Application Security Job Trends in England

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 471 502 528
Rank change year-on-year +31 +26 -96
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 304 135 226
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.29% 0.31% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.35% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 170 97 133
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,500 £49,000
25th Percentile £60,324 £69,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £91,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £121,000 £119,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% +3.33%

All Process & 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 76,488 38,338 53,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.64% 88.97% 82.73%
Number of salaries quoted 53,556 21,844 28,773
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Application Security job vacancy trend in England

Application Security
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Security

Application Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

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 10 October 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
London +37 165 £100,000 +21.21% 322
North of England -30 40 £62,500 -16.67% 61
South East -47 33 £67,500 +8.00% 57
South West -50 33 £80,000 -11.11% 42
North West - 29 £85,000 - 41
East of England -25 15 £25,900 -64.03% 13
Midlands -36 13 £55,000 +2.33% 15
West Midlands -38 10 £55,000 -4.35% 12
Yorkshire -31 9 £60,000 -20.00% 17
East Midlands -38 3 £30,000 -44.19% 3
North East -71 2 £95,000 -9.52% 3
Application Security
UK

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (2.30%) IIS
1 7 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.97%) SAS
3 4 (1.32%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.66%) Confluence
5 1 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.33%) govService
Applications
1 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Primavera
2 2 (0.66%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.66%) Shopify
3 1 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.33%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.33%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 112 (36.84%) AWS
2 79 (25.99%) Azure
3 39 (12.83%) GCP
4 33 (10.86%) GitHub
5 24 (7.89%) Serverless
6 19 (6.25%) SaaS
7 18 (5.92%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.29%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (3.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (2.30%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.30%) OCI
12 6 (1.97%) Amazon Bedrock
12 6 (1.97%) Cloudflare
12 6 (1.97%) Google Compute Engine
12 6 (1.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (1.32%) Amazon GuardDuty
Communications & Networking
1 47 (15.46%) Network Security
2 41 (13.49%) Firewall
3 15 (4.93%) TCP/IP
3 15 (4.93%) VPN
4 9 (2.96%) DNS
5 7 (2.30%) BGP
5 7 (2.30%) Wireshark
6 5 (1.64%) Broadband
7 4 (1.32%) SAN
7 4 (1.32%) Wireless
8 3 (0.99%) Internet
8 3 (0.99%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.99%) Wireless Security
9 2 (0.66%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.33%) EIGRP
10 1 (0.33%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.33%) OSPF
10 1 (0.33%) SCCP
10 1 (0.33%) SMTP
10 1 (0.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (2.30%) MySQL
5 6 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.64%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.64%) Redis
6 5 (1.64%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.32%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.99%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.66%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (6.58%) Snyk
2 18 (5.92%) Git
3 10 (3.29%) Burp Suite
4 7 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.30%) Metasploit
5 6 (1.97%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.64%) JIRA
7 3 (0.99%) GitLab
7 3 (0.99%) Maven
7 3 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.66%) git-flow
8 2 (0.66%) JUnit
8 2 (0.66%) NUnit
8 2 (0.66%) Xcode
8 2 (0.66%) XCTest
8 2 (0.66%) XCUITest
9 1 (0.33%) IDA Disassembler
9 1 (0.33%) Mockito
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 89 (29.28%) Social Skills
2 73 (24.01%) Finance
3 39 (12.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.25%) Law
6 16 (5.26%) Banking
7 14 (4.61%) Legal
8 11 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.29%) Retail
10 9 (2.96%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.63%) Military
12 7 (2.30%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.30%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (2.30%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.97%) Back Office
13 6 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.99%) Digital Health
15 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 77 (25.33%) Architect
2 74 (24.34%) Senior
3 67 (22.04%) Security Architect
4 61 (20.07%) Security Engineer
5 51 (16.78%) Lead
6 34 (11.18%) Applications Engineer
7 28 (9.21%) Solutions Architect
8 25 (8.22%) Senior Security Engineer
9 24 (7.89%) Cloud Architect
9 24 (7.89%) Cloud Security Architect
9 24 (7.89%) Security Solutions Architect
10 22 (7.24%) Senior Architect
11 20 (6.58%) Senior Security Architect
12 19 (6.25%) Consultant
13 18 (5.92%) Cloud Engineer
13 18 (5.92%) Senior Cloud Architect
14 17 (5.59%) Security Consultant
14 17 (5.59%) Tester
15 15 (4.93%) Developer
15 15 (4.93%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.51%) Terraform
2 14 (4.61%) OAuth
2 14 (4.61%) REST
3 13 (4.28%) OpenID
4 10 (3.29%) .NET
4 10 (3.29%) JWT
4 10 (3.29%) SAML
5 9 (2.96%) RESTful
6 8 (2.63%) CSS
6 8 (2.63%) HTML
6 8 (2.63%) Kafka
6 8 (2.63%) LDAP
6 8 (2.63%) Regular Expression
7 7 (2.30%) .NET Framework
7 7 (2.30%) React
7 7 (2.30%) Spring Boot
7 7 (2.30%) XMPP
8 6 (1.97%) ModSecurity
8 6 (1.97%) OAuth2
8 6 (1.97%) Pulumi
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.79%) Cloud Native
2 43 (14.14%) Management Information System
3 34 (11.18%) Security Posture
4 32 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (8.22%) Onboarding
6 24 (7.89%) Data Centre
7 20 (6.58%) Distributed Systems
8 13 (4.28%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (2.96%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (2.63%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (2.30%) Operational Technology
12 6 (1.97%) Blog
13 5 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.64%) NHS
13 5 (1.64%) PKI
13 5 (1.64%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.32%) Driving Licence
14 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
14 4 (1.32%) Mobile App
14 4 (1.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.53%) Windows
2 22 (7.24%) Linux
3 20 (6.58%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.29%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.63%) Mac OS
5 8 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.30%) Android
7 5 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.33%) Unix
8 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (39.80%) Cybersecurity
2 119 (39.14%) Cloud Security
3 109 (35.86%) CI/CD
4 93 (30.59%) SDLC
5 83 (27.30%) Threat Modelling
6 71 (23.36%) DevSecOps
7 70 (23.03%) Vulnerability Management
8 69 (22.70%) Security Architecture
9 67 (22.04%) Problem-Solving
9 67 (22.04%) Security Testing
10 63 (20.72%) AI
11 61 (20.07%) Information Security
12 59 (19.41%) DevOps
12 59 (19.41%) Secure Coding
13 57 (18.75%) Incident Response
14 54 (17.76%) Mentoring
15 51 (16.78%) Continuous Improvement
15 51 (16.78%) Infrastructure as Code
16 50 (16.45%) Penetration Testing
17 49 (16.12%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.84%) Python
2 35 (11.51%) Java
3 26 (8.55%) SQL
4 14 (4.61%) Go
4 14 (4.61%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.28%) PowerShell
6 12 (3.95%) C#
7 6 (1.97%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.97%) VBA
7 6 (1.97%) VBScript
8 5 (1.64%) Bash
8 5 (1.64%) Bicep
8 5 (1.64%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.99%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.66%) C
10 2 (0.66%) C++
10 2 (0.66%) PHP
10 2 (0.66%) Ruby
10 2 (0.66%) Swift
11 1 (0.33%) RPG
Qualifications
1 66 (21.71%) CISSP
2 40 (13.16%) Degree
3 39 (12.83%) CISM
3 39 (12.83%) Security Cleared
4 27 (8.88%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (8.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (7.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 21 (6.91%) AWS Certification
7 21 (6.91%) OSCP
8 20 (6.58%) CCSP
9 17 (5.59%) CREST Certified
10 16 (5.26%) DV Cleared
11 15 (4.93%) Azure Certification
11 15 (4.93%) SC Cleared
12 10 (3.29%) CISA
12 10 (3.29%) Master's Degree
13 7 (2.30%) CHECK Team Member
13 7 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (2.30%) Cyber Scheme
13 7 (2.30%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (16.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (13.16%) NIST
3 36 (11.84%) GRC
4 25 (8.22%) GDPR
5 16 (5.26%) Accessibility
6 11 (3.62%) NIST 800
7 9 (2.96%) NCSC
7 9 (2.96%) PCI DSS
7 9 (2.96%) SOC 2
8 7 (2.30%) QA
9 4 (1.32%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.66%) COBIT
11 2 (0.66%) COSO
11 2 (0.66%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.66%) HITRUST
11 2 (0.66%) PERC
11 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.33%) SLA
12 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (7.57%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.92%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (3.62%) Docker
4 8 (2.63%) vSphere
5 5 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 40 (13.16%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.96%) Nessus
3 8 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.30%) Nmap
5 6 (1.97%) Cilium
5 6 (1.97%) Grafana
6 4 (1.32%) Ansible
6 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (0.99%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.66%) CASB
9 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 57 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.24%) CrowdStrike
3 21 (6.91%) Palo Alto
3 21 (6.91%) Tenable
4 17 (5.59%) Google
5 13 (4.28%) VMware
6 11 (3.62%) Workday
7 10 (3.29%) Oracle
8 7 (2.30%) iManage
8 7 (2.30%) McAfee
8 7 (2.30%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.97%) RedGate
10 4 (1.32%) Adaptive Insights
10 4 (1.32%) Autodesk
10 4 (1.32%) Kronos
11 3 (0.99%) Databricks
11 3 (0.99%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.99%) Qualys
11 3 (0.99%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.66%) Splunk