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 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 289 387 384
Rank change year-on-year +98 -3 -31
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 84 47 65
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.61% 0.30% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.32% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 47 13 52
10th Percentile £55,000 £61,500 £51,750
25th Percentile £72,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,750 £84,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% +20.00% -17.65%
75th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £79,063
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +10.71% +12.00% -16.67%

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 12,131 14,714 16,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.23% 94.39% 92.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,752 8,132 13,321
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,229 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 4 January 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 4 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
Central London +58 24 £75,000 -9.09% 2
West London - 3 £47,000 -
North London - 1 £60,000 -
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (22.62%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (57.14%) Azure
2 22 (26.19%) Azure DevOps
3 21 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 21 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 21 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 21 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 21 (25.00%) PowerApps
4 20 (23.81%) PaaS
5 19 (22.62%) AWS
6 11 (13.10%) GCP
7 8 (9.52%) SaaS
7 8 (9.52%) Serverless
8 6 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (7.14%) GitHub
9 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (2.38%) Azure API Management
12 2 (2.38%) Cloud Functions
12 2 (2.38%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.14%) Network Security
2 5 (5.95%) Firewall
3 4 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.38%) AMQP
4 2 (2.38%) HTTP
4 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (25.00%) Power BI
2 6 (7.14%) MongoDB
2 6 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (3.57%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.38%) BigQuery
4 2 (2.38%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 24 (28.57%) Git
2 20 (23.81%) Visual Studio
3 6 (7.14%) GitLab
3 6 (7.14%) Jenkins
4 4 (4.76%) TeamCity
5 2 (2.38%) JIRA
5 2 (2.38%) Snyk
5 2 (2.38%) Storybook
6 1 (1.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.19%) JMeter
6 1 (1.19%) Locust
General
1 39 (46.43%) Finance
2 22 (26.19%) Social Skills
3 15 (17.86%) Law
4 10 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (10.71%) Legal
6 8 (9.52%) Banking
7 7 (8.33%) Back Office
7 7 (8.33%) Financial Institution
7 7 (8.33%) Retail
8 3 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.19%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (41.67%) Lead
2 21 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 20 (23.81%) Developer
4 8 (9.52%) Development Engineer
4 8 (9.52%) Development Support Engineer
4 8 (9.52%) Support Engineer
5 6 (7.14%) Backend Developer
5 6 (7.14%) Senior
6 5 (5.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 5 (5.95%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.76%) Analyst
7 4 (4.76%) Applications Manager
7 4 (4.76%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Business Information Analyst
7 4 (4.76%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Information Analyst
7 4 (4.76%) Information Risk Analyst
7 4 (4.76%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (25.00%) REST
1 21 (25.00%) SOAP
1 21 (25.00%) YAML
2 16 (19.05%) Web Services
3 9 (10.71%) CSS
3 9 (10.71%) HTML
3 9 (10.71%) JSON
3 9 (10.71%) Node.js
4 6 (7.14%) FastAPI
4 6 (7.14%) Spring
4 6 (7.14%) Spring Boot
5 5 (5.95%) OAuth
6 4 (4.76%) HTML5
7 3 (3.57%) CSS3
7 3 (3.57%) jQuery
7 3 (3.57%) Sass
7 3 (3.57%) XML
7 3 (3.57%) XSL
8 2 (2.38%) AngularJS
8 2 (2.38%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.62%) Cloud Native
1 19 (22.62%) Security Posture
2 9 (10.71%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.71%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (4.76%) Blog
5 3 (3.57%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.57%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.57%) W3C
6 2 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.38%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.19%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.19%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.19%) Hackathon
7 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.38%) Linux
2 1 (1.19%) Android
2 1 (1.19%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (75.00%) Agile
2 55 (65.48%) CI/CD
3 32 (38.10%) DevSecOps
4 30 (35.71%) Application Security
4 30 (35.71%) SDLC
5 29 (34.52%) Scrum
6 28 (33.33%) Mentoring
7 27 (32.14%) DevOps
8 25 (29.76%) Security Testing
8 25 (29.76%) Threat Modelling
9 23 (27.38%) Test Automation
10 21 (25.00%) API Management
10 21 (25.00%) Coaching
10 21 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
10 21 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
11 19 (22.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (22.62%) CRM
11 19 (22.62%) ITIL
11 19 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (21.43%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 22 (26.19%) PowerShell
2 17 (20.24%) Python
3 14 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 11 (13.10%) Java
5 9 (10.71%) TypeScript
6 6 (7.14%) Bash
6 6 (7.14%) SQL
7 4 (4.76%) Go
8 2 (2.38%) C#
8 2 (2.38%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.38%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.19%) C
9 1 (1.19%) C++
9 1 (1.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 18 (21.43%) Degree
2 15 (17.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (15.48%) CISSP
4 11 (13.10%) Master's Degree
5 10 (11.90%) CISM
5 10 (11.90%) CRISC
6 8 (9.52%) Security Cleared
7 6 (7.14%) AWS Certification
7 6 (7.14%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.38%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.19%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (46.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (29.76%) NIST
3 21 (25.00%) NCSC
4 11 (13.10%) SOC 2
5 8 (9.52%) QA
6 7 (8.33%) Accessibility
6 7 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (8.33%) PCI DSS
7 5 (5.95%) GDPR
8 4 (4.76%) GRC
9 3 (3.57%) SLA
9 3 (3.57%) WCAG
10 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 8 (9.52%) Terraform
2 4 (4.76%) Cilium
3 1 (1.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 18 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.71%) Oracle
3 6 (7.14%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.38%) Checkmarx
4 2 (2.38%) Google
4 2 (2.38%) iManage
4 2 (2.38%) Qualys
4 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.38%) SendGrid
5 1 (1.19%) OpenAI