Application Security Jobs in the North of England

Application Security (AppSec)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 347 361
Rank change year-on-year +10 +14 -37
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 65 85 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.38% 0.49% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.50% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 61 28 68
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,425 £28,189
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,206 £58,750 £42,125
Median % change year-on-year +4.18% +39.47% -17.81%
75th Percentile £84,919 £70,000 £65,625
90th Percentile - £77,500 £73,850
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,479 16,873 16,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.82% 96.89% 93.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,126 8,022 10,813
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £37,099 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +5.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the North of England

Application Security
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the North of England.

Salary trend for Application Security in the North of England

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the North of England

Application Security
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
North West -10 39 £60,603 -3.04% 5
Yorkshire +81 18 £79,842 +33.07% 7
North East +1 8 £64,921 +36.68% 3
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.08%) IIS
2 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) SAP GRC
1 2 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.54%) Aareon QL
2 1 (1.54%) MIS ActiveH
2 1 (1.54%) NEC Housing
2 1 (1.54%) OPENHousing
Cloud Services
1 32 (49.23%) Azure
2 31 (47.69%) AWS
3 4 (6.15%) SaaS
4 2 (3.08%) GCP
4 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.08%) OCI
5 1 (1.54%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.54%) BigCommerce
5 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.54%) IaaS
5 1 (1.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 26 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (3.08%) Firewall
2 2 (3.08%) HTTP
2 2 (3.08%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) MySQL
1 1 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Burp Suite
1 2 (3.08%) Git
2 1 (1.54%) Grunt
2 1 (1.54%) gulp
General
1 12 (18.46%) Public Sector
2 8 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.23%) Law
4 4 (6.15%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Banking
6 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.54%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.54%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (56.92%) Architect
2 34 (52.31%) Security Architect
3 22 (33.85%) Lead
3 22 (33.85%) Lead Architect
3 22 (33.85%) Lead Security Architect
4 14 (21.54%) Senior
5 6 (9.23%) Analyst
5 6 (9.23%) Applications Architect
5 6 (9.23%) Senior Architect
5 6 (9.23%) Senior Security Architect
6 5 (7.69%) Security Analyst
7 4 (6.15%) Administrator
7 4 (6.15%) Applications Support
7 4 (6.15%) Information Security Specialist
7 4 (6.15%) Information Specialist
7 4 (6.15%) Security Specialist
7 4 (6.15%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 4 (6.15%) Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.62%) Applications Manager
8 3 (4.62%) Applications Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) CSS
1 3 (4.62%) HTML
2 2 (3.08%) Node.js
2 2 (3.08%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (3.08%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.54%) CSS3
3 1 (1.54%) Django
3 1 (1.54%) HTML5
3 1 (1.54%) React
3 1 (1.54%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 27 (41.54%) Management Information System
2 26 (40.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (3.08%) Life Science
3 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.08%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.54%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (50.77%) Information Security
2 30 (46.15%) OWASP
3 26 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 26 (40.00%) Identity Management
3 26 (40.00%) Secure Coding
3 26 (40.00%) Security Architecture
4 14 (21.54%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (15.38%) Security Testing
6 9 (13.85%) Mentoring
7 8 (12.31%) Coaching
7 8 (12.31%) Decision-Making
7 8 (12.31%) DevOps
7 8 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (12.31%) Threat Modelling
8 7 (10.77%) ITIL
8 7 (10.77%) Risk Management
8 7 (10.77%) Software Engineering
9 6 (9.23%) Penetration Testing
9 6 (9.23%) SDLC
9 6 (9.23%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.77%) SQL
2 3 (4.62%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.08%) Java
3 2 (3.08%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.54%) C#
4 1 (1.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (41.54%) Azure Certification
2 26 (40.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 26 (40.00%) AWS Certification
2 26 (40.00%) CCSK
2 26 (40.00%) CCSP
2 26 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (40.00%) CISM
2 26 (40.00%) CISSP
3 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.62%) Degree
4 3 (4.62%) OSCP
5 1 (1.54%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (41.54%) NIST
2 4 (6.15%) GRC
3 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.08%) ITGC
4 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.54%) GDPR
System Software
1 28 (43.08%) Docker
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (6.15%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (3.08%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (41.54%) Kubernetes
2 26 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (10.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.08%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (3.08%) CyberArk
2 2 (3.08%) Oracle
2 2 (3.08%) SAP
2 2 (3.08%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.54%) Aareon
3 1 (1.54%) Capita
3 1 (1.54%) Civica
3 1 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.54%) Darktrace
3 1 (1.54%) Databricks
3 1 (1.54%) NEC
3 1 (1.54%) Symantec
3 1 (1.54%) VMware