Application Security Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Application Security (AppSec)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.047% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £76,250
% change year-on-year +10.71% -8.20% -19.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Application Security 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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,655 475 1,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 76.98% 84.37% 82.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,085 310 689
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £65,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £80,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Application Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Application Security job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Application Security
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Application Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Application Security

Application Security
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 22 August 2026. 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
Cheltenham - 1 £80,000 - 3
Application Security
South West

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable