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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 340 325
Rank change year-on-year +75 -15 +71
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 33 57 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.35% 0.34% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.40% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10 31 57
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £37,813 £57,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £72,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.52% +31.82% -21.43%
75th Percentile £80,938 £95,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £84,625 £112,500 £111,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - -6.25% +10.34%

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 8,645 14,205 13,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.79% 84.51% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,288 9,899 8,009
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,837 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.67% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 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
Middlesex - 15 - - 1
Hampshire +67 12 £46,250 -25.73% 5
Thames Valley +37 6 £66,250 -13.11% 16
Buckinghamshire +37 3 £70,000 -12.50% 1
Berkshire +7 3 £62,500 -13.79% 13
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 15 (45.45%) Azure
2 14 (42.42%) Azure DevOps
2 14 (42.42%) PaaS
3 6 (18.18%) SaaS
4 4 (12.12%) AWS
5 2 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 4 (12.12%) HTTP
2 4 (12.12%) HTTPS
3 2 (6.06%) Firewall
3 2 (6.06%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.03%) Metasploit
General
1 14 (42.42%) Finance
2 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.09%) Retail
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.06%) Law
4 2 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.03%) Automotive
5 1 (3.03%) Banking
5 1 (3.03%) Publishing
5 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Security Engineer
2 13 (39.39%) Lead
3 9 (27.27%) Senior
4 6 (18.18%) Analyst
4 6 (18.18%) Senior Security Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Mobile Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Test Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Architecture Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) Engineering Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Security Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Security Manager
8 1 (3.03%) Banking Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) Information Security Consultant
8 1 (3.03%) Operational Security Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Risk Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Security Operations Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (3.03%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (42.42%) YAML
2 1 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.03%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 15 (45.45%) Security Posture
2 4 (12.12%) Mobile App
2 4 (12.12%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.06%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (6.06%) YARA
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) N-Tier
4 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Android
1 4 (12.12%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.03%) Kali Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (63.64%) Computer Science
2 19 (57.58%) CI/CD
3 17 (51.52%) Test Automation
4 16 (48.48%) SDLC
5 15 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (45.45%) DevOps
5 15 (45.45%) Mentoring
5 15 (45.45%) Security Testing
5 15 (45.45%) Vulnerability Management
6 14 (42.42%) Agile
6 14 (42.42%) DevSecOps
6 14 (42.42%) OWASP
7 13 (39.39%) Backlog Management
7 13 (39.39%) Coaching
7 13 (39.39%) Creative Thinking
7 13 (39.39%) Product Management
7 13 (39.39%) Product Strategy
7 13 (39.39%) Threat Modelling
7 13 (39.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 8 (24.24%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (42.42%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.12%) C
2 4 (12.12%) C++
2 4 (12.12%) Java
2 4 (12.12%) Kotlin
2 4 (12.12%) Objective-C
2 4 (12.12%) Python
2 4 (12.12%) SQL
3 3 (9.09%) JavaScript
3 3 (9.09%) TypeScript
4 2 (6.06%) C#
4 2 (6.06%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (6.06%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (3.03%) Bash
Qualifications
1 21 (63.64%) Degree
2 17 (51.52%) Master's Degree
3 15 (45.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (15.15%) CISSP
5 3 (9.09%) CISM
5 3 (9.09%) ISTQB
6 2 (6.06%) CCNA
6 2 (6.06%) CCNP
6 2 (6.06%) CISA
6 2 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (6.06%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (6.06%) CRISC
6 2 (6.06%) GCIA
6 2 (6.06%) SANS
7 1 (3.03%) CEH
7 1 (3.03%) GIAC
7 1 (3.03%) OSCP
7 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (48.48%) NIST
3 13 (39.39%) NCSC
4 3 (9.09%) GDPR
4 3 (9.09%) PCI DSS
4 3 (9.09%) QA
5 2 (6.06%) COBIT
5 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.06%) GRC
5 2 (6.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Nessus
1 1 (3.03%) OpenVAS
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
1 1 (3.03%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Google
2 2 (6.06%) Splunk
3 1 (3.03%) Qualys
3 1 (3.03%) VMware