Secure Code Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Secure Coding skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Secure Coding over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 630 750 743
Rank change year-on-year +120 -7 -36
Permanent jobs citing Secure Coding 283 211 538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.21% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.22% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 134 96 256
10th Percentile £52,750 £45,625 £38,258
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,294 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% +11.54%
75th Percentile £84,919 £97,290 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year +21.74% +2.22% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Secure Coding is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Secure Coding in the UK

Secure Coding
Top 17 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 12 May 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 +114 225 £71,991 -4.01% 40
UK excluding London +133 208 £70,000 +21.74% 15
Work from Home +211 204 £70,000 -15.15% 20
North of England +113 74 £79,842 +62.94% 4
North West +49 52 £61,206 -18.39% 4
South West +5 49 £67,500 +42.11% 4
London +55 48 £79,842 -6.07% 25
South East +28 28 £70,000 -15.15% 2
Scotland - 19 £60,000 -
Yorkshire +94 18 £79,842 +85.68%
Midlands 0 18 £79,842 +38.86% 2
West Midlands +28 10 £79,842 +52.08% 1
Northern Ireland +27 10 - - 1
Wales +20 8 - - 1
East Midlands -10 8 - - 1
North East - 6 £79,842 -
East of England - 2 £63,750 - 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 5 (1.77%) nginx
2 3 (1.06%) NServiceBus
3 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 184 (65.02%) AWS
2 109 (38.52%) Azure
3 21 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (6.01%) GitHub
5 16 (5.65%) Serverless
6 11 (3.89%) AWS Lambda
6 11 (3.89%) SaaS
7 10 (3.53%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (3.53%) GCP
7 10 (3.53%) Google Play
8 8 (2.83%) PaaS
9 7 (2.47%) IaaS
10 6 (2.12%) Azure Service Fabric
10 6 (2.12%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.77%) npm
11 5 (1.77%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.41%) Azure AKS
12 4 (1.41%) Azure Functions
13 3 (1.06%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (13.07%) WAN
2 33 (11.66%) SD-WAN
3 15 (5.30%) Firewall
4 11 (3.89%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (2.12%) Network Security
6 5 (1.77%) Internet
6 5 (1.77%) VPN
7 4 (1.41%) LAN
7 4 (1.41%) VoIP
8 3 (1.06%) X.509
9 1 (0.35%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.35%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.35%) Modbus
9 1 (0.35%) MQTT
9 1 (0.35%) Wireless
9 1 (0.35%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (34.63%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (32.16%) Oracle Database
2 91 (32.16%) Oracle Database 11g
3 19 (6.71%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.24%) MySQL
5 11 (3.89%) DynamoDB
6 8 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.77%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.41%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.06%) Big Data
9 3 (1.06%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.71%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.71%) Power BI
11 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.35%) GIS
11 1 (0.35%) OLTP
11 1 (0.35%) Spatial Data
11 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (9.19%) Git
2 17 (6.01%) Visual Studio
3 10 (3.53%) Appium
4 6 (2.12%) JIRA
5 5 (1.77%) webpack
6 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.71%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.35%) Gradle
7 1 (0.35%) Moq
7 1 (0.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.35%) Sourcetree
7 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.35%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 52 (18.37%) Social Skills
2 32 (11.31%) Finance
3 13 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (2.83%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.47%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.12%) Law
6 6 (2.12%) Legal
7 4 (1.41%) Banking
7 4 (1.41%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.06%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.06%) Retail
9 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.71%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.35%) Advertising
10 1 (0.35%) Electronics
10 1 (0.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 172 (60.78%) Developer
2 141 (49.82%) Senior
3 127 (44.88%) Senior Developer
4 91 (32.16%) Database Developer
4 91 (32.16%) PostgreSQL Developer
5 79 (27.92%) Senior Database Developer
6 53 (18.73%) Architect
6 53 (18.73%) Security Architect
7 33 (11.66%) Lead
8 31 (10.95%) Software Engineer
9 27 (9.54%) Lead Architect
9 27 (9.54%) Lead Security Architect
10 22 (7.77%) Software Developer
11 16 (5.65%) Senior Software Developer
12 14 (4.95%) .NET Developer
12 14 (4.95%) Backend Developer
13 12 (4.24%) Oracle Developer
13 12 (4.24%) Senior Oracle Developer
14 11 (3.89%) Senior Backend Developer
15 10 (3.53%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.37%) .NET
2 34 (12.01%) React
3 32 (11.31%) AngularJS
4 25 (8.83%) CSS
5 24 (8.48%) ASP.NET
5 24 (8.48%) HTML
6 22 (7.77%) Vue
7 21 (7.42%) jQuery
8 16 (5.65%) REST
9 15 (5.30%) ASP.NET MVC
9 15 (5.30%) KnockoutJS
9 15 (5.30%) Node.js
10 13 (4.59%) GraphQL
11 12 (4.24%) JSON
11 12 (4.24%) Web Services
12 10 (3.53%) Android SDK
12 10 (3.53%) Spring
13 9 (3.18%) RESTful
13 9 (3.18%) SOAP
14 8 (2.83%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.19%) Management Information System
2 33 (11.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 11 (3.89%) Mobile App
4 10 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.53%) Security Posture
5 9 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (2.47%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.12%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.77%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.41%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.06%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.06%) IoT
10 3 (1.06%) PKI
10 3 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.71%) Life Science
11 2 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.59%) Android
2 11 (3.89%) Linux
3 8 (2.83%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.83%) Windows
4 5 (1.77%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.41%) CentOS
5 4 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (45.58%) Unit Testing
2 116 (40.99%) Actionable Insight
3 98 (34.63%) Migration
4 93 (32.86%) Artificial Intelligence
5 92 (32.51%) Data Migration
6 91 (32.16%) Performance Tuning
7 78 (27.56%) Agile
8 65 (22.97%) OWASP
9 61 (21.55%) DevOps
10 60 (21.20%) Clean Code
11 57 (20.14%) Application Security
11 57 (20.14%) CI/CD
12 50 (17.67%) Information Security
13 48 (16.96%) Security Architecture
14 45 (15.90%) Software Engineering
15 37 (13.07%) Design Patterns
16 33 (11.66%) Identity Management
16 33 (11.66%) SDLC
16 33 (11.66%) Test Automation
17 32 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 113 (39.93%) SQL
2 91 (32.16%) PL/SQL
3 48 (16.96%) C#
3 48 (16.96%) JavaScript
4 29 (10.25%) Java
5 27 (9.54%) Python
6 20 (7.07%) TypeScript
7 14 (4.95%) Kotlin
8 12 (4.24%) C
9 9 (3.18%) PHP
9 9 (3.18%) T-SQL
10 7 (2.47%) C++
11 6 (2.12%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.41%) Swift
13 3 (1.06%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.71%) Bash
15 1 (0.35%) Bicep
15 1 (0.35%) Go
15 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 60 (21.20%) CISSP
2 47 (16.61%) CISM
3 42 (14.84%) AWS Certification
4 40 (14.13%) Azure Certification
5 36 (12.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 36 (12.72%) Cisco Certification
6 34 (12.01%) CCSK
6 34 (12.01%) CCSP
7 29 (10.25%) Degree
7 29 (10.25%) Security Cleared
8 24 (8.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (4.24%) CISA
9 12 (4.24%) SC Cleared
10 8 (2.83%) Master's Degree
11 6 (2.12%) GIAC
11 6 (2.12%) SANS
12 5 (1.77%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.06%) CEH
13 3 (1.06%) OSCP
14 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (16.25%) NIST
2 39 (13.78%) QA
3 17 (6.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.47%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.12%) COBIT
5 6 (2.12%) SOC 2
5 6 (2.12%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (1.77%) NCSC
7 3 (1.06%) GDPR
8 2 (0.71%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.35%) MISRA
9 1 (0.35%) MISRA C
System Software
1 42 (14.84%) Docker
2 4 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) Firmware
3 1 (0.35%) LXC
3 1 (0.35%) OpenSIPS
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (13.43%) Kubernetes
2 33 (11.66%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.47%) Terraform
4 6 (2.12%) Ansible
4 6 (2.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (2.12%) Nessus
5 5 (1.77%) Suricata
6 2 (0.71%) Grafana
6 2 (0.71%) Kibana
6 2 (0.71%) logstash
6 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 103 (36.40%) Oracle
2 33 (11.66%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.95%) Google
4 7 (2.47%) Splunk
5 5 (1.77%) Cisco
5 5 (1.77%) Juniper
5 5 (1.77%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.41%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.41%) VMware
7 1 (0.35%) ESRI
7 1 (0.35%) Renesas
7 1 (0.35%) Xamarin