Application Security Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 393 410
Rank change year-on-year +46 +17 +122
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 50 206 285
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.61% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.66% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 42 157 207
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £29,850
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £76,563 £84,919 £89,301
90th Percentile £91,875 £97,500 £101,711
UK median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.23% +6.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Application Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Application Security trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Application Security
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Application Security.

Application Security salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Application Security
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Application Security over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Application Security salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (16.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.00%) AWS
2 16 (32.00%) Azure
3 7 (14.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 7 (14.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 7 (14.00%) Azure Monitor
3 7 (14.00%) Dynamics 365
3 7 (14.00%) Power Platform
3 7 (14.00%) SaaS
4 3 (6.00%) PaaS
5 2 (4.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.00%) GCP
5 2 (4.00%) IaaS
5 2 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.00%) WhatsApp
6 1 (2.00%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.00%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.00%) Firewall
2 9 (18.00%) Network Security
3 4 (8.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (8.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.00%) SD-WAN
4 2 (4.00%) VPN
4 2 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.00%) SQL Server
2 7 (14.00%) DB2
2 7 (14.00%) Relational Database
2 7 (14.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) JIRA
2 7 (14.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 7 (14.00%) Jenkins
2 7 (14.00%) Visual Studio
3 6 (12.00%) AppScan
3 6 (12.00%) SonarQube
4 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.00%) Burp Suite
4 1 (2.00%) GitLab
4 1 (2.00%) SoapUI
4 1 (2.00%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (2.00%) Zephyr
General
1 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (20.00%) Finance
3 4 (8.00%) Retail
4 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.00%) Advertising
5 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (26.00%) Analyst
1 13 (26.00%) Senior
2 9 (18.00%) Security Engineer
3 6 (12.00%) Applications Support
3 6 (12.00%) Applications Support Analyst
3 6 (12.00%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (12.00%) Support Analyst
4 5 (10.00%) Architect
4 5 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Applications Support
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Security Engineer
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Support Analyst
5 4 (8.00%) Penetration Tester
5 4 (8.00%) Tester
6 3 (6.00%) Environment Manager
6 3 (6.00%) Release Manager
6 3 (6.00%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.00%) Security Architect
6 3 (6.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (16.00%) .NET
1 8 (16.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (14.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.00%) SAML
4 1 (2.00%) Blazor
4 1 (2.00%) Spring
4 1 (2.00%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (8.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (8.00%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (6.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (6.00%) Public Cloud
5 2 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.00%) N-Tier
6 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (26.00%) Computer Science
2 13 (26.00%) SIEM
3 12 (24.00%) ITIL
4 11 (22.00%) DevOps
4 11 (22.00%) Information Security
5 10 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 10 (20.00%) Service Management
6 9 (18.00%) Change Management
6 9 (18.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 9 (18.00%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (18.00%) Static Application Security Testing
7 8 (16.00%) Cloud Security
7 8 (16.00%) Customer Service
7 8 (16.00%) Design Patterns
7 8 (16.00%) DevSecOps
8 7 (14.00%) Agile
8 7 (14.00%) Problem Management
8 7 (14.00%) Security Operations
8 7 (14.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.00%) SQL
2 8 (16.00%) C#
3 7 (14.00%) PL/SQL
3 7 (14.00%) T-SQL
3 7 (14.00%) VB.NET
4 4 (8.00%) Python
5 3 (6.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (6.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.00%) Go
6 1 (2.00%) Groovy
6 1 (2.00%) Java
6 1 (2.00%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 15 (30.00%) Degree
2 13 (26.00%) CISSP
3 7 (14.00%) CISM
4 6 (12.00%) SANS
5 5 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 4 (8.00%) CCNA
6 4 (8.00%) CCNP
6 4 (8.00%) CHECK Team Leader
6 4 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (8.00%) CREST Certified
6 4 (8.00%) GCIA
7 3 (6.00%) CEH
7 3 (6.00%) CHECK Team Member
7 3 (6.00%) Cyber Scheme
7 3 (6.00%) GIAC
7 3 (6.00%) ISTQB
7 3 (6.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (22.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (22.00%) NIST
3 7 (14.00%) PCI DSS
4 6 (12.00%) GDPR
4 6 (12.00%) SLA
5 5 (10.00%) NCSC
5 5 (10.00%) SOC 2
6 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (6.00%) QA
7 2 (4.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.00%) Firmware
1 2 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) Progress Chef
1 6 (12.00%) Puppet
2 4 (8.00%) Ansible
2 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.00%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.00%) Grafana
4 1 (2.00%) HP Fortify
4 1 (2.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 12 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.00%) SolarWinds
3 7 (14.00%) ServiceNow
4 6 (12.00%) Atlassian
5 3 (6.00%) Cisco
6 2 (4.00%) Meraki
6 2 (4.00%) OneLogin
6 2 (4.00%) VMware
7 1 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.00%) Dell
7 1 (2.00%) Dynatrace
7 1 (2.00%) Splunk
7 1 (2.00%) Zscaler