Application Security Jobs in the North West

Application Security (AppSec)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 272 243 266
Rank change year-on-year -29 +23 -13
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 41 47 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 0.65% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.68% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 39 16 45
10th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,125 £39,124
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +30.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £80,584 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £73,750 £71,750
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
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,085 6,941 9,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 79.65% 95.62% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,603 3,839 5,331
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
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 the North West

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the North West

Application Security
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the North West.

Salary trend for Application Security in the North West

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Application Security in the North West

Application Security
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the North West 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
Manchester +9 29 £55,000 -4.35% 8
Lancashire -15 7 £79,842 +14.06%
Merseyside - 3 £48,500 -
Cheshire -22 2 £50,000 -23.08% 5
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 18 (43.90%) Azure
2 17 (41.46%) AWS
3 2 (4.88%) OCI
4 1 (2.44%) Azure AKS
4 1 (2.44%) BigCommerce
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (36.59%) SD-WAN
1 15 (36.59%) WAN
2 2 (4.88%) Wireshark
3 1 (2.44%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) MySQL
1 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.44%) Grunt
2 1 (2.44%) gulp
General
1 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
2 3 (7.32%) Law
2 3 (7.32%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.88%) Electronics
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
4 1 (2.44%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 19 (46.34%) Architect
1 19 (46.34%) Security Architect
2 9 (21.95%) Lead
2 9 (21.95%) Lead Architect
2 9 (21.95%) Lead Security Architect
3 8 (19.51%) Analyst
3 8 (19.51%) Security Analyst
4 6 (14.63%) Senior
4 6 (14.63%) Senior Architect
4 6 (14.63%) Senior Security Architect
5 5 (12.20%) Development Analyst
6 4 (9.76%) Applications Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Developer
7 3 (7.32%) Applications Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Applications Support
7 3 (7.32%) Applications Support Manager
7 3 (7.32%) Security Specialist
7 3 (7.32%) Support Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Oracle Analyst
8 2 (4.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) .NET
1 2 (4.88%) .NET Framework
1 2 (4.88%) ASP.NET
1 2 (4.88%) CSS
1 2 (4.88%) HTML
1 2 (4.88%) Ionic Framework
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.44%) Django
2 1 (2.44%) Node.js
2 1 (2.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 15 (36.59%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) Life Science
3 1 (2.44%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Android
2 1 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Information Security
2 17 (41.46%) OWASP
3 15 (36.59%) Identity Management
3 15 (36.59%) Secure Coding
3 15 (36.59%) Security Architecture
4 12 (29.27%) CI/CD
5 10 (24.39%) Security Testing
6 7 (17.07%) Mentoring
6 7 (17.07%) Software Engineering
7 6 (14.63%) Coaching
7 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
7 6 (14.63%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (12.20%) DevOps
8 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.76%) Computer Science
9 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (9.76%) Static Application Security Testing
10 3 (7.32%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
10 3 (7.32%) Penetration Testing
10 3 (7.32%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) C#
2 7 (17.07%) Java
3 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
3 4 (9.76%) SQL
4 1 (2.44%) Python
4 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 15 (36.59%) AWS Certification
1 15 (36.59%) Azure Certification
1 15 (36.59%) CCSK
1 15 (36.59%) CCSP
1 15 (36.59%) Cisco Certification
1 15 (36.59%) CISM
1 15 (36.59%) CISSP
2 5 (12.20%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) OSCP
5 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (39.02%) NIST
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.88%) GRC
2 2 (4.88%) ITGC
3 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (39.02%) Docker
2 2 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (39.02%) Kubernetes
2 15 (36.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle
2 1 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.44%) Darktrace
2 1 (2.44%) Databricks
2 1 (2.44%) Rapid7
2 1 (2.44%) Symantec