Application Security Jobs in the South East

Application Security (AppSec)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 315 425
Rank change year-on-year +19 +110 -88
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 58 46 85
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.38% 0.40% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.42% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 27 33 56
10th Percentile £48,000 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - £111,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £79,842 £80,000 £69,078
% change year-on-year -0.20% +15.81% -1.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,301 10,994 21,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.50% 94.87% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,138 7,007 11,964
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,620 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the South East

Application Security
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the South East.

Salary trend for Application Security in the South East

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the South East

Application Security
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Thames Valley +47 35 £71,250 +23.91% 3
Berkshire +46 35 £71,250 +23.91% 1
Hampshire -22 10 £65,000 +19.27% 4
West Sussex - 6 £95,000 -
Kent -22 4 £65,000 +128.07%
Surrey -34 1 - - 1
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (36.21%) Azure
2 16 (27.59%) AWS
3 5 (8.62%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (8.62%) GCP
4 4 (6.90%) PaaS
5 3 (5.17%) AWS CodePipeline
5 3 (5.17%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (5.17%) Azure App Service
5 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.17%) IaaS
5 3 (5.17%) Serverless
6 1 (1.72%) SaaS
6 1 (1.72%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (44.83%) Network Security
2 8 (13.79%) Firewall
3 6 (10.34%) Internet
4 5 (8.62%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (8.62%) VPN
5 2 (3.45%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.72%) Wireless
6 1 (1.72%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (5.17%) Relational Database
1 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Burp Suite
1 2 (3.45%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.72%) JUnit
2 1 (1.72%) MSI
2 1 (1.72%) Robot Framework
2 1 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.97%) Telecoms
3 9 (15.52%) Finance
4 3 (5.17%) Retail
5 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Games
6 1 (1.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (32.76%) Architect
1 19 (32.76%) Senior
2 18 (31.03%) Security Architect
3 11 (18.97%) Security Researcher
4 9 (15.52%) Consultant
4 9 (15.52%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 9 (15.52%) Security Consultant
5 8 (13.79%) Security Assurance Manager
5 8 (13.79%) Security Manager
6 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 6 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 6 (10.34%) Security Technical Architect
6 6 (10.34%) Technical Architect
7 5 (8.62%) Analyst
8 4 (6.90%) Developer
8 4 (6.90%) Security Analyst
9 3 (5.17%) Information Analyst
9 3 (5.17%) Information Security Analyst
9 3 (5.17%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (5.17%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.34%) OAuth
1 6 (10.34%) OAuth2
2 5 (8.62%) Web Services
3 4 (6.90%) .NET
3 4 (6.90%) RESTful
4 3 (5.17%) .NET Framework
4 3 (5.17%) AngularJS
4 3 (5.17%) ASP.NET
4 3 (5.17%) ASP.NET Core
4 3 (5.17%) CSS
4 3 (5.17%) CSS3
4 3 (5.17%) Entity Framework
4 3 (5.17%) HTML
4 3 (5.17%) HTML5
4 3 (5.17%) React
4 3 (5.17%) Vue
5 1 (1.72%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Data Centre
2 11 (18.97%) Management Information System
2 11 (18.97%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (15.52%) Security Posture
4 5 (8.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.72%) IoT
6 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.72%) PKI
6 1 (1.72%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.62%) Kali Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (53.45%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (50.00%) OWASP
3 25 (43.10%) Penetration Testing
4 23 (39.66%) Vulnerability Management
5 21 (36.21%) Computer Science
6 19 (32.76%) Information Security
7 18 (31.03%) Security Management
8 16 (27.59%) Risk Management
9 15 (25.86%) Security Operations
10 13 (22.41%) Software Engineering
10 13 (22.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (20.69%) DevSecOps
11 12 (20.69%) Identity Access Management
12 11 (18.97%) Secure Coding
12 11 (18.97%) Software Assurance
13 10 (17.24%) Information Security Management
13 10 (17.24%) ISMS
14 9 (15.52%) ITIL
14 9 (15.52%) Threat Modelling
15 8 (13.79%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.52%) Python
2 8 (13.79%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.90%) JavaScript
3 4 (6.90%) SQL
4 3 (5.17%) C#
5 2 (3.45%) Bash
5 2 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 22 (37.93%) Degree
2 20 (34.48%) CISSP
3 11 (18.97%) CISM
4 9 (15.52%) GPEN
5 8 (13.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (13.79%) GIAC
6 5 (8.62%) AWS Certification
6 5 (8.62%) Azure Certification
7 4 (6.90%) ISACA
7 4 (6.90%) Master's Degree
7 4 (6.90%) OSCP
7 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
7 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
8 3 (5.17%) CEH
8 3 (5.17%) CESG Certified Professional
8 3 (5.17%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (5.17%) PCI QSA
9 2 (3.45%) CCNA
9 2 (3.45%) CCNP
9 2 (3.45%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (37.93%) NIST
2 17 (29.31%) GDPR
3 16 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (17.24%) NIST 800
4 10 (17.24%) PCI DSS
5 9 (15.52%) GRC
6 7 (12.07%) COBIT
7 6 (10.34%) NCSC
8 5 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 3 (5.17%) HIPAA
9 3 (5.17%) ISO 22301
9 3 (5.17%) ISO 31000
10 2 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (1.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (6.90%) Docker
2 1 (1.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) Nessus
2 6 (10.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 5 (8.62%) Suricata
4 4 (6.90%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.45%) Nmap
6 1 (1.72%) Ansible
6 1 (1.72%) Terraform
6 1 (1.72%) WMI
Vendors
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft
1 6 (10.34%) Qualys
1 6 (10.34%) Splunk
2 5 (8.62%) Cisco
2 5 (8.62%) Juniper
2 5 (8.62%) Palo Alto
3 1 (1.72%) VMware