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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 587 498
Rank change year-on-year +77 -89 +41
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 78 178 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.25% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.30% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 46 132 145
10th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £54,063 £52,188 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,919 £80,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,250 £99,900
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -3.23% +6.90%

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 37,041 59,787 56,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.90% 83.60% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 18,101 41,279 29,105
10th Percentile £26,875 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +67 33 £60,000 -15.79% 41
Scotland +109 13 £62,500 +25.00% 10
South West +103 12 £66,250 -11.67% 13
Midlands +52 10 £55,000 -4.35% 10
West Midlands +33 7 £55,000 -4.35% 8
North of England -15 6 £65,000 +5.09% 16
North West -35 4 £51,585 -14.03% 11
East of England - 4 £51,250 - 4
East Midlands - 3 - - 1
Yorkshire +49 2 £67,500 -15.46% 5
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 1 (1.28%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 34 (43.59%) Azure
2 20 (25.64%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (23.08%) PaaS
4 13 (16.67%) AWS
5 8 (10.26%) SaaS
6 5 (6.41%) GCP
6 5 (6.41%) IaaS
6 5 (6.41%) Serverless
7 4 (5.13%) Cloud Functions
7 4 (5.13%) Google App Engine
7 4 (5.13%) Google Compute Engine
8 3 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (2.56%) GitHub
9 2 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.28%) Amazon MSK
10 1 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.28%) npm
10 1 (1.28%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.41%) Firewall
1 5 (6.41%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.13%) HTTP
2 4 (5.13%) HTTPS
2 4 (5.13%) Network Security
3 2 (2.56%) VPN
4 1 (1.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.13%) BigQuery
2 4 (5.13%) Cloud Spanner
2 4 (5.13%) NoSQL
3 3 (3.85%) MySQL
4 2 (2.56%) DB2
5 1 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.28%) DataStage
5 1 (1.28%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.28%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Android Studio
1 1 (1.28%) Bitbucket
1 1 (1.28%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.28%) Git
1 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.28%) JIRA
1 1 (1.28%) Metasploit
1 1 (1.28%) Mocha
1 1 (1.28%) Xcode
General
1 31 (39.74%) Finance
2 16 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 13 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.69%) Retail
5 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Automotive
6 2 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Law
6 2 (2.56%) Marketing
6 2 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.56%) Publishing
6 2 (2.56%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.28%) Banking
7 1 (1.28%) Games
7 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.28%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (34.62%) Security Engineer
2 14 (17.95%) Lead
2 14 (17.95%) Senior
3 13 (16.67%) Analyst
4 12 (15.38%) Architect
5 9 (11.54%) Security Analyst
6 7 (8.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (7.69%) Applications Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) Security Manager
7 6 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (6.41%) Security Architect
8 5 (6.41%) Senior Security Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) Developer
9 4 (5.13%) Mobile Engineer
10 3 (3.85%) Applications Support
10 3 (3.85%) IT Engineer
10 3 (3.85%) IT Security Engineer
10 3 (3.85%) Test Analyst
10 3 (3.85%) Web Developer
11 2 (2.56%) Architecture Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (21.79%) YAML
2 7 (8.97%) React
3 6 (7.69%) Node.js
3 6 (7.69%) REST
4 5 (6.41%) React Native
5 4 (5.13%) Express.js
6 3 (3.85%) .NET
6 3 (3.85%) Blazor
6 3 (3.85%) SOAP
7 2 (2.56%) .NET Core
7 2 (2.56%) AngularJS
7 2 (2.56%) RESTful
8 1 (1.28%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.28%) CSS
8 1 (1.28%) HTML
8 1 (1.28%) Jest
8 1 (1.28%) Laravel
8 1 (1.28%) Middleware
8 1 (1.28%) Svelte
8 1 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (19.23%) Security Posture
2 9 (11.54%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.41%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.56%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 2 (2.56%) YARA
7 1 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.28%) Life Science
7 1 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.28%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.28%) Online Games
7 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.41%) Android
1 5 (6.41%) Apple iOS
2 4 (5.13%) Linux
3 3 (3.85%) Windows
4 1 (1.28%) Kali Linux
4 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.28%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.28%) Unix
4 1 (1.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.74%) Computer Science
2 30 (38.46%) DevOps
3 27 (34.62%) CI/CD
4 24 (30.77%) Agile
4 24 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (29.49%) Vulnerability Management
6 21 (26.92%) DevSecOps
6 21 (26.92%) Security Testing
7 20 (25.64%) Threat Modelling
8 18 (23.08%) Information Security
8 18 (23.08%) OWASP
8 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (23.08%) SDLC
9 17 (21.79%) Test Automation
10 15 (19.23%) Creative Thinking
10 15 (19.23%) Mentoring
10 15 (19.23%) Product Management
11 13 (16.67%) Backlog Management
11 13 (16.67%) Product Strategy
11 13 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.79%) PowerShell
2 11 (14.10%) SQL
3 9 (11.54%) Java
3 9 (11.54%) Python
4 8 (10.26%) JavaScript
5 5 (6.41%) TypeScript
6 4 (5.13%) C
6 4 (5.13%) C#
6 4 (5.13%) C++
6 4 (5.13%) Kotlin
6 4 (5.13%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.85%) PHP
8 2 (2.56%) Bash
8 2 (2.56%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (2.56%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (1.28%) Bicep
9 1 (1.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (43.59%) Degree
2 20 (25.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (21.79%) Master's Degree
4 14 (17.95%) CISSP
5 9 (11.54%) CISM
6 7 (8.97%) SANS
7 4 (5.13%) CEH
7 4 (5.13%) CREST Certified
8 3 (3.85%) CRISC
8 3 (3.85%) GIAC
8 3 (3.85%) ISTQB
8 3 (3.85%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.56%) AWS Certification
9 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.56%) CISA
9 2 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (2.56%) GCIA
9 2 (2.56%) ISSAP
9 2 (2.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (38.46%) NIST
2 24 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (20.51%) NCSC
4 15 (19.23%) GDPR
5 11 (14.10%) Accessibility
6 6 (7.69%) PCI DSS
7 5 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (5.13%) COBIT
8 4 (5.13%) QA
8 4 (5.13%) SOC 2
9 2 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (2.56%) GRC
9 2 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (1.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 3 (3.85%) Docker
2 2 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.28%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (8.97%) Terraform
2 6 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.56%) Ansible
4 1 (1.28%) Argo
4 1 (1.28%) CASB
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.28%) Nessus
4 1 (1.28%) OpenVAS
4 1 (1.28%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.69%) Google
3 3 (3.85%) Databricks
3 3 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.56%) IBM
4 2 (2.56%) Splunk
4 2 (2.56%) VMware
5 1 (1.28%) Cisco
5 1 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.28%) Dell
5 1 (1.28%) Graphcore
5 1 (1.28%) Hitachi
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle
5 1 (1.28%) Qualys
5 1 (1.28%) Zscaler