Secure Coding Jobs in England

Secure Code Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Secure Coding skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Secure Coding over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 606 724 750
Rank change year-on-year +118 +26 -77
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 233 203 411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.22% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.23% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 116 88 239
10th Percentile £50,625 £45,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,996 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% - +21.95%
75th Percentile £84,919 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +17.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Secure Coding 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 73,078 88,196 126,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.76% 95.63% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,838 52,122 73,896
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £45,910 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,650 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,185 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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 2024.

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 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
North of England +100 77 £79,842 +62.94% 6
North West +58 54 £61,206 -18.39% 4
South West +12 54 £67,500 +42.11% 6
London +41 47 £79,842 -6.07% 26
South East +36 28 £70,000 +12.00% 5
Yorkshire +104 19 £79,842 +85.68% 2
Midlands +22 19 £79,842 +38.86% 3
West Midlands +20 10 £79,842 +52.08% 2
East Midlands -11 9 - - 1
North East - 6 £79,842 -
East of England - 2 £63,750 - 2
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 5 (2.15%) nginx
2 3 (1.29%) NServiceBus
3 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 151 (64.81%) AWS
2 105 (45.06%) Azure
3 21 (9.01%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (4.72%) Serverless
5 10 (4.29%) GitHub
5 10 (4.29%) Google Play
6 9 (3.86%) GCP
7 8 (3.43%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (2.58%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (2.15%) Azure Functions
9 5 (2.15%) npm
9 5 (2.15%) SaaS
10 4 (1.72%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.29%) Azure Key Vault
11 3 (1.29%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.29%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.29%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.88%) WAN
2 33 (14.16%) SD-WAN
3 14 (6.01%) Firewall
4 10 (4.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (2.15%) Network Security
6 4 (1.72%) Internet
6 4 (1.72%) LAN
6 4 (1.72%) VoIP
6 4 (1.72%) VPN
7 3 (1.29%) X.509
8 1 (0.43%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.43%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.43%) Modbus
8 1 (0.43%) MQTT
8 1 (0.43%) Wireless
8 1 (0.43%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (29.61%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (27.04%) Oracle Database
2 63 (27.04%) Oracle Database 11g
3 19 (8.15%) SQL Server
4 12 (5.15%) MySQL
5 5 (2.15%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.15%) MongoDB
5 5 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (1.72%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.29%) Big Data
7 3 (1.29%) Power BI
7 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.43%) GIS
9 1 (0.43%) OLTP
9 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 25 (10.73%) Git
2 17 (7.30%) Visual Studio
3 10 (4.29%) Appium
4 5 (2.15%) JIRA
4 5 (2.15%) webpack
5 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.43%) Moq
6 1 (0.43%) NUnit
6 1 (0.43%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.43%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.43%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 39 (16.74%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.30%) Finance
3 8 (3.43%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
4 7 (3.00%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.58%) Legal
6 5 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.15%) Law
7 3 (1.29%) Banking
7 3 (1.29%) Multimedia
7 3 (1.29%) Retail
8 2 (0.86%) Financial Institution
8 2 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.86%) Tech for Good
8 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.43%) Advertising
9 1 (0.43%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.43%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 134 (57.51%) Developer
2 106 (45.49%) Senior
3 93 (39.91%) Senior Developer
4 63 (27.04%) Database Developer
4 63 (27.04%) PostgreSQL Developer
5 56 (24.03%) Senior Database Developer
6 46 (19.74%) Architect
6 46 (19.74%) Security Architect
7 32 (13.73%) Lead
7 32 (13.73%) Software Engineer
8 27 (11.59%) Lead Architect
8 27 (11.59%) Lead Security Architect
9 16 (6.87%) Software Developer
10 14 (6.01%) .NET Developer
11 10 (4.29%) Android Developer
11 10 (4.29%) Senior Android Developer
11 10 (4.29%) Senior Software Developer
12 8 (3.43%) Backend Developer
12 8 (3.43%) Senior Software Engineer
13 7 (3.00%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (15.45%) .NET
2 34 (14.59%) React
3 33 (14.16%) AngularJS
4 25 (10.73%) ASP.NET
5 23 (9.87%) CSS
5 23 (9.87%) HTML
6 21 (9.01%) jQuery
6 21 (9.01%) Vue
7 15 (6.44%) ASP.NET MVC
7 15 (6.44%) KnockoutJS
8 12 (5.15%) Spring
9 11 (4.72%) JSON
10 10 (4.29%) Android SDK
10 10 (4.29%) REST
11 9 (3.86%) RESTful
12 8 (3.43%) Node.js
12 8 (3.43%) OAuth
12 8 (3.43%) OAuth2
13 7 (3.00%) GraphQL
13 7 (3.00%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.60%) Management Information System
2 33 (14.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 11 (4.72%) Mobile App
4 10 (4.29%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.86%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.43%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.58%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.15%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.72%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.72%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.29%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.29%) IoT
10 3 (1.29%) PKI
10 3 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.86%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.86%) Life Science
11 2 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.43%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.58%) Android
2 11 (4.72%) Linux
3 8 (3.43%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.00%) Windows
5 4 (1.72%) CentOS
5 4 (1.72%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (39.48%) Unit Testing
2 86 (36.91%) Actionable Insight
3 73 (31.33%) Agile
4 70 (30.04%) Migration
5 65 (27.90%) Artificial Intelligence
6 64 (27.47%) Data Migration
7 63 (27.04%) Performance Tuning
8 58 (24.89%) CI/CD
9 57 (24.46%) DevOps
9 57 (24.46%) OWASP
10 50 (21.46%) Application Security
11 49 (21.03%) Clean Code
12 44 (18.88%) Information Security
13 43 (18.45%) Software Engineering
14 41 (17.60%) Security Architecture
15 38 (16.31%) Design Patterns
16 34 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (14.16%) Identity Management
18 29 (12.45%) MVC
19 28 (12.02%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 78 (33.48%) SQL
2 63 (27.04%) PL/SQL
3 49 (21.03%) JavaScript
4 43 (18.45%) C#
5 31 (13.30%) Java
6 27 (11.59%) Python
7 13 (5.58%) Kotlin
8 12 (5.15%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.86%) PHP
9 9 (3.86%) T-SQL
10 7 (3.00%) C++
11 5 (2.15%) C
11 5 (2.15%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.72%) Swift
13 3 (1.29%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.43%) Bash
14 1 (0.43%) Bicep
14 1 (0.43%) Go
14 1 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 52 (22.32%) CISSP
2 41 (17.60%) AWS Certification
3 40 (17.17%) CISM
4 39 (16.74%) Azure Certification
5 36 (15.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 36 (15.45%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (14.59%) CCSK
6 34 (14.59%) CCSP
7 27 (11.59%) Security Cleared
8 23 (9.87%) Degree
9 18 (7.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (4.72%) CISA
11 8 (3.43%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.72%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.29%) CEH
13 3 (1.29%) OSCP
14 2 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.86%) CRISC
14 2 (0.86%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (17.60%) QA
2 37 (15.88%) NIST
3 14 (6.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.58%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.58%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (1.72%) NCSC
6 3 (1.29%) GDPR
7 2 (0.86%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.43%) MISRA
8 1 (0.43%) MISRA C
System Software
1 42 (18.03%) Docker
2 4 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.43%) Firmware
3 1 (0.43%) LXC
3 1 (0.43%) OpenSIPS
3 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (16.31%) Kubernetes
2 33 (14.16%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (3.00%) Terraform
4 6 (2.58%) Ansible
4 6 (2.58%) Nessus
5 4 (1.72%) Suricata
6 2 (0.86%) Grafana
6 2 (0.86%) Kibana
6 2 (0.86%) logstash
6 2 (0.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (30.04%) Oracle
2 33 (14.16%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.58%) Google
4 6 (2.58%) Splunk
5 4 (1.72%) Cisco
5 4 (1.72%) Juniper
5 4 (1.72%) Palo Alto
5 4 (1.72%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.72%) VMware
6 1 (0.43%) ESRI
6 1 (0.43%) Renesas
6 1 (0.43%) Xamarin