Application Security (AppSec)
Wales > South Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 102 | 109 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +7 | +12 |
| Permanent jobs citing Application Security | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales | - | 0.13% | 0.086% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.17% | 0.090% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £62,500 | £35,427 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £65,000 | £37,147 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +74.98% | -10.49% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £67,500 | £38,868 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Wales median annual salary | - | £65,000 | £37,147 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +74.98% | -23.01% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales
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 South Wales.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 758 | 1,205 | 1,117 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales | 79.29% | 76.46% | 96.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 449 | 789 | 555 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,504 | £28,290 | £26,391 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,087 | £35,700 | £36,644 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £47,029 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.32% | -0.99% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,750 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,000 | £72,500 | £75,000 |
| Wales median annual salary | £47,683 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.96% | - | -5.59% |
Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales
Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.
Application Security
Salary Trend in South Wales
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in South Wales.