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 citing OWASP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	378	293	385
Rank change year-on-year	-85	+92	+9
Permanent jobs citing OWASP	74	83	61
As % of all permanent jobs in London	0.28%	0.70%	0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.35%	0.75%	0.39%
Number of salaries quoted	47	47	20
10^th Percentile	£65,500	£64,654	£61,500
25^th Percentile	£73,750	£70,125	£69,625
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£77,500	£77,500	£84,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-8.28%	+9.03%
75^th Percentile	£85,250	£92,500	£107,688
90^th Percentile	£105,250	£107,500	£116,175
England median annual salary	£72,500	£75,000	£72,500
% change year-on-year	-3.33%	+3.45%	+3.57%

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 citing process or methodology skills in London.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	21,090	11,058	15,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London	80.90%	93.32%	89.96%
Number of salaries quoted	13,590	7,058	9,384
10^th Percentile	£40,825	£36,250	£42,500
25^th Percentile	£55,000	£51,253	£56,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£72,500	£75,000
Median % change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£100,000	£95,000	£97,500
90^th Percentile	£107,500	£120,000	£120,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

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 Salary Trend in London

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 26 October 2026.

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 26 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	+1	12	£72,500	-3.33%	16
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OWASP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 26 October 2026, job vacancies citing OWASP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region citing OWASP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Architecture	62.2%	46
2	ISO/IEC 27001	60.8%	45
3	NIST	56.8%	42
4	CISSP	52.7%	39
4	Network Security	52.7%	39
6	AWS	51.4%	38
6	Cloud Security	51.4%	38
8	Threat Modelling	50.0%	37
9	CI/CD	45.9%	34
10	Azure	44.6%	33
11	Agile	43.2%	32
11	CISM	43.2%	32
13	Application Security	40.5%	30
13	Identity Access Management	40.5%	30
15	GCP	36.5%	27
16	NCSC	35.1%	26
17	DevSecOps	33.8%	25
17	Incident Response	33.8%	25
17	Vulnerability Management	33.8%	25
20	Cybersecurity	32.4%	24
20	Information Security	32.4%	24
22	Python	31.1%	23
23	Problem-Solving	29.7%	22
24	Architectural Patterns	28.4%	21
24	SABSA	28.4%	21
24	TCP/IP	28.4%	21
24	TOGAF	28.4%	21
28	Security Cleared	27.0%	20
28	SQL	27.0%	20
30	MITRE ATT&CK	25.7%	19

OWASP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Architecture	62.2%	46
2	Cloud Security	51.4%	38
3	Threat Modelling	50.0%	37
4	CI/CD	45.9%	34
5	Agile	43.2%	32
6	Application Security	40.5%	30
6	Identity Access Management	40.5%	30
8	DevSecOps	33.8%	25
8	Incident Response	33.8%	25
8	Vulnerability Management	33.8%	25
11	Cybersecurity	32.4%	24
11	Information Security	32.4%	24
13	Problem-Solving	29.7%	22
14	Architectural Patterns	28.4%	21
14	SABSA	28.4%	21
14	TOGAF	28.4%	21
17	MITRE ATT&CK	25.7%	19
18	SDLC	24.3%	18
18	Secure Coding	24.3%	18
18	Static Application Security Testing	24.3%	18