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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 262 302
Rank change year-on-year -20 +40 +15
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 40 28 42
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.23% 0.31% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.36% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 29 3 36
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,500 £63,125
25th Percentile £49,168 £53,750 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -23.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £90,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £71,991
% change year-on-year -14.29% -2.77% -15.30%

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 12,422 7,887 11,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.36% 87.86% 80.68%
Number of salaries quoted 8,907 4,241 7,080
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 24 August 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 24 August 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 +18 17 £62,000 +24.00% 4
Hampshire -25 15 £57,500 -4.17% 2
Berkshire +24 9 £97,500 - 2
Buckinghamshire +2 6 £49,536 -0.93% 2
Surrey -26 6 £62,500 - 1
Kent -20 2 - -
Oxfordshire -21 2 - -
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 (5.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Azure
2 12 (30.00%) AWS
3 9 (22.50%) Serverless
4 7 (17.50%) Azure Functions
4 7 (17.50%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (17.50%) GitHub
5 5 (12.50%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (7.50%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (7.50%) ChatGPT
6 3 (7.50%) GCP
6 3 (7.50%) GitHub Copilot
6 3 (7.50%) Google Gemini
7 2 (5.00%) Amazon ECR
7 2 (5.00%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (5.00%) Amazon S3
7 2 (5.00%) Apigee
7 2 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (5.00%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (30.00%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (17.50%) SQL Server
3 3 (7.50%) MongoDB
3 3 (7.50%) MySQL
3 3 (7.50%) Relational Database
4 2 (5.00%) DynamoDB
4 2 (5.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (40.00%) Git
2 6 (15.00%) GitLab
3 4 (10.00%) Jenkins
4 2 (5.00%) Cypress.io
4 2 (5.00%) Eclipse
4 2 (5.00%) Eclipse RCP
4 2 (5.00%) Maven
4 2 (5.00%) SonarQube
5 1 (2.50%) Subversion
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Manufacturing
3 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (42.50%) Developer
2 10 (25.00%) Architect
2 10 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 7 (17.50%) Software Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) .NET Developer
4 5 (12.50%) .NET Software Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Azure Developer
4 5 (12.50%) Chief Architect
4 5 (12.50%) Chief Software Architect
4 5 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 5 (12.50%) Software Architect
5 4 (10.00%) Lead
5 4 (10.00%) Lead Architect
5 4 (10.00%) Lead Security Architect
6 3 (7.50%) Backend Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Application Security Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 2 (5.00%) Java Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (22.50%) .NET
2 5 (12.50%) React
2 5 (12.50%) Spring Boot
3 3 (7.50%) Hibernate
3 3 (7.50%) JPA
3 3 (7.50%) Kafka
3 3 (7.50%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (7.50%) REST
3 3 (7.50%) RESTful
3 3 (7.50%) Spring
3 3 (7.50%) Terraform
4 2 (5.00%) AngularJS
4 2 (5.00%) Gherkin
4 2 (5.00%) Jest
4 2 (5.00%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (5.00%) Next.js
4 2 (5.00%) OSGi
4 2 (5.00%) Swing
4 2 (5.00%) SWT
4 2 (5.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Cloud Native
2 5 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (7.50%) AI Agents
4 3 (7.50%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.50%) Data Structures
5 2 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (5.00%) Life Science
5 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
5 2 (5.00%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.00%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.50%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.00%) Linux
2 2 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (67.50%) Software Engineering
2 22 (55.00%) CI/CD
3 18 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (42.50%) Agile
4 17 (42.50%) Test Automation
5 16 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (37.50%) SDLC
7 12 (30.00%) Computer Science
7 12 (30.00%) DevSecOps
8 11 (27.50%) AI
9 10 (25.00%) DevOps
10 9 (22.50%) Continuous Integration
10 9 (22.50%) Microservices
10 9 (22.50%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (20.00%) Decision-Making
11 8 (20.00%) Software Testing
12 7 (17.50%) API Management
12 7 (17.50%) Application Security
12 7 (17.50%) Cloud Security
12 7 (17.50%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 21 (52.50%) Python
2 14 (35.00%) Java
3 13 (32.50%) C++
4 12 (30.00%) C#
5 10 (25.00%) C
6 8 (20.00%) Rust
7 7 (17.50%) Go
7 7 (17.50%) SQL
7 7 (17.50%) TypeScript
8 5 (12.50%) JavaScript
9 2 (5.00%) Apex Code
9 2 (5.00%) Bash
9 2 (5.00%) Groovy
9 2 (5.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 14 (35.00%) Degree
3 11 (27.50%) DV Cleared
4 7 (17.50%) Azure Certification
4 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (10.00%) AWS Certification
6 4 (10.00%) CISSP
6 4 (10.00%) CRISC
6 4 (10.00%) ISACA
7 2 (5.00%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) GDPR
2 6 (15.00%) QA
3 5 (12.50%) MISRA
System Software
1 12 (30.00%) Docker
2 5 (12.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.00%) Argo
2 2 (5.00%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
1 7 (17.50%) Oracle
2 3 (7.50%) Google
2 3 (7.50%) OpenAI
3 2 (5.00%) Salesforce