Application Security Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Application Security (AppSec)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Application Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 75 64
Rank change year-on-year - -11 +62
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 0 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire - 0.26% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.29% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £53,875
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.21%
75th Percentile - - £76,250
90th Percentile - - £83,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £85,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -35.29% +30.77% -16.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 531 679 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 71.95% 86.61% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 373 333 556
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £40,404
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £83,000 £81,000 £78,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Application Security job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Application Security
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Application Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Application Security