Application Security Jobs in London

Application Security (AppSec)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Application Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Application Security over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 297 346
Rank change year-on-year +23 +49 +143
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 113 230 307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.87% 0.97% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.07% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 91 144 197
10th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £64,375 £67,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £75,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -14.29% +11.11%
75th Percentile £123,750 £98,125 £101,185
90th Percentile £137,500 £122,125 £122,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,446 21,516 32,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.25% 90.97% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,205 15,872 23,232
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,171
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in London.

Salary trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Application Security in London

Application Security
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London -9 8 £39,500 -60.50% 23
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (8.85%) Confluence
2 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.54%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (3.54%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (40.71%) AWS
2 38 (33.63%) Azure
3 22 (19.47%) Amazon EC2
4 12 (10.62%) Power Platform
5 11 (9.73%) GCP
6 10 (8.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 9 (7.96%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (7.08%) GitHub
9 7 (6.19%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (6.19%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (5.31%) PaaS
11 5 (4.42%) Serverless
12 4 (3.54%) Entra ID
12 4 (3.54%) IaaS
12 4 (3.54%) SaaS
13 3 (2.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 3 (2.65%) Power Automate
13 3 (2.65%) PowerApps
13 3 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.73%) Network Security
2 8 (7.08%) Firewall
3 3 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (17.70%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (8.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (6.19%) DB2
3 7 (6.19%) Relational Database
3 7 (6.19%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.77%) Big Data
4 2 (1.77%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.88%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.88%) HBase
5 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.88%) Power BI
5 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (17.70%) IntelliJ
2 13 (11.50%) Jenkins
3 10 (8.85%) JIRA
4 8 (7.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (6.19%) Visual Studio
6 5 (4.42%) AppScan
6 5 (4.42%) SonarQube
7 4 (3.54%) Postman
7 4 (3.54%) SoapUI
8 3 (2.65%) Cypress.io
8 3 (2.65%) JMeter
8 3 (2.65%) Mocha
8 3 (2.65%) MSTest
8 3 (2.65%) NUnit
8 3 (2.65%) Selenium
8 3 (2.65%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.88%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.88%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.88%) Subversion
9 1 (0.88%) Xcode
General
1 30 (26.55%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.47%) Finance
3 12 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.19%) Banking
5 5 (4.42%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.77%) Back Office
6 2 (1.77%) Games
6 2 (1.77%) Law
6 2 (1.77%) Legal
6 2 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.88%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (0.88%) Marketing
7 1 (0.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (26.55%) Senior
2 21 (18.58%) Lead
3 20 (17.70%) Java Engineer
4 18 (15.93%) Security Engineer
5 14 (12.39%) Analyst
5 14 (12.39%) Senior Java Engineer
6 8 (7.08%) Architect
7 7 (6.19%) Applications Support
7 7 (6.19%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 7 (6.19%) Security Analyst
8 6 (5.31%) Applications Support Analyst
8 6 (5.31%) Lead Java Engineer
8 6 (5.31%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (5.31%) Support Analyst
8 6 (5.31%) Tester
9 5 (4.42%) Development Manager
9 5 (4.42%) Penetration Tester
9 5 (4.42%) Security Specialist
9 5 (4.42%) Senior Support Analyst
9 5 (4.42%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (19.47%) React
2 17 (15.04%) REST
3 13 (11.50%) .NET
4 9 (7.96%) .NET Framework
5 7 (6.19%) ASP.NET
6 6 (5.31%) RESTful
7 5 (4.42%) SLSA
8 4 (3.54%) Web Services
8 4 (3.54%) YAML
9 3 (2.65%) Jest
9 3 (2.65%) Playwright
9 3 (2.65%) Swagger
9 3 (2.65%) WebdriverIO
10 2 (1.77%) AngularJS
10 2 (1.77%) JSON
11 1 (0.88%) J2EE
11 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
11 1 (0.88%) OAuth
11 1 (0.88%) OAuth2
11 1 (0.88%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.96%) Management Information System
2 7 (6.19%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.19%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.42%) Blog
3 5 (4.42%) Virtual Team
4 4 (3.54%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (3.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.54%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.65%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.88%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.27%) Windows
2 4 (3.54%) Linux
2 4 (3.54%) Windows 7
2 4 (3.54%) Windows Server
2 4 (3.54%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (3.54%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (0.88%) Android
3 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (42.48%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (33.63%) Security Testing
3 37 (32.74%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (28.32%) CI/CD
5 25 (22.12%) DevOps
6 24 (21.24%) Cloud Security
6 24 (21.24%) DevSecOps
7 23 (20.35%) Containerisation
7 23 (20.35%) SDLC
8 21 (18.58%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 21 (18.58%) Open Source
8 21 (18.58%) Static Application Security Testing
9 20 (17.70%) Creative Thinking
10 18 (15.93%) Agile
10 18 (15.93%) Software Testing
11 17 (15.04%) Penetration Testing
12 16 (14.16%) Information Security
13 15 (13.27%) Secure Coding
13 15 (13.27%) TDD
14 14 (12.39%) Emotional Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 29 (25.66%) Java
2 17 (15.04%) Python
3 13 (11.50%) SQL
4 11 (9.73%) C#
5 8 (7.08%) PowerShell
6 7 (6.19%) JavaScript
6 7 (6.19%) PL/SQL
6 7 (6.19%) T-SQL
6 7 (6.19%) VB.NET
7 6 (5.31%) Go
8 5 (4.42%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.65%) Ruby
10 1 (0.88%) Bash
10 1 (0.88%) C++
10 1 (0.88%) Groovy
10 1 (0.88%) Swift
10 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (28.32%) Degree
2 16 (14.16%) Master's Degree
3 14 (12.39%) PhD
4 11 (9.73%) Security Cleared
5 9 (7.96%) CISSP
6 8 (7.08%) CISM
7 7 (6.19%) AWS Certification
7 7 (6.19%) CREST Certified
7 7 (6.19%) SC Cleared
8 5 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.54%) CHECK Team Leader
9 4 (3.54%) DV Cleared
9 4 (3.54%) ISTQB
9 4 (3.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (3.54%) OSCP
9 4 (3.54%) SSCP
10 3 (2.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.65%) CHECK Team Member
10 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.65%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (26.55%) NIST
2 22 (19.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (10.62%) GDPR
4 9 (7.96%) NCSC
5 8 (7.08%) PCI DSS
6 7 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (4.42%) SLA
8 4 (3.54%) SOC 2
9 3 (2.65%) QA
10 2 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (1.77%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.88%) COBIT
11 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (19.47%) Docker
2 9 (7.96%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 27 (23.89%) Kubernetes
2 12 (10.62%) Ansible
3 7 (6.19%) Progress Chef
3 7 (6.19%) Puppet
4 5 (4.42%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.88%) Argo
6 1 (0.88%) Grafana
6 1 (0.88%) Nessus
6 1 (0.88%) SCCM
6 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.96%) ServiceNow
3 7 (6.19%) SolarWinds
4 5 (4.42%) Atlassian
4 5 (4.42%) Google
5 4 (3.54%) Oracle
5 4 (3.54%) VMware
6 3 (2.65%) Cisco
6 3 (2.65%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.65%) Siebel
7 2 (1.77%) F5
7 2 (1.77%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.77%) Splunk
8 1 (0.88%) Apple
8 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.88%) Juniper
8 1 (0.88%) Ping Identity
8 1 (0.88%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.88%) Sybase
8 1 (0.88%) Varonis