OWASP Job Trends in Somerset

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring OWASP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 42 57
Rank change year-on-year -26 +15 +8
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.12% 0.39% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.41% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £47,671
25th Percentile £92,500 - £47,705
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £50,224
75th Percentile £97,500 - £56,063
90th Percentile - - £62,925
South West median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -24.14% +3.57% -34.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 612 245 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 73.82% 94.59% 72.05%
Number of salaries quoted 291 138 435
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,625 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,141 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.88% +17.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £65,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -2.86%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing OWASP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

OWASP job vacancy trend in Somerset

OWASP
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing OWASP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing OWASP

OWASP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable