Application Security Jobs in London

Application Security (AppSec)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Application Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Application Security over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 353 471
Rank change year-on-year +52 +118 -87
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 232 311 480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.98% 0.91% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.95% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 146 197 238
10th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,750
25th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £63,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £87,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £101,185 £104,375
90th Percentile £121,250 £122,500 £122,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Application Security 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,544 32,669 65,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.15% 95.34% 96.95%
Number of salaries quoted 15,990 23,508 34,093
10th Percentile £37,519 £43,411 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,830 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,555 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.93% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 11 May 2024.

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 11 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
Central London +73 41 £100,000 +11.11% 4
South London -2 1 £61,050 -
West London -6 1 £57,500 -37.50%
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 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.43%) Apache
2 1 (0.43%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) Drupal
2 1 (0.43%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 56 (24.14%) Azure
2 34 (14.66%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (13.79%) AWS
4 14 (6.03%) Azure AKS
5 13 (5.60%) GCP
6 10 (4.31%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (3.45%) SaaS
8 5 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.72%) IaaS
9 4 (1.72%) PaaS
10 3 (1.29%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 85 (36.64%) Firewall
2 46 (19.83%) WAN
3 45 (19.40%) VPN
4 42 (18.10%) LAN
5 38 (16.38%) Network Security
6 37 (15.95%) Internet
7 12 (5.17%) Wireless
8 6 (2.59%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.72%) BGP
9 4 (1.72%) Ethernet VPN
9 4 (1.72%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (1.72%) HTTP
9 4 (1.72%) MPLS
9 4 (1.72%) OSPF
9 4 (1.72%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.72%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.72%) tcpdump
9 4 (1.72%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.72%) VXLAN
9 4 (1.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.16%) CockroachDB
2 3 (1.29%) Looker
2 3 (1.29%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.29%) RDBMS
2 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.43%) Power BI
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 37 (15.95%) Burp Suite
2 36 (15.52%) Metasploit
3 9 (3.88%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.16%) Jaeger
4 5 (2.16%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.86%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.43%) JIRA
6 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 96 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 69 (29.74%) Finance
3 42 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (16.38%) Retail
5 14 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (5.60%) Banking
7 11 (4.74%) Health Technology
8 10 (4.31%) Law
8 10 (4.31%) Legal
8 10 (4.31%) Tech for Good
9 9 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (3.88%) Financial Institution
10 7 (3.02%) Marketing
10 7 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.72%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.86%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.43%) Police
14 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 67 (28.88%) Architect
2 65 (28.02%) Senior
3 35 (15.09%) Analyst
4 34 (14.66%) Penetration Tester
4 34 (14.66%) Security Analyst
4 34 (14.66%) Tester
5 27 (11.64%) Security Architect
6 25 (10.78%) Security Engineer
7 24 (10.34%) Senior Analyst
8 23 (9.91%) Senior Security Analyst
9 22 (9.48%) Infrastructure Architect
10 19 (8.19%) CISSP Analyst
11 15 (6.47%) IT Analyst
11 15 (6.47%) IT Security Analyst
11 15 (6.47%) Senior IT Security Analyst
12 14 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (6.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (4.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 10 (4.31%) IT Architect
14 10 (4.31%) IT Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.31%) OAuth
2 9 (3.88%) SailPoint
3 8 (3.45%) REST
4 7 (3.02%) SAML
4 7 (3.02%) web3js
5 6 (2.59%) Kafka
5 6 (2.59%) Middleware
6 5 (2.16%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (2.16%) Spring Boot
6 5 (2.16%) Web Services
7 4 (1.72%) HTML
7 4 (1.72%) RESTful
8 3 (1.29%) JSON
8 3 (1.29%) XML
9 2 (0.86%) .NET
9 2 (0.86%) HTML5
9 2 (0.86%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.86%) OpenID
9 2 (0.86%) React
9 2 (0.86%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 36 (15.52%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 14 (6.03%) PKI
3 13 (5.60%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (5.17%) Security Posture
5 11 (4.74%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.88%) Robotics
7 8 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (3.02%) Blockchain
8 7 (3.02%) Web3
9 5 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.29%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.86%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.86%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.86%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.43%) IoT
12 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.43%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.43%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 72 (31.03%) Linux
2 48 (20.69%) Windows
3 36 (15.52%) Ubuntu
3 36 (15.52%) VMS
4 28 (12.07%) Kali Linux
5 7 (3.02%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.86%) Android
6 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (44.40%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (34.05%) DevSecOps
3 72 (31.03%) Information Security
4 62 (26.72%) Cloud Security
5 54 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (21.12%) Agile
6 49 (21.12%) Penetration Testing
7 42 (18.10%) Computer Science
8 39 (16.81%) Security Architecture
8 39 (16.81%) Security Testing
9 38 (16.38%) Actionable Insight
10 36 (15.52%) Collaborative Culture
11 35 (15.09%) SIEM
12 33 (14.22%) Critical Thinking
13 32 (13.79%) CI/CD
14 31 (13.36%) Malware Analysis
15 30 (12.93%) OWASP
15 30 (12.93%) Reverse Engineering
15 30 (12.93%) Vulnerability Management
16 29 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.48%) PowerShell
2 14 (6.03%) SQL
3 13 (5.60%) Python
4 10 (4.31%) Kusto Query Language
5 9 (3.88%) Java
6 3 (1.29%) Bash
6 3 (1.29%) C++
6 3 (1.29%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.29%) R
7 2 (0.86%) C#
7 2 (0.86%) Go
8 1 (0.43%) Bicep
8 1 (0.43%) C
8 1 (0.43%) Dart
8 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.43%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.43%) PHP
8 1 (0.43%) Rust
8 1 (0.43%) Swift
8 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 69 (29.74%) Degree
2 63 (27.16%) CISSP
3 41 (17.67%) Security Cleared
4 37 (15.95%) DV Cleared
5 34 (14.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (10.78%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 24 (10.34%) CISM
8 23 (9.91%) CCSP
9 12 (5.17%) Azure Certification
10 11 (4.74%) CompTIA CySA+
11 9 (3.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 9 (3.88%) CEH
11 9 (3.88%) CompTIA Security+
11 9 (3.88%) Network+ Certification
11 9 (3.88%) Numerate Degree
11 9 (3.88%) PMI Certification
11 9 (3.88%) PMP
12 8 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (3.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.50%) NIST
2 17 (7.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.74%) PCI DSS
4 10 (4.31%) SOC 2
5 7 (3.02%) GRC
6 6 (2.59%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (2.16%) SLA
8 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.72%) GDPR
9 3 (1.29%) COBIT
9 3 (1.29%) NCSC
10 2 (0.86%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.43%) AIFMD
11 1 (0.43%) COSO
11 1 (0.43%) PSD2
11 1 (0.43%) QA
11 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (19.40%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.60%) Docker
3 2 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (20.26%) Terraform
2 44 (18.97%) Ansible
3 23 (9.91%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.45%) Nmap
6 5 (2.16%) Kiali
7 3 (1.29%) QRadar
8 1 (0.43%) CASB
8 1 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (25.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.74%) CyberArk
3 9 (3.88%) BeyondTrust
3 9 (3.88%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.88%) Splunk
4 5 (2.16%) AppDynamics
4 5 (2.16%) F5
5 4 (1.72%) Google
5 4 (1.72%) Qualys
6 3 (1.29%) IBM
7 2 (0.86%) Alibaba
7 2 (0.86%) VMware
8 1 (0.43%) CA
8 1 (0.43%) Citrix
8 1 (0.43%) Juniper
8 1 (0.43%) McAfee
8 1 (0.43%) NetApp
8 1 (0.43%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.43%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.43%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud