Application Security Jobs in England

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Application Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Application Security over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 454 549
Rank change year-on-year -13 +95 -76
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 401 563 827
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.64% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.67% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 274 332 461
10th Percentile £48,050 £41,375 £36,750
25th Percentile £56,982 £57,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £91,250 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £112,125 £114,875 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Application Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,974 83,734 131,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.66% 95.60% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 49,663 73,196
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

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 23 May 2024.

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 23 May 2024. 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 +54 231 £75,000 -14.29% 67
North of England +20 68 £61,853 +0.98% 20
South East -9 56 £71,250 +39.02% 33
North West -17 39 £58,750 -9.62% 12
Midlands -18 24 £57,500 -4.17% 9
West Midlands +2 23 £57,500 -13.53% 8
Yorkshire +74 20 £79,842 +27.75% 7
South West -9 17 £75,000 -25.00% 8
North East 0 9 £62,500 +31.58% 1
East Midlands -9 1 £44,500 -19.09% 1
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 12 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.50%) Confluence
3 2 (0.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Drupal
4 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 135 (33.67%) Azure
2 91 (22.69%) AWS
3 47 (11.72%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (5.24%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (4.49%) GCP
6 17 (4.24%) SaaS
7 15 (3.74%) Azure AKS
8 14 (3.49%) Power Platform
9 12 (2.99%) Entra ID
10 11 (2.74%) PaaS
11 10 (2.49%) IaaS
12 8 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.25%) Serverless
15 4 (1.00%) Azure App Service
15 4 (1.00%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (1.00%) PowerApps
16 3 (0.75%) AWS CodePipeline
16 3 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 3 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 97 (24.19%) Firewall
2 81 (20.20%) WAN
3 63 (15.71%) Network Security
4 54 (13.47%) VPN
5 46 (11.47%) LAN
6 44 (10.97%) Internet
7 34 (8.48%) SD-WAN
8 17 (4.24%) Wireless
9 9 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (2.00%) TCP/IP
10 8 (2.00%) Wireshark
11 4 (1.00%) BGP
11 4 (1.00%) Ethernet VPN
11 4 (1.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 4 (1.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 4 (1.00%) MPLS
11 4 (1.00%) OSPF
11 4 (1.00%) tcpdump
11 4 (1.00%) Unified Communications
11 4 (1.00%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.00%) Relational Database
3 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (1.50%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.25%) CockroachDB
6 3 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.75%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.75%) Looker
6 3 (0.75%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.25%) MySQL
8 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 41 (10.22%) Burp Suite
2 36 (8.98%) Metasploit
3 9 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (1.25%) Jaeger
6 4 (1.00%) Git
7 3 (0.75%) Selenium
7 3 (0.75%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.50%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.50%) JIRA
8 2 (0.50%) WebDriver
9 1 (0.25%) Grunt
9 1 (0.25%) gulp
9 1 (0.25%) Moq
9 1 (0.25%) MSI
9 1 (0.25%) Postman
9 1 (0.25%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.25%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 124 (30.92%) Social Skills
2 85 (21.20%) Finance
3 58 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.97%) Retail
5 20 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (4.99%) Law
6 19 (4.74%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.49%) Banking
7 14 (3.49%) Public Sector
8 12 (2.99%) Health Technology
8 12 (2.99%) Legal
8 12 (2.99%) Marketing
9 9 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (2.24%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.24%) Tech for Good
10 8 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.25%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.50%) Local Government
13 1 (0.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 136 (33.92%) Architect
2 116 (28.93%) Senior
3 85 (21.20%) Security Architect
4 42 (10.47%) Lead
5 40 (9.98%) Analyst
6 39 (9.73%) Security Analyst
7 37 (9.23%) Lead Architect
7 37 (9.23%) Penetration Tester
8 36 (8.98%) Tester
9 35 (8.73%) Security Engineer
10 32 (7.98%) Lead Security Architect
11 25 (6.23%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (5.99%) Consultant
12 24 (5.99%) Senior Security Analyst
13 21 (5.24%) Infrastructure Architect
14 19 (4.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (4.24%) CISSP Analyst
15 17 (4.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 16 (3.99%) IT Analyst
16 16 (3.99%) Senior IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.99%) OAuth
2 11 (2.74%) SailPoint
3 10 (2.49%) .NET
3 10 (2.49%) Web Services
4 9 (2.24%) HTML
4 9 (2.24%) React
5 8 (2.00%) OAuth2
5 8 (2.00%) REST
5 8 (2.00%) RESTful
6 7 (1.75%) CSS
6 7 (1.75%) SAML
6 7 (1.75%) web3js
7 6 (1.50%) .NET Framework
7 6 (1.50%) Kafka
7 6 (1.50%) Middleware
8 5 (1.25%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.25%) OpenTelemetry
8 5 (1.25%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.00%) HTML5
9 4 (1.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 74 (18.45%) Management Information System
2 41 (10.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 22 (5.49%) PKI
4 21 (5.24%) Security Posture
5 19 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 13 (3.24%) Cloud Native
7 13 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (2.99%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.99%) Replication
9 9 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (2.24%) Mobile App
9 9 (2.24%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.24%) Robotics
10 8 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.75%) Blockchain
11 7 (1.75%) Web3
12 5 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.75%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 82 (20.45%) Linux
2 71 (17.71%) Windows
3 38 (9.48%) Ubuntu
3 38 (9.48%) VMS
4 33 (8.23%) Kali Linux
5 19 (4.74%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.75%) Android
7 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Unix
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (36.41%) Cybersecurity
2 119 (29.68%) Information Security
3 94 (23.44%) DevSecOps
4 92 (22.94%) OWASP
5 81 (20.20%) Penetration Testing
6 79 (19.70%) Security Architecture
7 77 (19.20%) Cloud Security
8 76 (18.95%) Computer Science
8 76 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
9 75 (18.70%) CI/CD
10 60 (14.96%) Agile
11 55 (13.72%) Security Testing
12 52 (12.97%) Vulnerability Management
13 51 (12.72%) Secure Coding
14 48 (11.97%) SIEM
15 47 (11.72%) DevOps
16 46 (11.47%) Identity Management
17 44 (10.97%) Security Operations
18 43 (10.72%) Identity Access Management
19 41 (10.22%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 42 (10.47%) SQL
2 33 (8.23%) Python
3 27 (6.73%) PowerShell
4 19 (4.74%) Java
4 19 (4.74%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.24%) C#
6 9 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (2.00%) R
8 7 (1.75%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.50%) C
9 6 (1.50%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.25%) Scala
11 3 (0.75%) Bash
11 3 (0.75%) C++
12 2 (0.50%) Go
13 1 (0.25%) Dart
13 1 (0.25%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.25%) PHP
13 1 (0.25%) Rust
13 1 (0.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 114 (28.43%) CISSP
2 109 (27.18%) Degree
3 69 (17.21%) CISM
4 56 (13.97%) Security Cleared
5 54 (13.47%) Cisco Certification
6 51 (12.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 50 (12.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 49 (12.22%) CCSP
9 48 (11.97%) Azure Certification
10 45 (11.22%) AWS Certification
11 43 (10.72%) DV Cleared
12 33 (8.23%) CCSK
13 14 (3.49%) PCI QSA
14 13 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
14 13 (3.24%) OSCP
14 13 (3.24%) SC Cleared
15 12 (2.99%) GIAC
16 11 (2.74%) CEH
16 11 (2.74%) SANS
17 10 (2.49%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (19.45%) NIST
2 33 (8.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (5.99%) GRC
3 24 (5.99%) PCI DSS
4 17 (4.24%) GDPR
5 13 (3.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (2.24%) NIST 800
7 7 (1.75%) COBIT
7 7 (1.75%) NCSC
7 7 (1.75%) SOC 2
8 6 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (1.25%) SLA
10 4 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.75%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.75%) ISO 31000
11 3 (0.75%) QA
12 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.50%) ITGC
12 2 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 63 (15.71%) Active Directory
2 56 (13.97%) Docker
3 14 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.49%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 69 (17.21%) Kubernetes
2 55 (13.72%) Terraform
3 46 (11.47%) Ansible
4 45 (11.22%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (2.24%) Nmap
6 8 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.75%) Nessus
8 6 (1.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 5 (1.25%) Kiali
9 5 (1.25%) Suricata
10 4 (1.00%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.75%) QRadar
11 3 (0.75%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.50%) CSIRT
13 1 (0.25%) CASB
13 1 (0.25%) WMI
13 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 91 (22.69%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.74%) Splunk
2 15 (3.74%) VMware
3 13 (3.24%) CyberArk
4 11 (2.74%) BeyondTrust
4 11 (2.74%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.49%) Qualys
6 8 (2.00%) Juniper
7 7 (1.75%) Cisco
8 5 (1.25%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.25%) F5
8 5 (1.25%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.00%) Google
10 3 (0.75%) IBM
10 3 (0.75%) Oracle
10 3 (0.75%) SAP
10 3 (0.75%) Veracode
11 2 (0.50%) Alibaba
11 2 (0.50%) Darktrace
11 2 (0.50%) HP