ModSecurity (Modsec)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ModSecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ModSecurity over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 886 976 1194
Rank change year-on-year +90 +218 -306
Permanent jobs citing ModSecurity 8 13 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.012% 0.001%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.038% 0.041% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 2
10th Percentile - - £63,875
25th Percentile - £43,750 £65,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -33.33% +29.55%
75th Percentile - £68,250 £75,938
90th Percentile - £82,500 £77,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £71,250
% change year-on-year +5.26% -33.33% +29.55%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

ModSecurity is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,055 31,925 61,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.45% 30.36% 40.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15,740 19,553 30,311
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,227 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

ModSecurity
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ModSecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ModSecurity in the UK

ModSecurity
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ModSecurity.

Salary trend for ModSecurity in the UK

ModSecurity
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ModSecurity within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
England +105 8 £50,000 +5.26% 6
UK excluding London +4 8 £50,000 +5.26% 9
South West -15 7 £50,000 -37.50% 2
Work from Home +95 6 £50,000 +5.26%
East of England - 1 - -

ModSecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco IPT
General
1 5 (62.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Security Officer
2 2 (25.00%) IT Security Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Managing Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (87.50%) Data Governance
1 7 (87.50%) Data Protection
1 7 (87.50%) Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
2 1 (12.50%) Physics
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) CISM
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (87.50%) CISA
2 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) HND
3 1 (12.50%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (87.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 7 (87.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (87.50%) NCSC
2 1 (12.50%) JSP 440
2 1 (12.50%) RMADS