OWASP Job Trends in London

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring OWASP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 310 394
Rank change year-on-year -69 +84 +2
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 65 85 67
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.25% 0.72% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.76% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 50 44 28
10th Percentile £69,750 £46,000 £59,925
25th Percentile £75,000 £69,969 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.57% -
75th Percentile £85,250 £99,375 £113,125
90th Percentile £95,250 £107,500 £117,025
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,875 £71,991
% change year-on-year -6.51% +4.01% -4.01%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

OWASP 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 20,692 11,181 17,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.73% 94.17% 89.48%
Number of salaries quoted 13,893 7,064 10,320
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -6.40%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OWASP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

OWASP job vacancy trend in London

OWASP
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing OWASP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing OWASP

OWASP
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing OWASP in London over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Salary histogram for OWASP in London

OWASP
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the London region over the 6 months to 25 September 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
Central London +6 11 £77,750 -2.81% 14
OWASP
England

OWASP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.54%) CMS
1 1 (1.54%) IIS
Business Applications
1 9 (13.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.54%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 37 (56.92%) Azure
2 29 (44.62%) AWS
3 20 (30.77%) GCP
4 9 (13.85%) Azure Logic Apps
4 9 (13.85%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (13.85%) Power Automate
4 9 (13.85%) Power Platform
5 8 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (7.69%) PowerApps
7 4 (6.15%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (6.15%) Serverless
8 3 (4.62%) GitHub
9 2 (3.08%) Amazon Cognito
9 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (3.08%) Datadog
9 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 32 (49.23%) Network Security
2 9 (13.85%) TCP/IP
3 7 (10.77%) Firewall
4 4 (6.15%) VPN
5 3 (4.62%) HTTP
6 2 (3.08%) BGP
6 2 (3.08%) DNS
6 2 (3.08%) SSL
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (1.54%) EIGRP
7 1 (1.54%) HTTPS
7 1 (1.54%) Internet
7 1 (1.54%) IPsec
7 1 (1.54%) NetScaler
7 1 (1.54%) NGFW
7 1 (1.54%) OSPF
7 1 (1.54%) SMTP
7 1 (1.54%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (7.69%) Power BI
3 2 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.54%) Big Data
4 1 (1.54%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.54%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (15.38%) Git
2 5 (7.69%) Visual Studio
3 4 (6.15%) GitLab
4 3 (4.62%) Burp Suite
5 2 (3.08%) Jenkins
5 2 (3.08%) JIRA
5 2 (3.08%) Snyk
6 1 (1.54%) Metasploit
6 1 (1.54%) TeamCity
General
1 25 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 23 (35.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 23 (35.38%) Public Sector
3 17 (26.15%) Law
4 14 (21.54%) Finance
5 4 (6.15%) Legal
6 3 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.62%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.08%) Banking
7 2 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Aviation
8 1 (1.54%) Back Office
8 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Japanese Language
8 1 (1.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 30 (46.15%) Architect
2 29 (44.62%) Security Architect
3 10 (15.38%) Lead
4 7 (10.77%) Security Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Developer
6 4 (6.15%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 4 (6.15%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
6 4 (6.15%) Lead Developer
6 4 (6.15%) Lead Dynamics 365 Developer
6 4 (6.15%) Senior
7 3 (4.62%) Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (4.62%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Security Manager
7 3 (4.62%) Security Specialist
7 3 (4.62%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.08%) Applications Specialist
8 2 (3.08%) Development Specialist
8 2 (3.08%) Support Specialist
8 2 (3.08%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.15%) OAuth
1 4 (6.15%) OpenID
1 4 (6.15%) REST
1 4 (6.15%) SOAP
2 3 (4.62%) Node.js
3 2 (3.08%) .NET
3 2 (3.08%) Terraform
4 1 (1.54%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.54%) HTML
4 1 (1.54%) RESTful
4 1 (1.54%) Spring
4 1 (1.54%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Security Posture
2 8 (12.31%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.69%) PKI
4 4 (6.15%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.54%) Blog
7 1 (1.54%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.54%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.54%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Online Banking
7 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.54%) Social Media
7 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.77%) Linux
2 6 (9.23%) Windows
3 1 (1.54%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.54%) Unix
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.92%) Security Architecture
2 35 (53.85%) Agile
3 30 (46.15%) Threat Modelling
4 26 (40.00%) Cloud Security
5 24 (36.92%) Architectural Patterns
5 24 (36.92%) CI/CD
5 24 (36.92%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (36.92%) SABSA
5 24 (36.92%) TOGAF
6 22 (33.85%) Identity Access Management
7 20 (30.77%) Application Security
8 18 (27.69%) Risk Assessment
8 18 (27.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (24.62%) Community of Practice
9 16 (24.62%) Risk Analysis
9 16 (24.62%) Technology Strategy
10 15 (23.08%) DevSecOps
11 14 (21.54%) AI
11 14 (21.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 14 (21.54%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.00%) Python
2 10 (15.38%) SQL
3 8 (12.31%) Java
4 5 (7.69%) T-SQL
5 4 (6.15%) Bash
5 4 (6.15%) JavaScript
5 4 (6.15%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.62%) C
6 3 (4.62%) C++
6 3 (4.62%) Go
7 2 (3.08%) C#
8 1 (1.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (50.77%) CISSP
2 24 (36.92%) CISM
3 23 (35.38%) Security Cleared
4 22 (33.85%) Degree
4 22 (33.85%) SC Cleared
5 11 (16.92%) CREST Certified
6 8 (12.31%) OSCP
7 7 (10.77%) CESG Certified Professional
8 6 (9.23%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (7.69%) CCSP
10 4 (6.15%) CEH
10 4 (6.15%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
11 2 (3.08%) Azure Certification
11 2 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (3.08%) CSSLP
11 2 (3.08%) GWAPT
11 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
11 2 (3.08%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (56.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (53.85%) NIST
3 28 (43.08%) NCSC
4 16 (24.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 9 (13.85%) GDPR
5 9 (13.85%) GRC
6 8 (12.31%) QA
7 5 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (7.69%) PCI DSS
8 4 (6.15%) SOC 2
9 2 (3.08%) SLA
10 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
10 1 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.54%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.08%) Docker
3 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.08%) Nessus
3 1 (1.54%) Ansible
3 1 (1.54%) CASB
3 1 (1.54%) Cilium
3 1 (1.54%) Grafana
3 1 (1.54%) Nmap
3 1 (1.54%) OpenVAS
3 1 (1.54%) QRadar
3 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.23%) Tenable
3 5 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (7.69%) Workday
4 4 (6.15%) Google
4 4 (6.15%) Qualys
4 4 (6.15%) Splunk
5 3 (4.62%) LogRhythm
6 2 (3.08%) Checkmarx
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco
6 2 (3.08%) Oracle
6 2 (3.08%) Rapid7
6 2 (3.08%) Veracode
7 1 (1.54%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.54%) Citrix
7 1 (1.54%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.54%) Intel
7 1 (1.54%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.54%) Varonis
7 1 (1.54%) VMware