Application Security Job Trends in Manchester

Application Security (AppSec)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 155 132
Rank change year-on-year +20 -23 +62
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 3 2 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.11% 0.073% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.079% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile - £61,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile - £63,750 £75,000
90th Percentile - - £82,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,042 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.68% -9.49% +1.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Application Security 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,245 2,538 2,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.70% 93.14% 92.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,315 1,185 1,679
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,221 £40,000 £43,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,964
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Application Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Application Security job vacancy trend in Manchester

Application Security
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Application Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Application Security

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Information Specialist
1 3 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling