Secure Coding Job Trends in the South East

Secure Code Development
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Secure Coding skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 262 326
Rank change year-on-year -18 +64 +4
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 37 33 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.23% 0.38% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.43% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 26 8 28
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,750 £60,125
25th Percentile £49,168 £52,500 £69,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -30.16% -12.50%
75th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £93,125
90th Percentile £101,250 £73,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year -9.43% -8.62% -9.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Secure Coding 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 11,598 7,672 11,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.73% 88.36% 81.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,262 4,093 8,069
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -11.29%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Secure Coding relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Secure Coding job vacancy trend in the South East

Secure Coding
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Secure Coding.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Secure Coding

Secure Coding
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Secure Coding in the South East over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Secure Coding in the South East

Secure Coding
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 Secure Coding within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. 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 +10 15 £59,750 +8.64% 9
Hampshire -32 12 £57,500 - 3
Berkshire +26 8 £97,500 - 4
Buckinghamshire -14 6 £49,536 -0.93% 2
Surrey -30 6 £62,500 -
Kent -24 4 - -
Oxfordshire -19 1 - - 3
Secure Coding
England

Secure Coding
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) AWS
2 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 9 (24.32%) Serverless
3 7 (18.92%) Azure Functions
3 7 (18.92%) Azure Monitor
4 6 (16.22%) GitHub
5 4 (10.81%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (5.41%) Amazon ECR
6 2 (5.41%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (5.41%) Amazon S3
6 2 (5.41%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (5.41%) Apigee
6 2 (5.41%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (5.41%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (5.41%) ChatGPT
6 2 (5.41%) GCP
6 2 (5.41%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (5.41%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (29.73%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.41%) DynamoDB
3 2 (5.41%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.41%) MySQL
3 2 (5.41%) NoSQL
3 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (35.14%) Git
2 5 (13.51%) GitLab
3 4 (10.81%) Jenkins
4 2 (5.41%) Cypress.io
4 2 (5.41%) Maven
4 2 (5.41%) SonarQube
5 1 (2.70%) Eclipse
5 1 (2.70%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (2.70%) Subversion
General
1 17 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Manufacturing
3 4 (10.81%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Developer
2 11 (29.73%) Software Developer
3 9 (24.32%) Architect
4 6 (16.22%) .NET Developer
4 6 (16.22%) .NET Software Developer
4 6 (16.22%) Software Engineer
5 5 (13.51%) Azure Developer
5 5 (13.51%) Security Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Chief Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Chief Software Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Lead
6 4 (10.81%) Lead Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Lead Security Architect
6 4 (10.81%) Software Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Application Security Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Java Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (32.43%) .NET
2 4 (10.81%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (10.81%) Spring Boot
2 4 (10.81%) Visualforce
3 2 (5.41%) AngularJS
3 2 (5.41%) Gherkin
3 2 (5.41%) Hibernate
3 2 (5.41%) Jest
3 2 (5.41%) JPA
3 2 (5.41%) Kafka
3 2 (5.41%) Next.js
3 2 (5.41%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (5.41%) React
3 2 (5.41%) REST
3 2 (5.41%) RESTful
3 2 (5.41%) Spring
4 1 (2.70%) CSS
4 1 (2.70%) HTML
4 1 (2.70%) Swing
4 1 (2.70%) SWT
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Cloud Native
2 4 (10.81%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (10.81%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (5.41%) AI Agents
3 2 (5.41%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Life Science
4 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.70%) Social Media
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Linux
2 2 (5.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (62.16%) Software Engineering
2 20 (54.05%) CI/CD
3 18 (48.65%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (40.54%) Agile
5 14 (37.84%) SDLC
6 13 (35.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (35.14%) Test Automation
7 11 (29.73%) Computer Science
7 11 (29.73%) DevOps
8 10 (27.03%) Continuous Integration
8 10 (27.03%) Software Testing
9 9 (24.32%) AI
10 8 (21.62%) Clean Code
10 8 (21.62%) DevSecOps
11 7 (18.92%) API Management
11 7 (18.92%) Cloud Security
11 7 (18.92%) Coaching
11 7 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (18.92%) Microservices
12 6 (16.22%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 19 (51.35%) Python
2 11 (29.73%) Java
3 10 (27.03%) C#
4 9 (24.32%) C
5 8 (21.62%) C++
6 7 (18.92%) SQL
7 4 (10.81%) Apex Code
7 4 (10.81%) Go
7 4 (10.81%) Ruby
7 4 (10.81%) Rust
7 4 (10.81%) TypeScript
8 2 (5.41%) Bash
8 2 (5.41%) Groovy
8 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (40.54%) Degree
2 11 (29.73%) Security Cleared
3 10 (27.03%) DV Cleared
4 7 (18.92%) Azure Certification
4 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (10.81%) AWS Certification
5 4 (10.81%) CISSP
5 4 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (10.81%) CRISC
5 4 (10.81%) ISACA
6 2 (5.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) QA
2 7 (18.92%) GDPR
3 4 (10.81%) MISRA
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Docker
2 4 (10.81%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.41%) Argo
2 2 (5.41%) HP Fortify
2 2 (5.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (18.92%) Microsoft
1 7 (18.92%) Oracle
2 4 (10.81%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.41%) Google
3 2 (5.41%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.70%) Xamarin