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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 383 401
Rank change year-on-year +89 +18 +2
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 74 61 80
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.63% 0.35% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.39% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 45 20 62
10th Percentile £65,450 £61,500 £60,000
25th Percentile £70,250 £69,625 £66,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £84,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +9.03% -3.13%
75th Percentile £97,500 £107,688 £92,000
90th Percentile £108,250 £116,175 £113,625
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,246 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.81% +3.21% -

All Process and 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 10,968 15,806 19,204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 93.58% 89.70% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6,957 9,563 15,650
10th Percentile £37,190 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -0.83% +0.83%

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025. 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 +49 14 £75,000 -22.08% 3
West London - 3 £47,000 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.35%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (20.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 42 (56.76%) Azure
2 20 (27.03%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (25.68%) PaaS
4 17 (22.97%) Azure Logic Apps
4 17 (22.97%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (22.97%) Power Automate
4 17 (22.97%) Power Platform
4 17 (22.97%) PowerApps
5 13 (17.57%) AWS
6 6 (8.11%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (8.11%) Serverless
7 3 (4.05%) GCP
7 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (2.70%) Azure API Management
9 1 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.35%) Amazon ELB
9 1 (1.35%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.05%) Network Security
2 2 (2.70%) AMQP
2 2 (2.70%) HTTP
2 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.70%) VPN
3 1 (1.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (22.97%) Power BI
2 6 (8.11%) MongoDB
2 6 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (4.05%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.35%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.35%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.35%) Metadata
5 1 (1.35%) MySQL
5 1 (1.35%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 18 (24.32%) Git
2 17 (22.97%) Visual Studio
3 6 (8.11%) GitLab
3 6 (8.11%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.70%) Snyk
5 1 (1.35%) MLflow
General
1 30 (40.54%) Finance
2 25 (33.78%) Social Skills
3 10 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (13.51%) Legal
4 9 (12.16%) Law
5 6 (8.11%) Banking
6 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (32.43%) Lead
2 20 (27.03%) Security Engineer
3 15 (20.27%) Developer
4 7 (9.46%) Senior
5 6 (8.11%) Backend Developer
5 6 (8.11%) Development Engineer
5 6 (8.11%) Development Support Engineer
5 6 (8.11%) Risk Manager
5 6 (8.11%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Information Security Officer
6 5 (6.76%) Security Officer
7 4 (5.41%) Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Applications Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Business Information Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Information Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Information Assurance Officer
7 4 (5.41%) Risk Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Security Manager
7 4 (5.41%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (28.38%) YAML
2 17 (22.97%) REST
2 17 (22.97%) SOAP
3 14 (18.92%) Web Services
4 9 (12.16%) JSON
5 7 (9.46%) Node.js
6 6 (8.11%) FastAPI
6 6 (8.11%) Spring
6 6 (8.11%) Spring Boot
7 4 (5.41%) CSS
7 4 (5.41%) HTML
8 3 (4.05%) jQuery
8 3 (4.05%) XML
8 3 (4.05%) XSL
9 2 (2.70%) OAuth
9 2 (2.70%) OAuth2
10 1 (1.35%) CSS3
10 1 (1.35%) Lambda Expressions
10 1 (1.35%) Pandas
10 1 (1.35%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 20 (27.03%) Security Posture
2 17 (22.97%) Management Information System
3 11 (14.86%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.05%) W3C
6 2 (2.70%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.35%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.35%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.35%) Hackathon
7 1 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.35%) Linux
1 1 (1.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (75.68%) Agile
2 43 (58.11%) CI/CD
3 31 (41.89%) DevSecOps
4 28 (37.84%) Mentoring
5 26 (35.14%) Application Security
5 26 (35.14%) Threat Modelling
6 25 (33.78%) SDLC
7 23 (31.08%) Scrum
8 22 (29.73%) DevOps
8 22 (29.73%) Test Automation
9 21 (28.38%) Security Testing
10 20 (27.03%) Coaching
10 20 (27.03%) Creative Thinking
10 20 (27.03%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (27.03%) Information Security
10 20 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (25.68%) Cloud Security
12 18 (24.32%) Product Strategy
13 17 (22.97%) API Management
14 15 (20.27%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 20 (27.03%) PowerShell
2 13 (17.57%) JavaScript
3 12 (16.22%) Python
4 10 (13.51%) Java
5 6 (8.11%) TypeScript
6 4 (5.41%) SQL
7 2 (2.70%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.35%) Bash
8 1 (1.35%) Go
8 1 (1.35%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (27.03%) Degree
2 19 (25.68%) CISSP
3 15 (20.27%) CISM
4 11 (14.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (13.51%) CRISC
5 10 (13.51%) Master's Degree
6 7 (9.46%) Security Cleared
7 6 (8.11%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.05%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (1.35%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.35%) CEH
10 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.35%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (1.35%) OSCP
10 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (51.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (36.49%) NIST
3 20 (27.03%) NCSC
4 13 (17.57%) SOC 2
5 10 (13.51%) GDPR
6 5 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (6.76%) PCI DSS
7 4 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (4.05%) Accessibility
8 3 (4.05%) QA
9 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 1 (1.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) HP Fortify
1 1 (1.35%) Kubeflow
1 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.16%) Oracle
3 6 (8.11%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.70%) Checkmarx
4 2 (2.70%) Qualys
4 2 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.35%) Databricks