Secure Coding Jobs

Secure Code Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Secure Coding skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Secure Coding over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 508 618 776
Rank change year-on-year +110 +158 -18
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 193 298 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.30% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.35% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 102 133 100
10th Percentile - £52,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £52,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -6.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £78,750 £84,919 £95,000
90th Percentile £104,450 £95,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +21.74% +2.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,113 84,749 99,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.34% 85.94% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 26,713 59,834 58,282
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,000 £72,500 £81,750
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Secure Coding in the UK

Secure Coding
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Secure Coding.

Salary trend for Secure Coding in the UK

Secure Coding
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Secure Coding over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Secure Coding in the UK

Secure Coding
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Secure Coding within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +127 183 £57,500 -19.01% 159
UK excluding London +110 129 £55,000 -21.43% 112
Work from Home +75 117 £55,000 -20.00% 85
London +115 60 £78,000 -2.31% 81
South East +129 47 £55,000 -21.43% 22
North of England +19 26 £55,500 -30.49% 28
East of England +69 19 £62,500 -1.96% 3
North West -13 19 £62,500 +2.11% 19
South West +74 16 £55,000 -18.52% 26
Midlands +53 12 £62,500 -21.72% 16
Scotland +121 10 £55,000 -8.33% 16
West Midlands +54 10 £70,000 -12.33% 10
Yorkshire +66 6 £53,375 -33.15% 8
East Midlands +33 2 £55,000 - 6
North East +43 1 £55,000 -31.11% 1

Secure Coding
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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.66%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.07%) Confluence
2 4 (2.07%) Drupal
3 3 (1.55%) CMS
4 2 (1.04%) IIS
4 2 (1.04%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.55%) Shopify
3 1 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 121 (62.69%) AWS
2 98 (50.78%) Azure
3 50 (25.91%) AWS CloudFormation
4 49 (25.39%) Amazon EKS
5 44 (22.80%) Serverless
6 34 (17.62%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (6.22%) PaaS
8 9 (4.66%) Amazon S3
8 9 (4.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 8 (4.15%) Azure Functions
9 8 (4.15%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (4.15%) GCP
10 7 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (3.63%) GitHub
11 6 (3.11%) Azure App Service
11 6 (3.11%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (3.11%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.59%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 5 (2.59%) CloudFront
12 5 (2.59%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.63%) Network Security
2 5 (2.59%) Firewall
3 2 (1.04%) HTTP
4 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (25.91%) Elasticsearch
2 33 (17.10%) DynamoDB
3 19 (9.84%) NoSQL
4 14 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (6.74%) SQL Server
6 12 (6.22%) MySQL
7 5 (2.59%) DocumentDB
7 5 (2.59%) Redis
8 4 (2.07%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.07%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.55%) Power BI
10 2 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (1.04%) Couchbase
11 1 (0.52%) Endeca
11 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (10.88%) Git
2 11 (5.70%) GitLab
3 10 (5.18%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.66%) JIRA
5 4 (2.07%) Mocha
6 3 (1.55%) NUnit
7 2 (1.04%) JUnit
8 1 (0.52%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.52%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.52%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.52%) Maven
8 1 (0.52%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.52%) Moq
8 1 (0.52%) MSTest
8 1 (0.52%) Postman
8 1 (0.52%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.52%) Selenium
8 1 (0.52%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.52%) xUnit.net
General
1 72 (37.31%) Analytical Skills
2 62 (32.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 35 (18.13%) Finance
4 21 (10.88%) Social Skills
5 12 (6.22%) Banking
6 6 (3.11%) Law
7 5 (2.59%) Retail Banking
8 4 (2.07%) Electronics
8 4 (2.07%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Legal
9 2 (1.04%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Aviation
10 1 (0.52%) Back Office
10 1 (0.52%) Military
10 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (67.88%) Developer
2 74 (38.34%) Software Developer
3 60 (31.09%) Senior
4 49 (25.39%) Senior Developer
5 28 (14.51%) Full-Stack Developer
6 20 (10.36%) Senior Software Developer
7 19 (9.84%) Software Engineer
8 14 (7.25%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (6.22%) Security Engineer
10 10 (5.18%) React Developer
11 9 (4.66%) Analyst
11 9 (4.66%) Node.js Developer
11 9 (4.66%) Security Analyst
12 7 (3.63%) .NET Developer
12 7 (3.63%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
12 7 (3.63%) JavaScript Developer
12 7 (3.63%) Senior .NET Developer
13 6 (3.11%) AWS Developer
13 6 (3.11%) Lead
13 6 (3.11%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (55.44%) Node.js
2 82 (42.49%) .NET
3 62 (32.12%) React
4 49 (25.39%) Pandas
5 37 (19.17%) GraphQL
6 16 (8.29%) CSS
7 14 (7.25%) HTML
7 14 (7.25%) REST
8 11 (5.70%) .NET Framework
8 11 (5.70%) Middleware
8 11 (5.70%) RESTful
9 10 (5.18%) .NET Core
9 10 (5.18%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.15%) Vue
11 7 (3.63%) ASP.NET
11 7 (3.63%) Svelte
12 6 (3.11%) HTML5
12 6 (3.11%) Jest
12 6 (3.11%) OAuth
12 6 (3.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 49 (25.39%) Cyberattack
2 10 (5.18%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.15%) Algorithms
3 8 (4.15%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (4.15%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.11%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.59%) Blog
5 5 (2.59%) Distributed Applications
5 5 (2.59%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (2.07%) EMV
7 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.55%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.04%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (30.57%) Android
2 56 (29.02%) Linux
3 10 (5.18%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (52.85%) CI/CD
2 96 (49.74%) Agile
3 85 (44.04%) Kanban
4 84 (43.52%) OWASP
5 71 (36.79%) Software Engineering
6 66 (34.20%) Containerisation
7 59 (30.57%) Full-Stack Development
8 57 (29.53%) Collaborative Working
8 57 (29.53%) Test Automation
9 56 (29.02%) OO
9 56 (29.02%) OOP
10 54 (27.98%) Android Development
11 52 (26.94%) Design Patterns
11 52 (26.94%) Unit Testing
12 51 (26.42%) Mathematics
13 49 (25.39%) Line Management
13 49 (25.39%) Statistics
14 45 (23.32%) Problem-Solving
15 43 (22.28%) Microservices
16 39 (20.21%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 95 (49.22%) JavaScript
2 77 (39.90%) Java
3 66 (34.20%) Python
4 63 (32.64%) C++
5 57 (29.53%) Go
6 54 (27.98%) Rust
7 49 (25.39%) TypeScript
8 33 (17.10%) C#
9 18 (9.33%) SQL
10 9 (4.66%) PHP
11 6 (3.11%) Bicep
12 5 (2.59%) PowerShell
13 4 (2.07%) C
13 4 (2.07%) Kotlin
14 3 (1.55%) Ruby
14 3 (1.55%) Scala
15 2 (1.04%) Bash
15 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.52%) Perl
16 1 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 55 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 52 (26.94%) DV Cleared
3 12 (6.22%) Degree
4 7 (3.63%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.11%) CISSP
6 5 (2.59%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.59%) CISA
6 5 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.07%) SSCP
8 3 (1.55%) CSSLP
8 3 (1.55%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.04%) CCNA
9 2 (1.04%) CCNP
9 2 (1.04%) CEH
9 2 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.52%) CISM
10 1 (0.52%) GIAC
10 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.52%) MCSD
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (10.36%) NIST
3 18 (9.33%) GDPR
4 6 (3.11%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.59%) QA
6 3 (1.55%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.52%) GRC
8 1 (0.52%) NCSC
8 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
System Software
1 72 (37.31%) Docker
2 3 (1.55%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.52%) Squid
Systems Management
1 68 (35.23%) Kubernetes
2 53 (27.46%) Terraform
3 51 (26.42%) Ansible
4 5 (2.59%) HP Fortify
5 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.52%) Kibana
6 1 (0.52%) Nessus
6 1 (0.52%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 18 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.63%) Oracle
3 5 (2.59%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.55%) Alibaba
4 3 (1.55%) Google
5 2 (1.04%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.04%) Cisco
5 2 (1.04%) F5
5 2 (1.04%) ForgeRock
5 2 (1.04%) Fortinet
5 2 (1.04%) iManage
5 2 (1.04%) Okta
5 2 (1.04%) Palo Alto
5 2 (1.04%) Ping Identity
6 1 (0.52%) Checkmarx
6 1 (0.52%) CyberSource
6 1 (0.52%) New Relic
6 1 (0.52%) Splunk