Application Security Jobs in London

Application Security (AppSec)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Application Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Application Security over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 341 483
Rank change year-on-year +38 +142 -92
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 229 307 489
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.97% 0.91% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.95% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 143 197 230
10th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £63,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £87,500 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £98,750 £101,185 £105,000
90th Percentile £122,250 £122,500 £122,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Application Security 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 advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,542 32,176 67,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.96% 95.34% 97.01%
Number of salaries quoted 15,908 23,258 34,113
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,224 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,488 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in London

Application Security
Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 19 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
Central London +88 41 £100,000 +14.29% 5
South London -6 1 £61,050 -
West London -10 1 £57,500 -37.50%
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (3.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.44%) Apache
2 1 (0.44%) Confluence
2 1 (0.44%) Drupal
2 1 (0.44%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 55 (24.02%) Azure
2 34 (14.85%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (13.54%) AWS
4 13 (5.68%) Azure AKS
4 13 (5.68%) GCP
5 10 (4.37%) Power Platform
6 8 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (3.49%) SaaS
7 5 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.75%) IaaS
8 4 (1.75%) PaaS
9 3 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.31%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.44%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 83 (36.24%) Firewall
2 46 (20.09%) WAN
3 45 (19.65%) VPN
4 42 (18.34%) LAN
5 38 (16.59%) Network Security
6 36 (15.72%) Internet
7 12 (5.24%) Wireless
8 5 (2.18%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.75%) BGP
9 4 (1.75%) Ethernet VPN
9 4 (1.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 4 (1.75%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (1.75%) MPLS
9 4 (1.75%) OSPF
9 4 (1.75%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.75%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.75%) tcpdump
9 4 (1.75%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.75%) VXLAN
9 4 (1.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.18%) CockroachDB
2 3 (1.31%) Looker
2 3 (1.31%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.31%) RDBMS
2 3 (1.31%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.44%) Power BI
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 38 (16.59%) Burp Suite
2 36 (15.72%) Metasploit
3 9 (3.93%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.18%) Jaeger
4 5 (2.18%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.44%) JIRA
General
1 96 (41.92%) Social Skills
2 68 (29.69%) Finance
3 42 (18.34%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (16.59%) Retail
5 14 (6.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.24%) Banking
7 10 (4.37%) Health Technology
7 10 (4.37%) Law
7 10 (4.37%) Legal
8 9 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.93%) Financial Institution
8 9 (3.93%) Tech for Good
9 7 (3.06%) Marketing
9 7 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.75%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.44%) Police
12 1 (0.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 68 (29.69%) Architect
2 66 (28.82%) Senior
3 35 (15.28%) Penetration Tester
3 35 (15.28%) Tester
4 33 (14.41%) Analyst
5 32 (13.97%) Security Analyst
6 29 (12.66%) Security Architect
7 24 (10.48%) Security Engineer
7 24 (10.48%) Senior Analyst
8 23 (10.04%) Senior Security Analyst
9 21 (9.17%) Infrastructure Architect
10 18 (7.86%) CISSP Analyst
11 15 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (6.55%) IT Analyst
11 15 (6.55%) IT Security Analyst
11 15 (6.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (6.55%) Senior IT Security Analyst
12 11 (4.80%) IT Architect
12 11 (4.80%) IT Security Architect
13 9 (3.93%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.37%) OAuth
2 9 (3.93%) SailPoint
3 8 (3.49%) REST
4 7 (3.06%) SAML
4 7 (3.06%) web3js
5 6 (2.62%) Kafka
5 6 (2.62%) Middleware
6 5 (2.18%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (2.18%) Spring Boot
6 5 (2.18%) Web Services
7 4 (1.75%) RESTful
8 3 (1.31%) HTML
8 3 (1.31%) JSON
8 3 (1.31%) XML
9 2 (0.87%) OAuth2
9 2 (0.87%) OpenID
9 2 (0.87%) React
10 1 (0.44%) HTML5
10 1 (0.44%) JWT
10 1 (0.44%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.28%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.11%) PKI
3 13 (5.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 13 (5.68%) Security Posture
4 12 (5.24%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (3.93%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (3.93%) Robotics
6 8 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.06%) Blockchain
7 7 (3.06%) Web3
8 5 (2.18%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.31%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.87%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.87%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.44%) IoT
11 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.44%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.44%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 72 (31.44%) Linux
2 48 (20.96%) Windows
3 36 (15.72%) Ubuntu
3 36 (15.72%) VMS
4 28 (12.23%) Kali Linux
5 7 (3.06%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.87%) Android
6 2 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (43.67%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (33.62%) DevSecOps
3 69 (30.13%) Information Security
4 62 (27.07%) Cloud Security
5 54 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (21.40%) Agile
7 48 (20.96%) Penetration Testing
8 41 (17.90%) Computer Science
9 40 (17.47%) Security Architecture
10 39 (17.03%) Security Testing
11 37 (16.16%) Actionable Insight
12 36 (15.72%) Collaborative Culture
13 33 (14.41%) Critical Thinking
13 33 (14.41%) SIEM
14 31 (13.54%) CI/CD
14 31 (13.54%) Malware Analysis
15 30 (13.10%) Reverse Engineering
16 29 (12.66%) OWASP
16 29 (12.66%) Vulnerability Management
16 29 (12.66%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.17%) PowerShell
2 14 (6.11%) SQL
3 13 (5.68%) Python
4 9 (3.93%) Java
4 9 (3.93%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.31%) Bash
5 3 (1.31%) C++
5 3 (1.31%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.31%) R
6 2 (0.87%) C#
6 2 (0.87%) Go
7 1 (0.44%) C
7 1 (0.44%) Dart
7 1 (0.44%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.44%) Objective-C
7 1 (0.44%) PHP
7 1 (0.44%) Ruby
7 1 (0.44%) Rust
7 1 (0.44%) Swift
7 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 70 (30.57%) Degree
2 61 (26.64%) CISSP
3 42 (18.34%) Security Cleared
4 37 (16.16%) DV Cleared
5 34 (14.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (10.48%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (10.48%) CISM
7 23 (10.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 22 (9.61%) CCSP
9 12 (5.24%) Azure Certification
10 9 (3.93%) CEH
10 9 (3.93%) CompTIA CySA+
10 9 (3.93%) Numerate Degree
10 9 (3.93%) PMI Certification
10 9 (3.93%) PMP
11 8 (3.49%) CREST Certified
11 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (3.49%) OSCP
12 7 (3.06%) CHECK Team Leader
12 7 (3.06%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.79%) NIST
2 15 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.80%) PCI DSS
4 8 (3.49%) SOC 2
5 7 (3.06%) GRC
6 6 (2.62%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (2.18%) SLA
8 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.75%) GDPR
9 3 (1.31%) COBIT
9 3 (1.31%) NCSC
10 2 (0.87%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.44%) AIFMD
11 1 (0.44%) COSO
11 1 (0.44%) PSD2
11 1 (0.44%) QA
11 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (19.65%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.68%) Docker
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (19.65%) Terraform
2 43 (18.78%) Ansible
3 22 (9.61%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.93%) Nmap
4 9 (3.93%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (2.18%) Kiali
7 3 (1.31%) QRadar
8 1 (0.44%) CASB
8 1 (0.44%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 58 (25.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.80%) CyberArk
3 9 (3.93%) BeyondTrust
3 9 (3.93%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.93%) Splunk
4 5 (2.18%) AppDynamics
4 5 (2.18%) F5
5 4 (1.75%) Google
5 4 (1.75%) Qualys
6 3 (1.31%) IBM
7 2 (0.87%) Alibaba
7 2 (0.87%) VMware
8 1 (0.44%) CA
8 1 (0.44%) Citrix
8 1 (0.44%) Juniper
8 1 (0.44%) McAfee
8 1 (0.44%) NetApp
8 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.44%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.44%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud