Dynamic Application Security Testing Jobs in England

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Dynamic Application Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Dynamic Application Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 612 801 875
Rank change year-on-year +189 +74 +135
Permanent jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing 43 42 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.093% 0.049% 0.060%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.057% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 29 26 32
10th Percentile £63,100 £58,125 £78,875
25th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £80,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -25.71% +6.06%
75th Percentile £105,000 £91,991 £100,625
90th Percentile £107,000 £101,250 £122,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -25.71% +9.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Dynamic Application Security Testing 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 43,396 73,150 88,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.61% 85.81% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,950 53,950 52,213
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,237
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Dynamic Application Security Testing in England

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Dynamic Application Security Testing in England

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Dynamic Application Security Testing in England

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +123 26 £96,500 +10.15% 28
Midlands +66 8 £75,000 +25.00% 2
West Midlands +50 8 £75,000 +25.00% 2
South East +95 5 £57,500 - 11
South West +108 1 £70,000 +7.69% 1
Dynamic Application Security Testing
UK

Dynamic Application Security Testing
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 9 (20.93%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 27 (62.79%) AWS
2 19 (44.19%) Azure
3 11 (25.58%) GitHub
3 11 (25.58%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (18.60%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (18.60%) IaaS
4 8 (18.60%) PaaS
4 8 (18.60%) SaaS
5 5 (11.63%) GCP
6 2 (4.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (2.33%) Datadog
7 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
7 1 (2.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.95%) Network Security
2 2 (4.65%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (32.56%) SonarQube
2 13 (30.23%) Jenkins
3 9 (20.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 9 (20.93%) JIRA
4 6 (13.95%) AppScan
5 2 (4.65%) Bitbucket
5 2 (4.65%) Git
5 2 (4.65%) GitLab
6 1 (2.33%) Burp Suite
6 1 (2.33%) CircleCI
6 1 (2.33%) Metasploit
6 1 (2.33%) Postman
6 1 (2.33%) REST Assured
6 1 (2.33%) SoapUI
6 1 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (2.33%) Zephyr
General
1 17 (39.53%) Finance
2 9 (20.93%) Public Sector
3 7 (16.28%) Banking
4 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.65%) Law
5 2 (4.65%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.33%) Military
6 1 (2.33%) Publishing
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
6 1 (2.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) DevOps Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) Senior
3 6 (13.95%) Security Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Lead
5 4 (9.30%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Environment And Release Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Environment Manager
6 3 (6.98%) JIRA Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Release Manager
7 2 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Lead DevOps
7 2 (4.65%) Salesforce Software Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Security Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Senior DevOps
7 2 (4.65%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.60%) ARM Templates
1 8 (18.60%) Azure Blueprints
2 4 (9.30%) .NET
3 2 (4.65%) REST
4 1 (2.33%) JWT
4 1 (2.33%) OAuth
4 1 (2.33%) OAuth2
4 1 (2.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (37.21%) Management Information System
2 8 (18.60%) Onboarding
3 5 (11.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (9.30%) Virtual Team
5 2 (4.65%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.65%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.63%) Linux
2 3 (6.98%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 29 (67.44%) Application Security
3 27 (62.79%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (51.16%) CI/CD
5 20 (46.51%) DevOps
5 20 (46.51%) DevSecOps
6 18 (41.86%) Software Engineering
7 12 (27.91%) Design Patterns
7 12 (27.91%) Release Management
7 12 (27.91%) SDLC
8 11 (25.58%) Cloud Security
8 11 (25.58%) Secure Coding
9 10 (23.26%) Containerisation
9 10 (23.26%) Mentoring
9 10 (23.26%) Security Testing
10 9 (20.93%) Threat Modelling
11 8 (18.60%) Continuous Delivery
11 8 (18.60%) Deployment Automation
11 8 (18.60%) Performance Analysis
11 8 (18.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.26%) Java
1 10 (23.26%) Python
2 5 (11.63%) Go
3 2 (4.65%) Apex Code
3 2 (4.65%) C++
3 2 (4.65%) Kotlin
3 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.65%) Ruby
3 2 (4.65%) Rust
4 1 (2.33%) Groovy
4 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Security Cleared
2 8 (18.60%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (9.30%) Degree
4 3 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.65%) CISSP
6 1 (2.33%) CASP
6 1 (2.33%) CISM
6 1 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.33%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.33%) CSSLP
6 1 (2.33%) GIAC
6 1 (2.33%) GWAPT
6 1 (2.33%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.93%) NCSC
2 7 (16.28%) GDPR
3 6 (13.95%) PCI DSS
3 6 (13.95%) SLA
4 5 (11.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (11.63%) NIST
5 4 (9.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (4.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 10 (23.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (44.19%) Ansible
2 13 (30.23%) Kubernetes
3 9 (20.93%) Terraform
4 8 (18.60%) Progress Chef
4 8 (18.60%) Puppet
5 5 (11.63%) HP Fortify
6 1 (2.33%) Grafana
6 1 (2.33%) Nessus
6 1 (2.33%) Prometheus
6 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Atlassian
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.98%) Splunk
3 2 (4.65%) Alibaba
3 2 (4.65%) Oracle
3 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.33%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.33%) Dynatrace
4 1 (2.33%) Graphcore
4 1 (2.33%) McAfee