Application Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 580 499
Rank change year-on-year +80 -81 +50
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 87 189 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.24% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.30% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 52 139 143
10th Percentile £33,750 £44,850 £27,750
25th Percentile £54,688 £50,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,813 £84,919 £80,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £91,250 £99,600
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,702 63,852 53,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 91.70% 81.13% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 17,877 43,309 28,442
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,890 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.78% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the UK excluding London

Application Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Application Security in the UK excluding London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the UK excluding London

Application Security
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 2025. 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
South East +71 40 £57,500 -14.81% 56
Scotland +101 15 £62,500 +19.05% 11
Midlands +72 12 £55,000 -4.35% 12
South West +108 11 £70,000 -6.67% 14
West Midlands +47 8 £55,000 -8.33% 10
North of England -2 5 £67,500 +10.28% 29
East Midlands +55 4 - - 2
East of England - 4 £71,500 - 8
North West -35 3 £65,792 +14.42% 16
Yorkshire +35 2 £67,500 -15.46% 12
Application Security
UK

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.75%) Apache Airflow
1 5 (5.75%) Appian
2 4 (4.60%) Apache Spark
3 3 (3.45%) CMS
3 3 (3.45%) IIS
3 3 (3.45%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.15%) Apache
4 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 45 (51.72%) Azure
2 32 (36.78%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (25.29%) PaaS
4 21 (24.14%) AWS
5 7 (8.05%) GitHub
6 6 (6.90%) Amazon S3
6 6 (6.90%) IaaS
6 6 (6.90%) SaaS
7 5 (5.75%) GCP
7 5 (5.75%) MinIO
7 5 (5.75%) Power Platform
7 5 (5.75%) Serverless
8 4 (4.60%) Cloud Functions
8 4 (4.60%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (4.60%) Google App Engine
8 4 (4.60%) Google Compute Engine
8 4 (4.60%) npm
9 3 (3.45%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.60%) Firewall
1 4 (4.60%) HTTP
1 4 (4.60%) HTTPS
1 4 (4.60%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.45%) Network Security
3 2 (2.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.60%) BigQuery
2 4 (4.60%) Cloud Spanner
2 4 (4.60%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.30%) DB2
3 2 (2.30%) MySQL
4 1 (1.15%) Airbyte
4 1 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.15%) DataStage
4 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.15%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 5 (5.75%) Robot Framework
1 5 (5.75%) Selenium
1 5 (5.75%) Snyk
2 4 (4.60%) Bitbucket
2 4 (4.60%) Git
2 4 (4.60%) JIRA
3 3 (3.45%) Octopus Deploy
3 3 (3.45%) Visual Studio
3 3 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
3 3 (3.45%) Vite
4 1 (1.15%) Android Studio
4 1 (1.15%) Burp Suite
4 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.15%) Metasploit
4 1 (1.15%) Mocha
4 1 (1.15%) Xcode
General
1 33 (37.93%) Finance
2 19 (21.84%) Social Skills
3 12 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.75%) Retail
5 4 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.45%) Advertising
6 3 (3.45%) Back Office
7 2 (2.30%) Automotive
7 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Law
7 2 (2.30%) Marketing
7 2 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.30%) Publishing
7 2 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.15%) Games
8 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.15%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 18 (20.69%) Lead
3 15 (17.24%) Architect
4 14 (16.09%) Senior
5 13 (14.94%) Analyst
6 9 (10.34%) Security Analyst
7 7 (8.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 6 (6.90%) Developer
9 5 (5.75%) Applications Architect
9 5 (5.75%) Applications Engineer
9 5 (5.75%) Applications Support
9 5 (5.75%) Security Manager
9 5 (5.75%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (4.60%) .NET Software Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) C# Software Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) IT Security Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Security Architect
10 4 (4.60%) Senior Security Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (25.29%) YAML
2 9 (10.34%) React
3 8 (9.20%) .NET
3 8 (9.20%) REST
4 7 (8.05%) .NET Core
5 5 (5.75%) Apache NiFi
5 5 (5.75%) Blazor
5 5 (5.75%) Kafka
5 5 (5.75%) Node.js
5 5 (5.75%) React Native
5 5 (5.75%) SOAP
6 4 (4.60%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.60%) CSS
6 4 (4.60%) Express.js
6 4 (4.60%) HTML
6 4 (4.60%) RESTful
7 3 (3.45%) .NET Framework
7 3 (3.45%) Sass
8 1 (1.15%) Laravel
8 1 (1.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.69%) Security Posture
2 9 (10.34%) Mobile App
3 8 (9.20%) Cloud Native
4 5 (5.75%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (5.75%) Low-Code
5 4 (4.60%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.30%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.30%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (2.30%) YARA
8 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.15%) Life Science
8 1 (1.15%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.15%) N-Tier
8 1 (1.15%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.75%) Android
1 5 (5.75%) Apple iOS
2 4 (4.60%) Linux
3 3 (3.45%) Windows
4 1 (1.15%) Kali Linux
4 1 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.15%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.15%) Unix
4 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (47.13%) DevOps
2 40 (45.98%) CI/CD
3 34 (39.08%) Computer Science
4 32 (36.78%) Agile
5 29 (33.33%) DevSecOps
5 29 (33.33%) Security Testing
6 28 (32.18%) Test Automation
7 27 (31.03%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (29.89%) Vulnerability Management
9 24 (27.59%) Threat Modelling
10 21 (24.14%) Mentoring
10 21 (24.14%) OWASP
10 21 (24.14%) SDLC
11 18 (20.69%) Creative Thinking
11 18 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (20.69%) Product Management
12 16 (18.39%) Backlog Management
12 16 (18.39%) Coaching
12 16 (18.39%) Product Strategy
12 16 (18.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.99%) PowerShell
2 16 (18.39%) SQL
3 13 (14.94%) Python
4 11 (12.64%) JavaScript
5 9 (10.34%) C#
5 9 (10.34%) Java
6 5 (5.75%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.60%) C
7 4 (4.60%) C++
7 4 (4.60%) Kotlin
7 4 (4.60%) Objective-C
8 2 (2.30%) Bash
8 2 (2.30%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (2.30%) PHP
8 2 (2.30%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (1.15%) Bicep
9 1 (1.15%) Swift
Qualifications
1 37 (42.53%) Degree
2 24 (27.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (22.99%) Master's Degree
4 11 (12.64%) CISSP
5 7 (8.05%) CISM
6 6 (6.90%) SANS
6 6 (6.90%) Security Cleared
7 4 (4.60%) CEH
7 4 (4.60%) CREST Certified
7 4 (4.60%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.45%) CRISC
8 3 (3.45%) GIAC
8 3 (3.45%) ISTQB
9 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.30%) CISA
9 2 (2.30%) ISSAP
9 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.15%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (36.78%) NIST
2 26 (29.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (22.99%) NCSC
4 14 (16.09%) Accessibility
4 14 (16.09%) GDPR
5 5 (5.75%) PCI DSS
5 5 (5.75%) SOC 2
6 4 (4.60%) COBIT
6 4 (4.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (4.60%) QA
7 2 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.30%) GRC
7 2 (2.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (1.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 5 (5.75%) Docker
1 5 (5.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 14 (16.09%) Terraform
2 8 (9.20%) Kubernetes
3 7 (8.05%) Ansible
4 1 (1.15%) Argo
4 1 (1.15%) CASB
4 1 (1.15%) Nessus
4 1 (1.15%) OpenVAS
4 1 (1.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.90%) Google
2 6 (6.90%) VMware
3 5 (5.75%) BiZZdesign
3 5 (5.75%) Black Duck
3 5 (5.75%) Databricks
3 5 (5.75%) Salesforce
3 5 (5.75%) UiPath
4 3 (3.45%) Splunk
5 2 (2.30%) IBM
6 1 (1.15%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.15%) Coverity
6 1 (1.15%) Graphcore
6 1 (1.15%) Hitachi
6 1 (1.15%) Oracle
6 1 (1.15%) Pega
6 1 (1.15%) Qualys