Application Security Jobs in the Midlands

Application Security (AppSec)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Application Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Application Security over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 297 334
Rank change year-on-year +2 +37 -75
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 25 31 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% 0.32% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 23 26 13
10th Percentile - £44,375 £36,100
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +26.67% -
75th Percentile £79,959 £86,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £88,184 £93,125 £81,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Application Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,604 9,322 10,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.48% 96.59% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,117 4,647 6,965
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,571 £38,276 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the Midlands

Application Security
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Application Security in the Midlands

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the Midlands

Application Security
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
West Midlands +16 24 £60,000 -18.58% 7
East Midlands -18 1 £65,000 +18.18%
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 21 (84.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) AWS
2 7 (28.00%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (28.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (28.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.00%) GCP
3 2 (8.00%) PaaS
3 2 (8.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (12.00%) WAN
2 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 7 (28.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (8.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.00%) Big Data
General
1 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (12.00%) Retail
2 2 (8.00%) Banking
2 2 (8.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.00%) Legal
3 1 (4.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Senior
2 7 (28.00%) Architect
2 7 (28.00%) DBA
2 7 (28.00%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
2 7 (28.00%) Identity Management Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Administrator
3 5 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 3 (12.00%) Lead Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Lead Security Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Identity Management Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Incident Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) SailPoint Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Security Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.00%) SQL DBA
6 1 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Information Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) .NET
1 2 (8.00%) RESTful
1 2 (8.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) PKI
1 7 (28.00%) Product Ownership
1 7 (28.00%) Replication
2 4 (16.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (12.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (12.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.00%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 16 (64.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Linux
2 7 (28.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) DevOps
2 10 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 9 (36.00%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (36.00%) Roadmaps
4 8 (32.00%) ITIL
4 8 (32.00%) Project Delivery
5 7 (28.00%) Change Management
5 7 (28.00%) Configuration Management
5 7 (28.00%) Cost Reduction
5 7 (28.00%) Information Security
5 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
5 7 (28.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 7 (28.00%) Performance Tuning
5 7 (28.00%) Software Deployment
6 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 5 (20.00%) Database Tuning
7 5 (20.00%) IT Strategy
7 5 (20.00%) Logistics
7 5 (20.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (36.00%) SQL
2 7 (28.00%) T-SQL
3 4 (16.00%) Python
4 2 (8.00%) C#
4 2 (8.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) CISSP
1 7 (28.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) CISM
3 3 (12.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (12.00%) AWS Certification
3 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
3 3 (12.00%) CCSK
3 3 (12.00%) CCSP
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (12.00%) OSCP
4 2 (8.00%) CEH
4 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.00%) GCFA
4 2 (8.00%) GCFE
4 2 (8.00%) GCIH
4 2 (8.00%) GREM
4 2 (8.00%) SANS
5 1 (4.00%) CISMP
5 1 (4.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) Docker
2 7 (28.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (28.00%) Hyper-V
2 7 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (40.00%) Kubernetes
1 10 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (28.00%) Terraform
3 2 (8.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.00%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (8.00%) CyberArk
3 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow