OWASP Jobs in England

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for OWASP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited OWASP over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 563 542
Rank change year-on-year +19 -21 -101
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 285 407 794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.44% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.46% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 205 208 463
10th Percentile £52,108 £46,243 £42,500
25th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +30.77% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,375 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £84,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +29.23% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

OWASP 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 72,867 88,602 125,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,758 52,331 73,895
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,338
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in England

OWASP
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for OWASP in England

OWASP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing OWASP in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for OWASP in England

OWASP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +13 104 £70,000 -17.65% 25
South East +33 64 £70,000 -6.67% 14
North of England +31 48 £79,842 +45.17% 7
South West +7 40 £70,000 -34.20% 3
North West +21 33 £63,103 +44.24% 2
East of England +12 19 £65,000 -27.78% 3
Yorkshire +79 11 £79,842 -15.96% 4
West Midlands +25 7 £77,500 +34.78% 2
Midlands -2 7 £77,500 +34.78% 2
North East - 4 £79,842 - 1
OWASP
UK

OWASP
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 15 (5.26%) CMS
2 7 (2.46%) Confluence
3 6 (2.11%) EPiServer
4 5 (1.75%) IIS
5 3 (1.05%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 135 (47.37%) Azure
2 80 (28.07%) AWS
3 30 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
4 29 (10.18%) SaaS
5 17 (5.96%) Serverless
6 8 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (2.46%) Pulumi
8 6 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.75%) Azure API Management
9 5 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.40%) GCP
10 4 (1.40%) IaaS
10 4 (1.40%) PaaS
11 3 (1.05%) Cloudflare
11 3 (1.05%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.05%) GitHub
11 3 (1.05%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.58%) Network Security
1 33 (11.58%) SD-WAN
1 33 (11.58%) WAN
2 19 (6.67%) Firewall
3 16 (5.61%) Internet
4 12 (4.21%) Wireless
5 8 (2.81%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.40%) VPN
7 2 (0.70%) DNS
7 2 (0.70%) HTTP
7 2 (0.70%) IPv4
7 2 (0.70%) SSL
7 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.70%) VoIP
7 2 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.68%) SQL Server
2 19 (6.67%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.40%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.40%) Redis
4 3 (1.05%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.70%) MySQL
5 2 (0.70%) Power BI
6 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.35%) Big Data
6 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.35%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.35%) OLTP
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (17.89%) Git
2 25 (8.77%) Visual Studio
3 17 (5.96%) Oracle APEX
4 15 (5.26%) NUnit
5 12 (4.21%) Burp Suite
6 10 (3.51%) Metasploit
7 8 (2.81%) Selenium
8 7 (2.46%) Jasmine
8 7 (2.46%) Jenkins
8 7 (2.46%) JIRA
8 7 (2.46%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (2.46%) TeamCity
8 7 (2.46%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (1.75%) MSTest
10 4 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (1.05%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.70%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.70%) Gradle
12 2 (0.70%) Moq
General
1 77 (27.02%) Social Skills
2 67 (23.51%) Finance
3 31 (10.88%) Marketing
4 26 (9.12%) Law
5 22 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.61%) Public Sector
8 15 (5.26%) Banking
9 12 (4.21%) Retail
10 10 (3.51%) Aerospace
10 10 (3.51%) Automotive
10 10 (3.51%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.81%) Legal
12 6 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.70%) Back Office
13 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.70%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.70%) Police
14 1 (0.35%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 87 (30.53%) Senior
2 82 (28.77%) Architect
3 74 (25.96%) Developer
4 58 (20.35%) Security Architect
5 57 (20.00%) Lead
6 38 (13.33%) Senior Developer
7 37 (12.98%) Security Manager
8 32 (11.23%) Lead Architect
9 27 (9.47%) Lead Security Architect
10 23 (8.07%) .NET Developer
10 23 (8.07%) Software Developer
10 23 (8.07%) Technical Architect
11 16 (5.61%) Analyst
12 15 (5.26%) Security Analyst
13 14 (4.91%) Security Specialist
14 13 (4.56%) Full Stack Developer
14 13 (4.56%) Lead Developer
15 11 (3.86%) Lead .NET Developer
15 11 (3.86%) Senior Architect
15 11 (3.86%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (24.21%) .NET
2 47 (16.49%) REST
3 43 (15.09%) React
4 40 (14.04%) JSON
5 37 (12.98%) HTML
6 30 (10.53%) ASP.NET
6 30 (10.53%) CSS
7 24 (8.42%) .NET Framework
8 20 (7.02%) Web Services
9 19 (6.67%) AngularJS
10 18 (6.32%) jQuery
11 16 (5.61%) Node.js
12 15 (5.26%) SOAP
13 14 (4.91%) .NET Core
14 13 (4.56%) OAuth
14 13 (4.56%) RESTful
14 13 (4.56%) Spring
14 13 (4.56%) XML
15 12 (4.21%) XSLT
16 11 (3.86%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 56 (19.65%) Management Information System
2 34 (11.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 34 (11.93%) IoT
3 26 (9.12%) Product Ownership
4 23 (8.07%) Mobile App
5 22 (7.72%) Cloud Native
6 20 (7.02%) Security Posture
7 13 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.46%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.46%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.75%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.75%) Replication
10 4 (1.40%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.40%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
11 3 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.70%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.86%) Linux
2 9 (3.16%) Kali Linux
3 8 (2.81%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.46%) Debian
5 4 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.70%) Windows
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (35.79%) Agile
2 92 (32.28%) Application Security
3 87 (30.53%) Information Security
4 78 (27.37%) Cybersecurity
5 74 (25.96%) CI/CD
6 56 (19.65%) Secure Coding
7 55 (19.30%) Mentoring
8 52 (18.25%) DevOps
8 52 (18.25%) Security Architecture
9 51 (17.89%) Microservices
10 50 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
11 49 (17.19%) Vulnerability Management
12 48 (16.84%) Penetration Testing
12 48 (16.84%) TDD
13 46 (16.14%) Test Automation
14 41 (14.39%) Software Engineering
15 39 (13.68%) SDLC
16 37 (12.98%) Computer Science
17 36 (12.63%) DevSecOps
18 35 (12.28%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 98 (34.39%) JavaScript
2 71 (24.91%) C#
3 64 (22.46%) SQL
4 42 (14.74%) Python
5 38 (13.33%) Java
6 23 (8.07%) TypeScript
7 17 (5.96%) PL/SQL
8 16 (5.61%) T-SQL
9 12 (4.21%) XPath
10 11 (3.86%) C
11 10 (3.51%) Bash
12 8 (2.81%) PowerShell
13 7 (2.46%) Bicep
14 5 (1.75%) R
14 5 (1.75%) Scala
15 4 (1.40%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (1.40%) Swift
16 2 (0.70%) PHP
16 2 (0.70%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 74 (25.96%) CISSP
2 57 (20.00%) CISM
3 47 (16.49%) AWS Certification
4 43 (15.09%) Azure Certification
5 40 (14.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 39 (13.68%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (13.68%) Degree
7 37 (12.98%) CCSP
8 33 (11.58%) CCSK
9 25 (8.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 23 (8.07%) OSCP
11 15 (5.26%) CEH
11 15 (5.26%) CREST Certified
12 14 (4.91%) CISA
13 11 (3.86%) CompTIA CySA+
13 11 (3.86%) DBS Check
14 10 (3.51%) HNC
14 10 (3.51%) HND
15 9 (3.16%) GIAC
16 8 (2.81%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (28.77%) NIST
2 38 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (8.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (8.42%) PCI DSS
4 15 (5.26%) GDPR
4 15 (5.26%) GRC
5 14 (4.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 10 (3.51%) SLA
7 9 (3.16%) NCSC
8 7 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 7 (2.46%) PMO
9 6 (2.11%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (2.11%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.40%) COBIT
11 3 (1.05%) ISO 9000
11 3 (1.05%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.70%) ISO 31000
13 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (20.35%) Docker
2 7 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.35%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 53 (18.60%) Kubernetes
2 33 (11.58%) Single Sign-On
3 13 (4.56%) Nessus
4 11 (3.86%) Nmap
5 9 (3.16%) Terraform
6 7 (2.46%) MIIS
7 6 (2.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (1.05%) Kibana
8 3 (1.05%) Suricata
9 2 (0.70%) Grafana
9 2 (0.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 51 (17.89%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.67%) Oracle
3 17 (5.96%) Qualys
4 5 (1.75%) Splunk
5 3 (1.05%) Cisco
5 3 (1.05%) Google
5 3 (1.05%) Juniper
5 3 (1.05%) Palo Alto
6 2 (0.70%) IBM
6 2 (0.70%) Tanium
7 1 (0.35%) CA
7 1 (0.35%) VMware