Application Security Job Trends in Newport

Application Security (AppSec)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 0.60% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £50,921 - -
25th Percentile £51,601 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,085 - -
75th Percentile £55,655 - -
90th Percentile £55,785 - -
South Wales median annual salary £54,085 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +74.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 222 68 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 66.87% 95.77% 65.61%
Number of salaries quoted 128 37 101
10th Percentile £39,238 £37,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,171 £62,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.24% +24.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,873 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £70,760 £66,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,014
% change year-on-year -9.09% +16.99% -1.02%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Application Security job vacancy trend in Newport

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Manager
2 1 (50.00%) SEO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation