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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 345 387
Rank change year-on-year -19 +42 +26
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 47 52 108
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.24% 0.40% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.42% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 32 28 101
10th Percentile £58,250 £45,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £70,030 £47,875 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £74,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +5.71% -17.65%
75th Percentile £94,063 £90,938 £93,750
90th Percentile £99,750 £110,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -3.57% -17.65%

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 16,320 12,361 21,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.07% 96.05% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 7,557 16,087
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,555
Median % change year-on-year - +6.30% -5.93%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £58,600 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.33% +9.09% -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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +8 13 £95,000 +15.15% 1
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 (2.13%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (46.81%) Azure
2 14 (29.79%) AWS
3 11 (23.40%) GCP
4 9 (19.15%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (14.89%) GitHub
6 6 (12.77%) PaaS
7 4 (8.51%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (8.51%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (8.51%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (8.51%) Power Platform
8 3 (6.38%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (6.38%) Entra ID
8 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (6.38%) Power Automate
8 3 (6.38%) PowerApps
8 3 (6.38%) SaaS
9 2 (4.26%) Algolia
9 2 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 11 (23.40%) Network Security
2 9 (19.15%) Firewall
3 1 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Power BI
2 2 (4.26%) BigQuery
2 2 (4.26%) NoSQL
2 2 (4.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Git
2 4 (8.51%) GitLab
3 3 (6.38%) Jenkins
3 3 (6.38%) JIRA
4 2 (4.26%) Storybook
5 1 (2.13%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.13%) JMeter
5 1 (2.13%) Locust
5 1 (2.13%) TeamCity
5 1 (2.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (42.55%) Finance
2 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
3 10 (21.28%) Law
4 8 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (17.02%) Aviation
5 5 (10.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.38%) Banking
7 3 (6.38%) Legal
8 2 (4.26%) Financial Institution
9 1 (2.13%) Back Office
9 1 (2.13%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (21.28%) Lead
2 9 (19.15%) Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) Security Engineer
4 7 (14.89%) Security Analyst
5 6 (12.77%) Developer
6 4 (8.51%) Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 4 (8.51%) Security Architect
6 4 (8.51%) Senior
7 3 (6.38%) Applications Manager
7 3 (6.38%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 3 (6.38%) IT Manager
7 3 (6.38%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (6.38%) Senior Security Analyst
8 2 (4.26%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (4.26%) IT Development Manager
8 2 (4.26%) Lead Dynamics 365 Developer
8 2 (4.26%) Product Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.77%) CSS
1 6 (12.77%) HTML
1 6 (12.77%) YAML
2 5 (10.64%) OAuth
3 4 (8.51%) Node.js
4 3 (6.38%) HTML5
4 3 (6.38%) JSON
4 3 (6.38%) REST
4 3 (6.38%) Sass
4 3 (6.38%) SOAP
5 2 (4.26%) AngularJS
5 2 (4.26%) CSS3
5 2 (4.26%) Express.js
5 2 (4.26%) Jest
5 2 (4.26%) JWT
5 2 (4.26%) OpenID
5 2 (4.26%) RESTful
5 2 (4.26%) RxJS
6 1 (2.13%) LangChain
6 1 (2.13%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) Security Posture
2 8 (17.02%) Cloud Native
3 7 (14.89%) Product Ownership
4 6 (12.77%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (10.64%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (4.26%) Data Structures
6 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
6 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
7 1 (2.13%) Blog
7 1 (2.13%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (2.13%) PKI
7 1 (2.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.02%) Linux
1 8 (17.02%) Windows
2 1 (2.13%) Android
2 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (53.19%) Agile
2 24 (51.06%) CI/CD
3 20 (42.55%) Threat Modelling
4 18 (38.30%) Application Security
5 17 (36.17%) SDLC
6 16 (34.04%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (31.91%) Cloud Security
8 14 (29.79%) DevOps
9 12 (25.53%) DevSecOps
9 12 (25.53%) Risk Management
10 11 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (23.40%) Data Protection
10 11 (23.40%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
10 11 (23.40%) Static Application Security Testing
11 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 10 (21.28%) Vulnerability Management
12 9 (19.15%) Infrastructure as Code
12 9 (19.15%) Mentoring
13 8 (17.02%) Analytics
13 8 (17.02%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) Python
2 11 (23.40%) PowerShell
3 7 (14.89%) Bash
3 7 (14.89%) Java
4 5 (10.64%) SQL
5 3 (6.38%) C#
5 3 (6.38%) Go
5 3 (6.38%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.38%) TypeScript
6 2 (4.26%) Shell Script
7 1 (2.13%) C
7 1 (2.13%) C++
7 1 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (29.79%) CISSP
2 11 (23.40%) Degree
3 10 (21.28%) CISM
4 6 (12.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (10.64%) CRISC
5 5 (10.64%) OSCP
6 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
6 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
7 3 (6.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (6.38%) AWS Certification
7 3 (6.38%) CCSP
7 3 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (6.38%) CompTIA CySA+
7 3 (6.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (6.38%) GCIA
7 3 (6.38%) GCIH
7 3 (6.38%) Master's Degree
8 2 (4.26%) CEH
8 2 (4.26%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (2.13%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (51.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (36.17%) NIST
3 9 (19.15%) Accessibility
3 9 (19.15%) NCSC
4 8 (17.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (12.77%) QA
5 6 (12.77%) SOC 2
6 4 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (6.38%) GRC
7 3 (6.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (6.38%) WCAG
8 1 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (2.13%) NIST 800
8 1 (2.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (8.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) Terraform
2 3 (6.38%) Ansible
2 3 (6.38%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.13%) Cilium
3 1 (2.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (6.38%) Google
2 3 (6.38%) Intel
2 3 (6.38%) Tenable
2 3 (6.38%) Varonis
3 2 (4.26%) iManage
3 2 (4.26%) SendGrid
4 1 (2.13%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.13%) Oracle
4 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.13%) SAP
4 1 (2.13%) Workday