Application Security Jobs in the South West

Application Security (AppSec)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 244 288
Rank change year-on-year -36 +44 -25
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 15 11 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.14% 0.17% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.18% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 34
10th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £32,225
25th Percentile £68,750 £92,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £100,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +53.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £125,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,250 - -
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
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,437 6,100 8,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 79.87% 94.60% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,959 3,496 4,999
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,241
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £53,519 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +7.04% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,675 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
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 the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the South West

Application Security
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Application Security in the South West

Application Security
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the South West over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Application Security in the South West

Application Security
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Dorset - 6 £60,000 -
Bristol -13 5 £75,000 -33.33% 1
Wiltshire - 3 £72,500 - 1
Devon -13 1 - -
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 11 (73.33%) AWS
2 4 (26.67%) Azure
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 3 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (20.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (6.67%) Azure App Service
4 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Data Lake
General
1 6 (40.00%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (33.33%) Law
2 5 (33.33%) Marketing
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Consultant
2 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Lead
2 5 (33.33%) Lead Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Senior
2 5 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 5 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Security Solutions Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) .NET Developer
4 1 (6.67%) .NET Software Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Developer
4 1 (6.67%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Software Developer
4 1 (6.67%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) .NET Core
1 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
1 1 (6.67%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 5 (33.33%) Mobile App
1 5 (33.33%) Public Cloud
1 5 (33.33%) Replication
2 3 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (53.33%) Data Security
2 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (40.00%) DevOps
2 6 (40.00%) OWASP
2 6 (40.00%) SDLC
3 5 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 5 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 5 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 5 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 5 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 5 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 5 (33.33%) GitOps
3 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 5 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 5 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 5 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Python
2 6 (40.00%) SQL
3 5 (33.33%) C
3 5 (33.33%) Java
3 5 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 5 (33.33%) R
3 5 (33.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) AWS Certification
1 5 (33.33%) CISA
1 5 (33.33%) CISM
1 5 (33.33%) CISSP
1 5 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (33.33%) CRISC
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
1 5 (33.33%) PCI QSA
1 5 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (33.33%) GRC
1 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (33.33%) NIST
1 5 (33.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) HP Fortify
1 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (20.00%) Veracode