Application Security Jobs in Central London

Application Security (AppSec)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 220 258
Rank change year-on-year +72 +38 -16
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 44 16 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.16% 0.32% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.34% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 27 12 42
10th Percentile £74,906 £53,075 £57,500
25th Percentile £85,000 £56,563 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £108,750 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £109,625 £127,500
London median annual salary £79,842 £87,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +16.67% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,487 4,674 8,117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 91.57% 94.69% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,599 3,837 6,358
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Central London.

Salary trend for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
City of London +69 44 £100,000 +25.00% 5
Application Security
London

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (18.18%) Azure
3 3 (6.82%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.55%) Azure AKS
4 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.55%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.55%) IaaS
4 2 (4.55%) PaaS
4 2 (4.55%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) AWS
5 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (31.82%) Firewall
2 3 (6.82%) Network Security
3 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.27%) VPN
3 1 (2.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) NoSQL
1 2 (4.55%) RDBMS
1 2 (4.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Burp Suite
1 6 (13.64%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.27%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 27 (61.36%) Finance
2 4 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Advertising
4 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Legal
4 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (50.00%) Senior
2 19 (43.18%) Analyst
2 19 (43.18%) Security Analyst
2 19 (43.18%) Senior Analyst
2 19 (43.18%) Senior Security Analyst
3 15 (34.09%) Architect
4 13 (29.55%) CISSP Analyst
4 13 (29.55%) IT Analyst
4 13 (29.55%) IT Security Analyst
4 13 (29.55%) Senior IT Security Analyst
5 12 (27.27%) Security Architect
6 10 (22.73%) IT Architect
6 10 (22.73%) IT Security Architect
7 7 (15.91%) Security Engineer
8 5 (11.36%) Applications Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Azure Architect
9 2 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (4.55%) Senior Applications Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Senior Security Engineer
10 1 (2.27%) Applications Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) REST
2 3 (6.82%) OAuth
2 3 (6.82%) RESTful
3 2 (4.55%) HTML
3 2 (4.55%) JSON
3 2 (4.55%) SAML
3 2 (4.55%) Web Services
3 2 (4.55%) XML
4 1 (2.27%) .NET
4 1 (2.27%) CSS
4 1 (2.27%) Kafka
4 1 (2.27%) OAuth2
4 1 (2.27%) OpenID
4 1 (2.27%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.27%) Android
1 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.91%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (36.36%) Incident Response
3 14 (31.82%) Incident Management
3 14 (31.82%) SIEM
4 13 (29.55%) Change Management
4 13 (29.55%) Privileged Access Management
4 13 (29.55%) Security Architecture
4 13 (29.55%) Security Management
4 13 (29.55%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 13 (29.55%) Threat Detection
5 12 (27.27%) Cloud Security
6 11 (25.00%) Security Operations
7 10 (22.73%) TOGAF
8 9 (20.45%) Information Security
8 9 (20.45%) OWASP
9 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (13.64%) Benchmarking
10 6 (13.64%) DevSecOps
10 6 (13.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 6 (13.64%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) Python
2 2 (4.55%) C++
2 2 (4.55%) Java
2 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.27%) C#
3 1 (2.27%) Go
3 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (59.09%) CISSP
2 11 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 11 (25.00%) CCSP
2 11 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (20.45%) Degree
4 2 (4.55%) CEH
4 2 (4.55%) CISM
4 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.27%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.27%) CCSK
5 1 (2.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.27%) OSCP
5 1 (2.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.55%) NIST
2 1 (2.27%) GDPR
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.82%) Docker
3 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (13.64%) Nmap
2 3 (6.82%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.27%) OpenAI