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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 369 382
Rank change year-on-year +49 +13 +3
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 64 50 95
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.41% 0.33% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.35% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 40 15 85
10th Percentile £54,813 £61,500 £51,850
25th Percentile £65,818 £62,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,250 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +17.86% -17.65%
75th Percentile £90,000 £99,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £108,000 £115,750 £100,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -15.15%

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 13,394 14,356 19,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.47% 95.40% 91.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,655 7,843 15,764
10th Percentile £37,425 £43,250 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,001 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,390 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +3.99% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 +43 24 £75,000 -9.09% 7
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 (1.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (53.13%) Azure
2 18 (28.13%) Azure Logic Apps
2 18 (28.13%) Power Platform
3 17 (26.56%) AWS
3 17 (26.56%) Dynamics 365
3 17 (26.56%) Power Automate
3 17 (26.56%) PowerApps
4 13 (20.31%) GCP
5 12 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (12.50%) PaaS
6 8 (12.50%) SaaS
7 7 (10.94%) GitHub
8 6 (9.38%) Serverless
9 5 (7.81%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (3.13%) Azure API Management
12 2 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (3.13%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.06%) Firewall
2 8 (12.50%) Network Security
3 4 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (3.13%) AMQP
4 2 (3.13%) HTTP
4 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (28.13%) Power BI
2 4 (6.25%) MongoDB
2 4 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (4.69%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.13%) BigQuery
4 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (29.69%) Git
2 16 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 5 (7.81%) GitLab
3 5 (7.81%) Jenkins
4 4 (6.25%) TeamCity
5 2 (3.13%) JIRA
5 2 (3.13%) Snyk
5 2 (3.13%) Storybook
6 1 (1.56%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.56%) JMeter
6 1 (1.56%) Locust
General
1 33 (51.56%) Finance
2 17 (26.56%) Social Skills
3 11 (17.19%) Law
4 9 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (12.50%) Banking
6 7 (10.94%) Back Office
6 7 (10.94%) Financial Institution
6 7 (10.94%) Retail
7 5 (7.81%) Legal
8 3 (4.69%) Aviation
8 3 (4.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (37.50%) Lead
2 16 (25.00%) Developer
3 12 (18.75%) Security Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Development Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Development Support Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Support Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Analyst
5 5 (7.81%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 5 (7.81%) Senior
6 4 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Backend Developer
6 4 (6.25%) Cloud Automation Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
7 3 (4.69%) Information Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Information Risk Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Lead Developer
7 3 (4.69%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (26.56%) REST
1 17 (26.56%) SOAP
2 13 (20.31%) Web Services
3 9 (14.06%) YAML
4 8 (12.50%) CSS
4 8 (12.50%) HTML
5 6 (9.38%) Node.js
6 5 (7.81%) JSON
6 5 (7.81%) OAuth
7 4 (6.25%) FastAPI
7 4 (6.25%) Spring
7 4 (6.25%) Spring Boot
8 3 (4.69%) HTML5
8 3 (4.69%) jQuery
8 3 (4.69%) Sass
8 3 (4.69%) XML
8 3 (4.69%) XSL
9 2 (3.13%) AngularJS
9 2 (3.13%) Express.js
9 2 (3.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 12 (18.75%) Security Posture
3 8 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (7.81%) Management Information System
6 4 (6.25%) Blog
7 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
7 3 (4.69%) Product Ownership
7 3 (4.69%) W3C
8 2 (3.13%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (3.13%) Data Structures
9 1 (1.56%) AI Agents
9 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.81%) Windows
2 2 (3.13%) Linux
3 1 (1.56%) Android
3 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (65.63%) Agile
2 40 (62.50%) CI/CD
3 23 (35.94%) Scrum
4 20 (31.25%) Application Security
5 17 (26.56%) API Management
5 17 (26.56%) DevSecOps
5 17 (26.56%) SDLC
6 16 (25.00%) CRM
6 16 (25.00%) ITIL
6 16 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
7 15 (23.44%) Cloud Security
7 15 (23.44%) DevOps
7 15 (23.44%) Migration
7 15 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (23.44%) Vulnerability Management
8 13 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (20.31%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (20.31%) Information Security
8 13 (20.31%) Mentoring
8 13 (20.31%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (21.88%) Python
2 11 (17.19%) PowerShell
3 10 (15.63%) JavaScript
4 8 (12.50%) Java
5 7 (10.94%) TypeScript
6 6 (9.38%) Bash
7 4 (6.25%) Go
7 4 (6.25%) SQL
8 2 (3.13%) C#
8 2 (3.13%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.56%) C
9 1 (1.56%) C++
9 1 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (1.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Degree
2 9 (14.06%) CISSP
3 7 (10.94%) CISM
3 7 (10.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (9.38%) CRISC
4 6 (9.38%) Security Cleared
5 5 (7.81%) AWS Certification
6 4 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 4 (6.25%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.56%) CCSP
8 1 (1.56%) CEPT
8 1 (1.56%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.56%) GCIA
8 1 (1.56%) GCIH
8 1 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (40.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (23.44%) NIST
3 10 (15.63%) Accessibility
4 9 (14.06%) NCSC
5 8 (12.50%) SOC 2
6 7 (10.94%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (10.94%) PCI DSS
6 7 (10.94%) QA
7 6 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (7.81%) GDPR
8 5 (7.81%) GRC
9 3 (4.69%) SLA
9 3 (4.69%) WCAG
10 2 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (14.06%) Terraform
2 8 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 4 (6.25%) Cilium
4 1 (1.56%) Ansible
4 1 (1.56%) Grafana
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.94%) Oracle
3 4 (6.25%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.13%) Checkmarx
4 2 (3.13%) Google
4 2 (3.13%) iManage
4 2 (3.13%) Qualys
4 2 (3.13%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.13%) SendGrid
5 1 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.56%) Intel
5 1 (1.56%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.56%) Tenable
5 1 (1.56%) Varonis