Static Application Security Testing Job Trends in Kent

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Static Application Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Static Application Security Testing 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.19% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £106,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 - -
75th Percentile £118,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £112,500 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year +95.65% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Static 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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 877 659 683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.35% 90.40% 80.16%
Number of salaries quoted 466 201 554
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £23,575
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Static Application Security Testing job vacancy trend in Kent

Static Application Security Testing
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Static Application Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Static Application Security Testing

Static Application Security Testing
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Static Application Security Testing within the Kent region over the 6 months to 29 January 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
Tunbridge Wells - 1 - -
Static Application Security Testing
South East

Static Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure API Management
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) AMQP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Snyk
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) API Design
2 1 (50.00%) B2B
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 2 (100.00%) Qualys
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce