OWASP Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring OWASP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited OWASP 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 302 426 510
Rank change year-on-year +124 +84 -47
Permanent jobs citing OWASP 97 171 166
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.65% 0.51% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.55% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 35 143 111
10th Percentile £46,750 £51,800 £47,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -17.65% +40.50%
75th Percentile £79,500 £84,919 £95,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £84,000
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +29.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

OWASP 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%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

OWASP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

OWASP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

OWASP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 2 (2.06%) Confluence
1 2 (2.06%) IIS
2 1 (1.03%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 73 (75.26%) Azure
2 65 (67.01%) AWS
3 49 (50.52%) Amazon EKS
3 49 (50.52%) AWS CloudFormation
4 6 (6.19%) PaaS
5 4 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.09%) IaaS
7 2 (2.06%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.06%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.06%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.06%) SaaS
7 2 (2.06%) Serverless
8 1 (1.03%) AWS Fargate
8 1 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.03%) GitHub
8 1 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.19%) Firewall
2 4 (4.12%) Network Security
3 2 (2.06%) DHCP
3 2 (2.06%) DNS
3 2 (2.06%) HTTP
3 2 (2.06%) VPN
4 1 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (50.52%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (5.15%) NoSQL
3 3 (3.09%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.09%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.06%) Power BI
5 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.03%) Big Data
5 1 (1.03%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.03%) MySQL
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (11.34%) Git
2 8 (8.25%) JIRA
3 4 (4.12%) JMeter
3 4 (4.12%) Mocha
4 3 (3.09%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.09%) JUnit
4 3 (3.09%) Locust
4 3 (3.09%) Postman
4 3 (3.09%) Selenium
5 2 (2.06%) Robot Framework
5 2 (2.06%) Subversion
6 1 (1.03%) Burp Suite
6 1 (1.03%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.03%) Gatling
6 1 (1.03%) LoadRunner
6 1 (1.03%) NUnit
6 1 (1.03%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.03%) TestRail
6 1 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (64.95%) Analytical Skills
2 55 (56.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (25.77%) Social Skills
4 11 (11.34%) Finance
5 5 (5.15%) Law
6 4 (4.12%) Electronics
7 2 (2.06%) Banking
7 2 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.06%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.03%) Aviation
8 1 (1.03%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 64 (65.98%) Developer
2 55 (56.70%) Software Developer
3 7 (7.22%) Senior
4 6 (6.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 5 (5.15%) Development Manager
5 5 (5.15%) Information Manager
5 5 (5.15%) Information Security Manager
5 5 (5.15%) IT Development Manager
5 5 (5.15%) IT Manager
5 5 (5.15%) Security Manager
6 4 (4.12%) Analyst
6 4 (4.12%) Information Analyst
6 4 (4.12%) Information Security Analyst
6 4 (4.12%) React Developer
6 4 (4.12%) Security Analyst
6 4 (4.12%) Security Engineer
6 4 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (4.12%) Senior Information Analyst
6 4 (4.12%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 4 (4.12%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (62.89%) .NET
2 59 (60.82%) Node.js
3 49 (50.52%) Pandas
4 10 (10.31%) REST
5 6 (6.19%) .NET Core
5 6 (6.19%) ASP.NET
5 6 (6.19%) React
6 5 (5.15%) .NET Framework
6 5 (5.15%) CodeIgniter
6 5 (5.15%) CSS
6 5 (5.15%) HTML
6 5 (5.15%) Laravel
7 4 (4.12%) Entity Framework
7 4 (4.12%) Jest
7 4 (4.12%) JSON
7 4 (4.12%) Middleware
7 4 (4.12%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (4.12%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (3.09%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.06%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 49 (50.52%) Cyberattack
2 6 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.12%) Algorithms
3 4 (4.12%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.12%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (4.12%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.12%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.12%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.06%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.03%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.03%) NHS
5 1 (1.03%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 54 (55.67%) Android
2 51 (52.58%) Linux
3 10 (10.31%) Apple iOS
4 4 (4.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (73.20%) Secure Coding
2 70 (72.16%) CI/CD
3 67 (69.07%) Agile
4 56 (57.73%) Collaborative Working
5 54 (55.67%) Android Development
6 53 (54.64%) Design Patterns
6 53 (54.64%) OO
6 53 (54.64%) OOP
7 51 (52.58%) Kanban
7 51 (52.58%) Line Management
7 51 (52.58%) Software Engineering
8 49 (50.52%) Containerisation
8 49 (50.52%) Mathematics
8 49 (50.52%) Statistics
9 21 (21.65%) DevOps
10 17 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (16.49%) Test Automation
12 13 (13.40%) Information Security
13 12 (12.37%) Front End Development
14 11 (11.34%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 61 (62.89%) JavaScript
2 53 (54.64%) C++
2 53 (54.64%) Java
2 53 (54.64%) Python
3 49 (50.52%) Go
3 49 (50.52%) Rust
4 10 (10.31%) C#
4 10 (10.31%) SQL
5 5 (5.15%) PHP
6 2 (2.06%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.06%) Ruby
7 1 (1.03%) Swift
7 1 (1.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (54.64%) Security Cleared
2 49 (50.52%) DV Cleared
3 11 (11.34%) CISSP
4 8 (8.25%) CISM
5 6 (6.19%) Degree
6 5 (5.15%) Azure Certification
7 4 (4.12%) CEH
7 4 (4.12%) CRISC
7 4 (4.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 4 (4.12%) SANS
7 4 (4.12%) SC Cleared
8 3 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (3.09%) GIAC
8 3 (3.09%) ISTQB
9 2 (2.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (2.06%) ISSAP
9 2 (2.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (2.06%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (19.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (17.53%) NIST
3 12 (12.37%) GDPR
4 8 (8.25%) PCI DSS
5 6 (6.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (5.15%) COBIT
7 4 (4.12%) GRC
7 4 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (3.09%) SOC 2
9 2 (2.06%) Accessibility
9 2 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.03%) NCSC
10 1 (1.03%) NIST 800
10 1 (1.03%) QA
System Software
1 51 (52.58%) Docker
2 2 (2.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 52 (53.61%) Terraform
2 51 (52.58%) Kubernetes
3 49 (50.52%) Ansible
4 2 (2.06%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (1.03%) HP Fortify
5 1 (1.03%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (6.19%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.15%) OpenAI
3 4 (4.12%) Oracle
4 3 (3.09%) Google
5 2 (2.06%) Databricks
5 2 (2.06%) Mercator
6 1 (1.03%) Splunk