Application Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 523 542
Rank change year-on-year -61 +19 -61
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 181 258 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.44% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.46% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 135 146 236
10th Percentile £44,550 £27,750 £32,875
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,000 £37,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £84,919 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £99,375 £88,125
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,251 56,179 68,558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.03% 95.60% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 41,534 28,920 41,183
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the UK excluding London

Application Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Application Security in the UK excluding London

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the UK excluding London

Application Security
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England +20 68 £61,853 +0.98% 20
South East -9 56 £71,250 +39.02% 11
North West -17 39 £58,750 -9.62% 12
Midlands -18 24 £57,500 -4.17% 10
West Midlands +2 23 £57,500 -13.53% 9
Yorkshire +74 20 £79,842 +27.75% 7
South West -9 17 £75,000 -25.00% 8
Scotland -50 16 £50,000 +11.42% 4
North East 0 9 £62,500 +31.58% 1
Wales +10 2 £65,000 +74.98% 1
East Midlands -9 1 £44,500 -19.09% 1
Application Security
UK

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 3 (1.66%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.10%) IIS
3 1 (0.55%) Confluence
3 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 87 (48.07%) Azure
2 71 (39.23%) AWS
3 21 (11.60%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (8.84%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (4.97%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.97%) SaaS
6 8 (4.42%) PaaS
7 7 (3.87%) IaaS
8 5 (2.76%) GCP
9 4 (2.21%) Azure App Service
9 4 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.21%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.21%) Serverless
10 3 (1.66%) AWS CodePipeline
10 3 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.66%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.66%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 31 (17.13%) WAN
2 30 (16.57%) SD-WAN
3 27 (14.92%) Network Security
4 13 (7.18%) Firewall
5 7 (3.87%) VPN
6 6 (3.31%) Internet
7 5 (2.76%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (2.21%) TCP/IP
8 4 (2.21%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.66%) Wireless
9 3 (1.66%) Wireless Security
10 2 (1.10%) LAN
11 1 (0.55%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.63%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.87%) Relational Database
2 7 (3.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (3.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (2.21%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.66%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.10%) MySQL
6 1 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.55%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 6 (3.31%) Git
2 3 (1.66%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.10%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.10%) Selenium
3 2 (1.10%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.10%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.55%) Gradle
4 1 (0.55%) Grunt
4 1 (0.55%) gulp
4 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.55%) JIRA
4 1 (0.55%) Maven
4 1 (0.55%) MSI
4 1 (0.55%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (16.02%) Finance
2 27 (14.92%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.50%) Law
4 16 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (8.29%) Telecoms
6 14 (7.73%) Public Sector
7 12 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (6.08%) Marketing
9 7 (3.87%) Retail
10 5 (2.76%) Legal
11 4 (2.21%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.10%) Banking
13 1 (0.55%) Electronics
13 1 (0.55%) Games
13 1 (0.55%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 78 (43.09%) Architect
2 57 (31.49%) Security Architect
3 51 (28.18%) Senior
4 39 (21.55%) Lead
4 39 (21.55%) Lead Architect
5 28 (15.47%) Lead Security Architect
6 18 (9.94%) Senior Architect
7 15 (8.29%) Consultant
7 15 (8.29%) Security Engineer
8 14 (7.73%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 11 (6.08%) Security Researcher
10 9 (4.97%) Administrator
10 9 (4.97%) Developer
10 9 (4.97%) Security Consultant
11 8 (4.42%) Analyst
11 8 (4.42%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 8 (4.42%) Security Analyst
11 8 (4.42%) Security Assurance Manager
11 8 (4.42%) Security Manager
12 7 (3.87%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.18%) OAuth
2 8 (4.42%) .NET
2 8 (4.42%) React
3 7 (3.87%) CSS
3 7 (3.87%) HTML
3 7 (3.87%) SAML
4 6 (3.31%) OAuth2
4 6 (3.31%) RESTful
4 6 (3.31%) Web Services
5 5 (2.76%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.21%) AngularJS
6 4 (2.21%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.21%) Vue
7 3 (1.66%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (1.66%) CSS3
7 3 (1.66%) Entity Framework
7 3 (1.66%) HTML5
8 2 (1.10%) Jest
8 2 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.10%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 42 (23.20%) Management Information System
2 33 (18.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 20 (11.05%) Public Cloud
4 12 (6.63%) Replication
5 11 (6.08%) Cloud Native
5 11 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (5.52%) Product Ownership
7 9 (4.97%) Data Centre
7 9 (4.97%) Mobile App
8 8 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (4.42%) PKI
8 8 (4.42%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.10%) Life Science
9 2 (1.10%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.55%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.55%) IoT
10 1 (0.55%) Low-Code
10 1 (0.55%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.05%) Windows
2 10 (5.52%) Linux
2 10 (5.52%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.76%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.55%) Android
4 1 (0.55%) Unix
4 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (34.81%) OWASP
2 58 (32.04%) Cybersecurity
3 56 (30.94%) Information Security
4 42 (23.20%) CI/CD
5 40 (22.10%) Secure Coding
6 39 (21.55%) Identity Management
6 39 (21.55%) Security Architecture
7 37 (20.44%) Computer Science
8 36 (19.89%) DevOps
9 33 (18.23%) Penetration Testing
10 32 (17.68%) Identity Access Management
10 32 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (15.47%) Vulnerability Management
12 26 (14.36%) Threat Modelling
13 25 (13.81%) Software Engineering
14 23 (12.71%) Security Operations
15 22 (12.15%) Risk Management
15 22 (12.15%) Security Management
15 22 (12.15%) SIEM
16 21 (11.60%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.02%) SQL
2 23 (12.71%) Python
3 17 (9.39%) JavaScript
4 10 (5.52%) Java
5 9 (4.97%) C#
6 7 (3.87%) T-SQL
7 6 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.76%) C
8 5 (2.76%) R
8 5 (2.76%) Scala
9 4 (2.21%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.55%) Bash
10 1 (0.55%) Groovy
10 1 (0.55%) PHP
10 1 (0.55%) Ruby
10 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 60 (33.15%) CISSP
2 51 (28.18%) CISM
3 41 (22.65%) Degree
4 39 (21.55%) AWS Certification
5 34 (18.78%) Azure Certification
6 32 (17.68%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (16.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 29 (16.02%) CCSK
7 29 (16.02%) CCSP
8 18 (9.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (6.08%) Security Cleared
10 10 (5.52%) SC Cleared
11 9 (4.97%) SANS
12 8 (4.42%) GIAC
12 8 (4.42%) GPEN
12 8 (4.42%) PCI QSA
13 6 (3.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 5 (2.76%) CISA
14 5 (2.76%) CRISC
14 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (33.70%) NIST
2 22 (12.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (9.39%) GRC
4 13 (7.18%) GDPR
4 13 (7.18%) PCI DSS
5 9 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (4.97%) NIST 800
6 6 (3.31%) NCSC
7 5 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (2.76%) SOC 2
8 4 (2.21%) COBIT
9 3 (1.66%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.66%) QA
10 2 (1.10%) ITGC
11 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.55%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.55%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 44 (24.31%) Docker
2 16 (8.84%) Active Directory
3 13 (7.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.97%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (2.21%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 54 (29.83%) Kubernetes
2 36 (19.89%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (6.08%) Terraform
4 7 (3.87%) Nessus
5 6 (3.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (2.76%) Suricata
7 4 (2.21%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.66%) HP Fortify
8 3 (1.66%) vCenter Server
9 2 (1.10%) Ansible
10 1 (0.55%) WMI
Vendors
1 33 (18.23%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.18%) VMware
3 7 (3.87%) Juniper
4 6 (3.31%) Qualys
4 6 (3.31%) Splunk
5 5 (2.76%) Cisco
5 5 (2.76%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.66%) Oracle
6 3 (1.66%) SAP
6 3 (1.66%) Veracode
7 2 (1.10%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.10%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.10%) HP
7 2 (1.10%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.55%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.55%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.55%) OutSystems
8 1 (0.55%) Ruckus Wireless
8 1 (0.55%) Symantec
8 1 (0.55%) Veeam