Application Security Jobs in England

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 497 461 541
Rank change year-on-year -36 +80 -46
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 399 516 869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.63% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.66% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 272 316 461
10th Percentile £47,525 £41,875 £36,000
25th Percentile £56,809 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,313 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £115,000 £108,750
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
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78,968 78,333 138,622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.62% 95.44% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 56,258 48,146 73,664
10th Percentile £29,383 £34,308 £33,349
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,775 £44,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in England

Application Security
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Application Security in England

Application Security
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Application Security in England

Application Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the England 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
London +33 218 £79,842 -8.75% 37
North of England +4 71 £61,206 -2.07% 20
South East -35 58 £67,500 +20.00% 9
North West -29 41 £57,500 -11.54% 15
Midlands -42 30 £58,750 -2.08% 9
West Midlands -13 28 £60,000 - 9
Yorkshire +59 21 £79,842 +27.75% 5
South West -36 15 £75,000 -25.00% 5
North East -11 9 £62,500 +31.58%
East Midlands -31 2 £44,500 -19.09%
Application Security
UK

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.25%) Apache
4 1 (0.25%) Drupal
4 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.50%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 135 (33.83%) Azure
2 80 (20.05%) AWS
3 48 (12.03%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (5.01%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (4.26%) GCP
6 13 (3.26%) Azure AKS
7 12 (3.01%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.01%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.51%) SaaS
9 7 (1.75%) PaaS
10 6 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (1.50%) IaaS
11 5 (1.25%) Serverless
12 4 (1.00%) Azure App Service
12 4 (1.00%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (1.00%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.75%) AWS CodePipeline
13 3 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 3 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 92 (23.06%) Firewall
2 82 (20.55%) WAN
3 58 (14.54%) Network Security
4 55 (13.78%) VPN
5 47 (11.78%) LAN
6 43 (10.78%) Internet
7 35 (8.77%) SD-WAN
8 19 (4.76%) Wireless
9 8 (2.01%) TCP/IP
9 8 (2.01%) Wireshark
10 6 (1.50%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (1.25%) Wireless Security
12 4 (1.00%) BGP
12 4 (1.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 4 (1.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 4 (1.00%) MPLS
12 4 (1.00%) OSPF
12 4 (1.00%) tcpdump
12 4 (1.00%) Unified Communications
12 4 (1.00%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.75%) Relational Database
2 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (1.25%) CockroachDB
3 5 (1.25%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.75%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.75%) Looker
5 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.50%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.25%) MySQL
6 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 39 (9.77%) Burp Suite
2 34 (8.52%) Metasploit
3 9 (2.26%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (1.25%) Git
5 5 (1.25%) Jaeger
6 3 (0.75%) Selenium
6 3 (0.75%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.50%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.50%) JIRA
7 2 (0.50%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.25%) Grunt
8 1 (0.25%) gulp
8 1 (0.25%) Moq
8 1 (0.25%) MSI
8 1 (0.25%) Postman
8 1 (0.25%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.25%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 122 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 88 (22.06%) Finance
3 57 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.03%) Retail
5 20 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 18 (4.51%) Law
8 14 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 13 (3.26%) Banking
10 12 (3.01%) Legal
10 12 (3.01%) Marketing
11 11 (2.76%) Health Technology
12 10 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
13 9 (2.26%) Financial Institution
14 8 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (2.01%) Tech for Good
15 5 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.25%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.50%) Advertising
16 2 (0.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 133 (33.33%) Architect
2 120 (30.08%) Senior
3 87 (21.80%) Security Architect
4 42 (10.53%) Lead
5 39 (9.77%) Analyst
6 38 (9.52%) Security Analyst
7 37 (9.27%) Lead Architect
8 36 (9.02%) Penetration Tester
9 35 (8.77%) Security Engineer
9 35 (8.77%) Tester
10 32 (8.02%) Lead Security Architect
11 25 (6.27%) Senior Analyst
12 24 (6.02%) Senior Security Analyst
13 22 (5.51%) Consultant
13 22 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.76%) Infrastructure Architect
14 19 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (4.01%) IT Analyst
15 16 (4.01%) IT Security Analyst
15 16 (4.01%) Senior IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.51%) OAuth
2 11 (2.76%) .NET
2 11 (2.76%) SailPoint
3 9 (2.26%) React
3 9 (2.26%) Web Services
4 8 (2.01%) HTML
4 8 (2.01%) OAuth2
4 8 (2.01%) REST
5 7 (1.75%) .NET Framework
5 7 (1.75%) CSS
5 7 (1.75%) RESTful
6 6 (1.50%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.50%) Kafka
6 6 (1.50%) SAML
7 5 (1.25%) Middleware
7 5 (1.25%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (1.25%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.00%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.00%) Vue
9 3 (0.75%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 72 (18.05%) Management Information System
2 38 (9.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 23 (5.76%) Security Posture
4 17 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.01%) PKI
6 14 (3.51%) Data Centre
7 12 (3.01%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (3.01%) Replication
8 10 (2.51%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.26%) Mobile App
9 9 (2.26%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.26%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (2.01%) Robotics
11 5 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.00%) Cyber Threat
13 3 (0.75%) Blockchain
13 3 (0.75%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.75%) Web3
14 2 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 79 (19.80%) Linux
2 70 (17.54%) Windows
3 37 (9.27%) Ubuntu
3 37 (9.27%) VMS
4 31 (7.77%) Kali Linux
5 19 (4.76%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.75%) Android
7 2 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Unix
8 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (29.57%) Information Security
3 94 (23.56%) DevSecOps
4 93 (23.31%) OWASP
5 81 (20.30%) Security Architecture
6 75 (18.80%) Penetration Testing
7 74 (18.55%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (18.05%) CI/CD
9 70 (17.54%) Cloud Security
9 70 (17.54%) Computer Science
10 55 (13.78%) Agile
11 54 (13.53%) Security Testing
12 53 (13.28%) Vulnerability Management
13 50 (12.53%) Secure Coding
14 46 (11.53%) Identity Management
15 45 (11.28%) DevOps
16 41 (10.28%) Identity Access Management
16 41 (10.28%) Security Operations
16 41 (10.28%) SIEM
17 40 (10.03%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 43 (10.78%) SQL
2 32 (8.02%) Python
3 24 (6.02%) PowerShell
4 21 (5.26%) Java
5 19 (4.76%) JavaScript
6 16 (4.01%) C#
7 8 (2.01%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (2.01%) R
8 7 (1.75%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.50%) C
9 6 (1.50%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.25%) Scala
11 3 (0.75%) Bash
11 3 (0.75%) C++
12 1 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 108 (27.07%) CISSP
1 108 (27.07%) Degree
2 64 (16.04%) CISM
3 56 (14.04%) Security Cleared
4 53 (13.28%) Cisco Certification
5 48 (12.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 48 (12.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 47 (11.78%) Azure Certification
6 47 (11.78%) CCSP
7 46 (11.53%) AWS Certification
8 45 (11.28%) DV Cleared
9 33 (8.27%) CCSK
10 14 (3.51%) PCI QSA
11 13 (3.26%) OSCP
12 12 (3.01%) GIAC
12 12 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (3.01%) SC Cleared
13 11 (2.76%) SANS
14 10 (2.51%) CRISC
15 9 (2.26%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (18.30%) NIST
2 33 (8.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (6.27%) GRC
4 24 (6.02%) PCI DSS
5 17 (4.26%) GDPR
6 13 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (2.26%) NCSC
7 9 (2.26%) NIST 800
8 7 (1.75%) COBIT
9 6 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (1.25%) ISO 31000
10 5 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (1.25%) SLA
11 4 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.75%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.75%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.75%) QA
13 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.50%) ITGC
13 2 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 62 (15.54%) Active Directory
2 56 (14.04%) Docker
3 13 (3.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.01%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 67 (16.79%) Kubernetes
2 53 (13.28%) Terraform
3 45 (11.28%) Ansible
4 44 (11.03%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (2.26%) Nmap
6 7 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.75%) Nessus
7 6 (1.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (1.25%) Kiali
8 5 (1.25%) Suricata
9 4 (1.00%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.75%) QRadar
11 2 (0.50%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.25%) CASB
12 1 (0.25%) WMI
12 1 (0.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 91 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.76%) Splunk
3 14 (3.51%) VMware
4 13 (3.26%) CyberArk
5 11 (2.76%) BeyondTrust
5 11 (2.76%) ServiceNow
6 10 (2.51%) Qualys
7 8 (2.01%) Juniper
8 7 (1.75%) Cisco
9 5 (1.25%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.25%) F5
9 5 (1.25%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.00%) Google
10 4 (1.00%) HP
11 3 (0.75%) Darktrace
11 3 (0.75%) IBM
11 3 (0.75%) Oracle
11 3 (0.75%) SAP
11 3 (0.75%) Veracode
12 2 (0.50%) Alibaba