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 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 217 362
Rank change year-on-year -64 +145 +14
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 15 47 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.10% 0.64% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.71% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 11 20 16
10th Percentile £49,168 - £57,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -21.43% +12.00%
75th Percentile £60,625 £58,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £61,375 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £70,996
% change year-on-year +4.35% -19.01% -5.34%

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 10,602 6,579 13,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.75% 89.84% 84.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,842 3,384 9,857
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -7 4 £53,518 -2.70% 3
Hampshire -36 4 £57,500 +2.22% 8
Kent -36 4 - - 8
Surrey -25 3 £62,500 - 8
Berkshire 0 2 £57,500 - 2
Buckinghamshire -15 2 £49,536 - 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) AWS
2 4 (26.67%) Azure
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Functions
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (20.00%) Serverless
4 2 (13.33%) GitHub
5 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Git
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Developer
2 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) .NET Developer
3 2 (13.33%) .NET Software Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Application Security Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
3 2 (13.33%) Lead Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Lead Security Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Security Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Developer
4 1 (6.67%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (6.67%) C# Developer
4 1 (6.67%) C# Software Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (60.00%) .NET
2 4 (26.67%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (26.67%) Visualforce
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (6.67%) CSS
3 1 (6.67%) GraphQL
3 1 (6.67%) HTML
3 1 (6.67%) OAuth
3 1 (6.67%) OAuth2
3 1 (6.67%) React
3 1 (6.67%) React Native
3 1 (6.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (6.67%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 9 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 8 (53.33%) SDLC
4 7 (46.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (40.00%) Software Testing
6 5 (33.33%) Agile
6 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 5 (33.33%) DevOps
7 4 (26.67%) Coaching
7 4 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (26.67%) Kanban
7 4 (26.67%) Open Source
7 4 (26.67%) OWASP
7 4 (26.67%) Static Code Analysis
7 4 (26.67%) TDD
7 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
7 4 (26.67%) Test Scripting
7 4 (26.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Python
2 6 (40.00%) C#
2 6 (40.00%) Java
3 4 (26.67%) Apex Code
3 4 (26.67%) Ruby
4 3 (20.00%) SQL
5 2 (13.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (13.33%) CISSP
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (13.33%) CRISC
3 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) ISACA
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) QA
2 3 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Salesforce
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) Xamarin