Secure Coding Jobs in England

Secure Code Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Secure Coding skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Secure Coding over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 609 724
Rank change year-on-year +127 +115 +14
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 183 234 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.27% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.32% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 95 116 89
10th Percentile - £50,625 £46,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,996 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% -5.34% -
75th Percentile £79,125 £84,919 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% -6.67% +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Secure Coding 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 43,566 73,204 88,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.64% 85.81% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 23,957 53,948 52,209
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,296
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,783
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 £101,185
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Secure Coding in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Secure Coding within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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 +115 60 £78,000 -2.31% 81
South East +129 47 £55,000 -21.43% 22
North of England +19 26 £55,500 -30.49% 29
East of England +69 19 £62,500 -1.96% 3
North West -13 19 £62,500 +2.11% 19
South West +74 16 £55,000 -18.52% 24
Midlands +53 12 £62,500 -21.72% 17
West Midlands +54 10 £70,000 -12.33% 10
Yorkshire +66 6 £53,375 -33.15% 9
East Midlands +33 2 £55,000 - 6
North East +43 1 £55,000 -31.11% 1
Secure Coding
UK

Secure Coding
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 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.19%) Confluence
2 4 (2.19%) Drupal
3 3 (1.64%) CMS
4 2 (1.09%) IIS
4 2 (1.09%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.28%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.64%) Shopify
3 1 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 114 (62.30%) AWS
2 97 (53.01%) Azure
3 50 (27.32%) AWS CloudFormation
4 49 (26.78%) Amazon EKS
5 39 (21.31%) Serverless
6 29 (15.85%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (6.56%) PaaS
8 9 (4.92%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (4.37%) Amazon S3
9 8 (4.37%) Azure Functions
9 8 (4.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (4.37%) GCP
10 7 (3.83%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (3.83%) GitHub
11 6 (3.28%) Azure App Service
11 6 (3.28%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (3.28%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.73%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 5 (2.73%) CloudFront
12 5 (2.73%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.83%) Network Security
2 5 (2.73%) Firewall
3 2 (1.09%) HTTP
4 1 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (27.32%) Elasticsearch
2 28 (15.30%) DynamoDB
3 19 (10.38%) NoSQL
4 13 (7.10%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (6.56%) MySQL
6 10 (5.46%) SQL Server
7 5 (2.73%) DocumentDB
7 5 (2.73%) Redis
8 4 (2.19%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.64%) Power BI
10 2 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.09%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.09%) Couchbase
11 1 (0.55%) Endeca
11 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (10.93%) Git
2 10 (5.46%) GitLab
3 9 (4.92%) JIRA
4 6 (3.28%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.19%) Mocha
6 3 (1.64%) NUnit
7 2 (1.09%) JUnit
8 1 (0.55%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.55%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.55%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.55%) Maven
8 1 (0.55%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.55%) Moq
8 1 (0.55%) MSTest
8 1 (0.55%) Postman
8 1 (0.55%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.55%) Selenium
8 1 (0.55%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.55%) xUnit.net
General
1 69 (37.70%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (33.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 32 (17.49%) Finance
4 21 (11.48%) Social Skills
5 12 (6.56%) Banking
6 6 (3.28%) Law
7 5 (2.73%) Retail Banking
8 4 (2.19%) Electronics
8 4 (2.19%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.09%) Legal
9 2 (1.09%) Marketing
10 1 (0.55%) Aviation
10 1 (0.55%) Back Office
10 1 (0.55%) Military
10 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 123 (67.21%) Developer
2 69 (37.70%) Software Developer
3 54 (29.51%) Senior
4 44 (24.04%) Senior Developer
5 25 (13.66%) Full-Stack Developer
6 18 (9.84%) Software Engineer
7 15 (8.20%) Senior Software Developer
8 14 (7.65%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (6.56%) Security Engineer
10 10 (5.46%) React Developer
11 9 (4.92%) Analyst
11 9 (4.92%) Node.js Developer
11 9 (4.92%) Security Analyst
12 7 (3.83%) .NET Developer
12 7 (3.83%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
12 7 (3.83%) JavaScript Developer
12 7 (3.83%) Senior .NET Developer
13 6 (3.28%) AWS Developer
13 6 (3.28%) DevSecOps Engineer
14 5 (2.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (55.19%) Node.js
2 82 (44.81%) .NET
3 53 (28.96%) React
4 49 (26.78%) Pandas
5 32 (17.49%) GraphQL
6 16 (8.74%) CSS
7 14 (7.65%) HTML
8 13 (7.10%) REST
9 11 (6.01%) .NET Framework
9 11 (6.01%) Middleware
9 11 (6.01%) RESTful
10 10 (5.46%) .NET Core
11 8 (4.37%) Vue
12 7 (3.83%) AngularJS
12 7 (3.83%) ASP.NET
12 7 (3.83%) Svelte
13 6 (3.28%) HTML5
13 6 (3.28%) Jest
14 5 (2.73%) Entity Framework
14 5 (2.73%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 49 (26.78%) Cyberattack
2 10 (5.46%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.37%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (4.37%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.83%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.73%) Blog
5 5 (2.73%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.73%) Distributed Applications
5 5 (2.73%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.19%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.19%) EMV
7 3 (1.64%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.64%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.09%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (32.24%) Android
2 56 (30.60%) Linux
3 10 (5.46%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (54.64%) CI/CD
2 95 (51.91%) Agile
3 84 (45.90%) OWASP
4 80 (43.72%) Kanban
5 69 (37.70%) Software Engineering
6 64 (34.97%) Containerisation
7 57 (31.15%) Collaborative Working
8 56 (30.60%) OO
8 56 (30.60%) OOP
9 54 (29.51%) Android Development
10 52 (28.42%) Design Patterns
10 52 (28.42%) Test Automation
11 51 (27.87%) Mathematics
12 50 (27.32%) Full-Stack Development
13 49 (26.78%) Line Management
13 49 (26.78%) Statistics
14 43 (23.50%) Unit Testing
15 42 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
16 38 (20.77%) DevOps
17 37 (20.22%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 94 (51.37%) JavaScript
2 73 (39.89%) Java
3 66 (36.07%) Python
4 63 (34.43%) C++
5 57 (31.15%) Go
6 53 (28.96%) Rust
7 43 (23.50%) TypeScript
8 33 (18.03%) C#
9 18 (9.84%) SQL
10 9 (4.92%) PHP
11 6 (3.28%) Bicep
12 5 (2.73%) PowerShell
13 4 (2.19%) C
13 4 (2.19%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.64%) Ruby
15 2 (1.09%) Bash
15 2 (1.09%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.55%) Perl
16 1 (0.55%) Swift
Qualifications
1 55 (30.05%) Security Cleared
2 52 (28.42%) DV Cleared
3 12 (6.56%) Degree
4 7 (3.83%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.28%) CISSP
6 5 (2.73%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.73%) CISA
6 5 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.19%) SSCP
8 3 (1.64%) CSSLP
8 3 (1.64%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.09%) CCNA
9 2 (1.09%) CCNP
9 2 (1.09%) CEH
9 2 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.55%) CISM
10 1 (0.55%) GIAC
10 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.55%) MCSD
10 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (10.93%) NIST
3 18 (9.84%) GDPR
4 6 (3.28%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.73%) QA
6 4 (2.19%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.64%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.55%) GRC
9 1 (0.55%) NCSC
9 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
System Software
1 68 (37.16%) Docker
2 3 (1.64%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.55%) Squid
Systems Management
1 64 (34.97%) Kubernetes
2 52 (28.42%) Terraform
3 50 (27.32%) Ansible
4 5 (2.73%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.55%) Kibana
5 1 (0.55%) Nessus
5 1 (0.55%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.55%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (9.84%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.83%) Oracle
3 5 (2.73%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.64%) Alibaba
4 3 (1.64%) Google
5 2 (1.09%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.09%) Cisco
5 2 (1.09%) F5
5 2 (1.09%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.09%) iManage
5 2 (1.09%) Okta
5 2 (1.09%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.55%) Checkmarx
6 1 (0.55%) CyberSource
6 1 (0.55%) ForgeRock
6 1 (0.55%) New Relic
6 1 (0.55%) Ping Identity
6 1 (0.55%) Splunk