OWASP Jobs in the North West

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring OWASP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OWASP over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 267 268
Rank change year-on-year -18 +1 +1
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 6 30 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.075% 0.30% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.078% 0.37% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4 27 19
10th Percentile £60,625 £45,000 £38,625
25th Percentile £63,438 £56,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £61,206 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.24% +39.90% -16.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £84,919 £47,000
90th Percentile £75,750 - £65,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year - -17.65% +30.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,677 8,179 7,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.83% 82.75% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,992 6,212 3,861
10th Percentile £25,895 £27,500 £30,831
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in the North West

OWASP
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing OWASP in the North West.

Salary trend for OWASP in the North West

OWASP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the North West region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Manchester +37 4 £66,250 +8.24% 10
Merseyside +36 1 - -
Cumbria - 1 - -
OWASP
England

OWASP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Cloudflare
2 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Information Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Development Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Information Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Software Development Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ModSecurity
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) REST
1 1 (16.67%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
1 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Server Management
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Go
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SANS
2 1 (16.67%) CISSP
2 1 (16.67%) CSSLP
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) COBIT
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (16.67%) NCSC
3 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
3 1 (16.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
1 1 (16.67%) NFS
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) cPanel
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft