Application Security (AppSec)
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Application Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Application Security over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 75 | 88 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +13 | +4 |
| Permanent jobs citing Application Security | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | - | 0.13% | 0.99% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.15% | 1.04% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £115,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +130.00% | +23.46% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £75,000 | £75,000 | £77,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -3.23% | +12.19% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland
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 Northern Ireland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 244 | 676 | 769 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 92.42% | 87.11% | 95.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 81 | 335 | 401 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,000 | £30,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,000 | £36,250 | £37,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +10.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £67,500 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £87,500 | £72,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £60,800 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.54% | +1.33% |
Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Application Security
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Northern Ireland.