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 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 249 357
Rank change year-on-year -24 +108 -15
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 34 37 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.22% 0.43% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.49% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 25 11 27
10th Percentile £48,750 - £59,750
25th Percentile £49,168 £52,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -24.14% -19.44%
75th Percentile £66,250 £61,875 £93,750
90th Percentile £87,250 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% -13.33% -6.25%

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 11,298 7,614 13,851
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.87% 88.57% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 8,040 3,982 9,658
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,888 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 13 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 13 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 +11 13 £57,500 +4.55% 4
Hampshire -29 11 £57,500 - 4
Berkshire +29 7 £97,500 - 1
Buckinghamshire -9 6 £49,536 -0.93% 1
Surrey -24 6 £62,500 -
Kent -24 4 - -
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 (5.88%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) AWS
2 9 (26.47%) Azure
2 9 (26.47%) Serverless
3 7 (20.59%) Azure Functions
3 7 (20.59%) Azure Monitor
4 6 (17.65%) GitHub
5 4 (11.76%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (5.88%) Amazon ECR
6 2 (5.88%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (5.88%) Amazon S3
6 2 (5.88%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (5.88%) Apigee
6 2 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (5.88%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (5.88%) ChatGPT
6 2 (5.88%) GCP
6 2 (5.88%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (5.88%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (32.35%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (20.59%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.88%) DynamoDB
3 2 (5.88%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.88%) MySQL
3 2 (5.88%) NoSQL
3 2 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (35.29%) Git
2 4 (11.76%) GitLab
2 4 (11.76%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.88%) Cypress.io
3 2 (5.88%) Maven
3 2 (5.88%) SonarQube
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
4 4 (11.76%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (47.06%) Developer
2 10 (29.41%) Software Developer
3 8 (23.53%) Architect
4 6 (17.65%) .NET Developer
4 6 (17.65%) .NET Software Developer
4 6 (17.65%) Software Engineer
5 5 (14.71%) Azure Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Security Architect
6 4 (11.76%) Lead
6 4 (11.76%) Lead Architect
6 4 (11.76%) Lead Security Architect
7 3 (8.82%) Chief Architect
7 3 (8.82%) Chief Software Architect
7 3 (8.82%) Software Architect
8 2 (5.88%) Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Application Security Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Java Developer
8 2 (5.88%) Security Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (35.29%) .NET
2 4 (11.76%) Lightning Web Components
2 4 (11.76%) Spring Boot
2 4 (11.76%) Visualforce
3 2 (5.88%) AngularJS
3 2 (5.88%) Gherkin
3 2 (5.88%) Hibernate
3 2 (5.88%) Jest
3 2 (5.88%) JPA
3 2 (5.88%) Kafka
3 2 (5.88%) Next.js
3 2 (5.88%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (5.88%) React
3 2 (5.88%) REST
3 2 (5.88%) RESTful
3 2 (5.88%) Spring
4 1 (2.94%) CSS
4 1 (2.94%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Cloud Native
2 4 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (11.76%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (5.88%) AI Agents
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (5.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Linux
2 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (58.82%) Software Engineering
2 19 (55.88%) CI/CD
3 17 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (41.18%) SDLC
5 13 (38.24%) Agile
5 13 (38.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (32.35%) Test Automation
7 10 (29.41%) DevOps
7 10 (29.41%) Software Testing
8 9 (26.47%) Computer Science
8 9 (26.47%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (23.53%) AI
9 8 (23.53%) Clean Code
10 7 (20.59%) API Management
10 7 (20.59%) Cloud Security
10 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (20.59%) DevSecOps
11 6 (17.65%) Application Security
11 6 (17.65%) Coaching
11 6 (17.65%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 17 (50.00%) Python
2 10 (29.41%) C#
2 10 (29.41%) Java
3 7 (20.59%) C
3 7 (20.59%) SQL
4 5 (14.71%) C++
5 4 (11.76%) Apex Code
5 4 (11.76%) Go
5 4 (11.76%) Ruby
5 4 (11.76%) TypeScript
6 3 (8.82%) Rust
7 2 (5.88%) Bash
7 2 (5.88%) Groovy
7 2 (5.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (38.24%) Degree
2 9 (26.47%) DV Cleared
2 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
3 7 (20.59%) Azure Certification
3 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (11.76%) AWS Certification
4 4 (11.76%) CISSP
4 4 (11.76%) CRISC
4 4 (11.76%) ISACA
5 2 (5.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (23.53%) QA
2 7 (20.59%) GDPR
3 3 (8.82%) MISRA
System Software
1 8 (23.53%) Docker
2 3 (8.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.88%) Argo
2 2 (5.88%) HP Fortify
2 2 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft
1 7 (20.59%) Oracle
2 4 (11.76%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.88%) Google
3 2 (5.88%) OpenAI
4 1 (2.94%) Xamarin