (4.32%) SC Cleared
10 7 (3.78%) ISTQB
11 6 (3.24%) CEH
11 6 (3.24%) SANS
12 5 (2.70%) CISA
12 5 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (2.70%) CRISC
12 5 (2.70%) OSCP
13 4 (2.16%) CHECK Team Leader
13 4 (2.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (30.27%) NIST
2 44 (23.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (13.51%) NCSC
4 24 (12.97%) GDPR
5 16 (8.65%) PCI DSS
6 11 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (5.41%) Accessibility
8 7 (3.78%) QA
9 6 (3.24%) SOC 2
10 5 (2.70%) COBIT
11 4 (2.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (2.16%) SLA
12 3 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (1.08%) GRC
13 2 (1.08%) NIST 800
System Software
1 23 (12.43%) Docker
2 9 (4.86%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.54%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) HDFS
3 1 (0.54%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 31 (16.76%) Kubernetes
2 18 (9.73%) Ansible
3 14 (7.57%) Terraform
4 5 (2.70%) HP Fortify
4 5 (2.70%) Progress Chef
4 5 (2.70%) Puppet
5 3 (1.62%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.08%) Argo
6 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.08%) Nessus
6 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.54%) Grafana
7 1 (0.54%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (22.70%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.95%) Google
3 10 (5.41%) ServiceNow
3 10 (5.41%) VMware
4 8 (4.32%) SolarWinds
5 5 (2.70%) BiZZdesign
5 5 (2.70%) Black Duck
5 5 (2.70%) Cisco
5 5 (2.70%) UiPath
6 4 (2.16%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.16%) Databricks
6 4 (2.16%) Oracle
6 4 (2.16%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.16%) Splunk
7 3 (1.62%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.62%) Siebel
8 2 (1.08%) Checkmarx
8 2 (1.08%) F5
8 2 (1.08%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.08%) IBM