Static Application Security Testing Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Static Application Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Static Application Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 380 559 657
Rank change year-on-year +179 +98 +99
Permanent jobs citing Static Application Security Testing 33 30 14
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.089% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.097% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 24 26 8
10th Percentile - - £79,625
25th Percentile £74,870 £57,500 £81,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,810 £60,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.35% -33.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £82,751 £82,188 £98,125
90th Percentile £85,200 £91,991 £101,258
UK median annual salary £78,810 £60,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +31.35% -31.43% +9.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Static Application Security Testing 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 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £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%

Static Application Security Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Static Application Security Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Static Application Security Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Static Application Security Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Static Application Security Testing over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Static Application Security Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Static Application Security Testing
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 7 (21.21%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 16 (48.48%) AWS
2 13 (39.39%) Apigee
2 13 (39.39%) GCP
2 13 (39.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 9 (27.27%) Azure
4 8 (24.24%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (24.24%) GitHub
4 8 (24.24%) GitHub Actions
4 8 (24.24%) IaaS
4 8 (24.24%) PaaS
4 8 (24.24%) SaaS
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.03%) Datadog
5 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (39.39%) NoSQL
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (81.82%) SonarQube
2 22 (66.67%) Jenkins
3 14 (42.42%) Sonatype Nexus
4 13 (39.39%) Git
4 13 (39.39%) JUnit
4 13 (39.39%) Maven
5 7 (21.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 7 (21.21%) JIRA
6 6 (18.18%) AppScan
7 3 (9.09%) GitLab
8 1 (3.03%) Bitbucket
8 1 (3.03%) Zephyr
General
1 24 (72.73%) Finance
2 13 (39.39%) Banking
3 8 (24.24%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.06%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 11 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 11 (33.33%) Senior
2 11 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Environment And Release Manager
3 3 (9.09%) Environment Manager
3 3 (9.09%) JIRA Engineer
3 3 (9.09%) Release Manager
4 2 (6.06%) .NET Software Engineer
4 2 (6.06%) Customer Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (39.39%) Hibernate
1 13 (39.39%) Spring Boot
2 11 (33.33%) RESTful
2 11 (33.33%) Spring
3 8 (24.24%) ARM Templates
3 8 (24.24%) Azure Blueprints
4 2 (6.06%) .NET
4 2 (6.06%) .NET Core
4 2 (6.06%) .NET Framework
4 2 (6.06%) OAuth
4 2 (6.06%) OAuth2
4 2 (6.06%) OpenID
4 2 (6.06%) REST
5 1 (3.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 14 (42.42%) Management Information System
2 8 (24.24%) Onboarding
3 3 (9.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (6.06%) Public Cloud
5 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (42.42%) Linux
2 13 (39.39%) Unix
3 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (84.85%) DevOps
2 26 (78.79%) Software Engineering
3 23 (69.70%) Test Automation
4 18 (54.55%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 17 (51.52%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (45.45%) CI/CD
6 15 (45.45%) Microservices
7 13 (39.39%) Event-Driven
7 13 (39.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 13 (39.39%) TDD
7 13 (39.39%) Translating Business Requirements
8 11 (33.33%) OO
9 9 (27.27%) Application Security
9 9 (27.27%) DevSecOps
10 8 (24.24%) Containerisation
10 8 (24.24%) Continuous Delivery
10 8 (24.24%) Deployment Automation
10 8 (24.24%) Mentoring
10 8 (24.24%) Project Management
10 8 (24.24%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (45.45%) SQL
2 13 (39.39%) Java
3 12 (36.36%) Go
3 12 (36.36%) Python
4 11 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.03%) Groovy
5 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.06%) CISSP
3 1 (3.03%) CASP
3 1 (3.03%) CISM
3 1 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (3.03%) CREST Certified
3 1 (3.03%) CSSLP
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
3 1 (3.03%) GIAC
3 1 (3.03%) GWAPT
3 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) NCSC
2 6 (18.18%) SLA
3 1 (3.03%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (63.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (72.73%) Kubernetes
2 21 (63.64%) Terraform
3 13 (39.39%) Istio
4 12 (36.36%) Ansible
5 6 (18.18%) Progress Chef
5 6 (18.18%) Puppet
6 1 (3.03%) Grafana
6 1 (3.03%) HP Fortify
6 1 (3.03%) Prometheus
6 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Atlassian
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Splunk
3 1 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.03%) Darktrace
3 1 (3.03%) Dynatrace
3 1 (3.03%) McAfee