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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 388 302 391
Rank change year-on-year -86 +89 +9
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 66 88 61
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.26% 0.75% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.79% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 49 48 22
10th Percentile £66,500 £46,000 £61,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £85,250 £105,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £109,125 £115,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £71,991
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.18% -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 20,808 11,078 16,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.45% 93.94% 89.70%
Number of salaries quoted 13,742 6,957 9,894
10th Percentile £40,846 £37,500 £41,250
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 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +4 12 £72,500 -3.33% 20
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 (1.52%) CMS
1 1 (1.52%) IIS
Business Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) FLEXCUBE
Cloud Services
1 35 (53.03%) Azure
2 31 (46.97%) AWS
3 23 (34.85%) GCP
4 8 (12.12%) Azure Logic Apps
4 8 (12.12%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (12.12%) Power Automate
4 8 (12.12%) Power Platform
5 5 (7.58%) Amazon EKS
5 5 (7.58%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (7.58%) Google Compute Engine
5 5 (7.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 5 (7.58%) SaaS
5 5 (7.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (6.06%) PowerApps
6 4 (6.06%) Serverless
7 3 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.55%) GitHub
7 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 35 (53.03%) Network Security
2 14 (21.21%) TCP/IP
3 11 (16.67%) Firewall
4 8 (12.12%) VPN
5 6 (9.09%) BGP
6 3 (4.55%) HTTP
7 2 (3.03%) DNS
7 2 (3.03%) SSL
8 1 (1.52%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (1.52%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (1.52%) EIGRP
8 1 (1.52%) HTTPS
8 1 (1.52%) Internet
8 1 (1.52%) IPsec
8 1 (1.52%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.52%) NGFW
8 1 (1.52%) OSPF
8 1 (1.52%) SMTP
8 1 (1.52%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (7.58%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (6.06%) Power BI
5 1 (1.52%) Big Data
5 1 (1.52%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (13.64%) Git
2 5 (7.58%) TeamCity
2 5 (7.58%) Visual Studio
3 4 (6.06%) Burp Suite
3 4 (6.06%) GitLab
4 2 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 2 (3.03%) JIRA
4 2 (3.03%) Snyk
5 1 (1.52%) Metasploit
General
1 27 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 22 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 22 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 17 (25.76%) Finance
4 16 (24.24%) Law
5 6 (9.09%) Financial Institution
6 5 (7.58%) Back Office
7 4 (6.06%) Legal
8 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.52%) Banking
10 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.52%) Japanese Language
10 1 (1.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (43.94%) Architect
2 28 (42.42%) Security Architect
3 11 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 9 (13.64%) Lead
5 6 (9.09%) Senior
6 5 (7.58%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 5 (7.58%) GCP Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Developer
7 4 (6.06%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
8 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Lead Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Lead Dynamics 365 Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Security Specialist
8 3 (4.55%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Senior Security Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Team Leader
9 2 (3.03%) Application Security Specialist
9 2 (3.03%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) Terraform
2 4 (6.06%) OAuth
2 4 (6.06%) OpenID
3 3 (4.55%) Node.js
3 3 (4.55%) REST
3 3 (4.55%) SOAP
4 2 (3.03%) .NET
5 1 (1.52%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.52%) HTML
5 1 (1.52%) RESTful
5 1 (1.52%) Spring
5 1 (1.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 11 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.58%) Blog
3 5 (7.58%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (7.58%) PKI
4 4 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.52%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.52%) Online Banking
6 1 (1.52%) Social Media
6 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.61%) Linux
1 7 (10.61%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Unix
3 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (60.61%) Security Architecture
2 32 (48.48%) Agile
2 32 (48.48%) Threat Modelling
3 30 (45.45%) Cloud Security
4 26 (39.39%) CI/CD
5 25 (37.88%) Identity Access Management
6 23 (34.85%) Architectural Patterns
6 23 (34.85%) SABSA
6 23 (34.85%) TOGAF
7 22 (33.33%) Application Security
7 22 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (25.76%) DevSecOps
8 17 (25.76%) Incident Response
8 17 (25.76%) Information Security
8 17 (25.76%) Risk Assessment
9 16 (24.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 16 (24.24%) Vulnerability Management
10 15 (22.73%) Community of Practice
10 15 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (22.73%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.27%) Python
2 13 (19.70%) SQL
3 12 (18.18%) Java
4 7 (10.61%) Go
5 5 (7.58%) Bash
5 5 (7.58%) PowerShell
5 5 (7.58%) T-SQL
6 4 (6.06%) JavaScript
7 3 (4.55%) C
7 3 (4.55%) C++
8 2 (3.03%) C#
9 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (53.03%) CISSP
2 27 (40.91%) CISM
3 22 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 21 (31.82%) SC Cleared
5 20 (30.30%) Degree
6 11 (16.67%) CREST Certified
7 10 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (13.64%) CCSP
9 7 (10.61%) CESG Certified Professional
9 7 (10.61%) OSCP
10 3 (4.55%) CEH
10 3 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (3.03%) Azure Certification
11 2 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (3.03%) CSSLP
11 2 (3.03%) GWAPT
11 2 (3.03%) Master's Degree
11 2 (3.03%) SANS
12 1 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (59.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (56.06%) NIST
3 28 (42.42%) NCSC
4 15 (22.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 9 (13.64%) GDPR
5 9 (13.64%) GRC
5 9 (13.64%) PCI DSS
6 7 (10.61%) QA
6 7 (10.61%) SOC 2
7 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (3.03%) SLA
9 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.52%) IASME
9 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (1.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.03%) Docker
3 1 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.58%) Cilium
2 5 (7.58%) Grafana
3 3 (4.55%) Nessus
4 2 (3.03%) Nmap
5 1 (1.52%) Ansible
5 1 (1.52%) CASB
5 1 (1.52%) OpenVAS
5 1 (1.52%) QRadar
5 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.12%) Google
3 6 (9.09%) Tenable
4 5 (7.58%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (7.58%) Qualys
4 5 (7.58%) Workday
5 4 (6.06%) Splunk
6 3 (4.55%) LogRhythm
7 2 (3.03%) Checkmarx
7 2 (3.03%) Cisco
7 2 (3.03%) Oracle
7 2 (3.03%) Rapid7
7 2 (3.03%) Veracode
8 1 (1.52%) Citrix
8 1 (1.52%) Darktrace
8 1 (1.52%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.52%) Intel
8 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.52%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.52%) VMware