Application Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Application Security (AppSec)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 592 500 544
Rank change year-on-year -92 +44 -46
Permanent jobs citing Application Security 188 237 362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.43% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.45% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 138 142 239
10th Percentile £44,775 £28,100 £32,000
25th Percentile £50,313 £42,125 £37,642
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.55% +5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £84,919 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £99,675 £82,750
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £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% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
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 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 12 June 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 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
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
Scotland -63 14 £52,500 +16.99% 2
North East -11 9 £62,500 +31.58%
Wales +14 2 £65,000 +74.98%
East Midlands -31 2 £44,500 -19.09%
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 4 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 85 (45.21%) Azure
2 67 (35.64%) AWS
3 22 (11.70%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (7.98%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (4.79%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.66%) GCP
7 4 (2.13%) Azure App Service
7 4 (2.13%) PaaS
7 4 (2.13%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.13%) Serverless
8 3 (1.60%) AWS CodePipeline
8 3 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (1.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.60%) IaaS
8 3 (1.60%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.06%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 33 (17.55%) WAN
2 31 (16.49%) SD-WAN
3 28 (14.89%) Network Security
4 14 (7.45%) Firewall
5 9 (4.79%) VPN
6 6 (3.19%) Internet
7 5 (2.66%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (2.66%) Wireless
7 5 (2.66%) Wireless Security
8 4 (2.13%) LAN
8 4 (2.13%) TCP/IP
8 4 (2.13%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 7 (3.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (3.19%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.60%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.60%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.06%) MySQL
6 1 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.72%) Git
2 3 (1.60%) Burp Suite
3 2 (1.06%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.06%) Selenium
3 2 (1.06%) SoapUI
3 2 (1.06%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.53%) Gradle
4 1 (0.53%) Grunt
4 1 (0.53%) gulp
4 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) JIRA
4 1 (0.53%) Maven
4 1 (0.53%) MSI
4 1 (0.53%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (15.96%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.43%) Finance
3 17 (9.04%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (9.04%) Law
4 15 (7.98%) Telecoms
5 14 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 12 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.85%) Marketing
8 7 (3.72%) Retail
9 5 (2.66%) Legal
10 4 (2.13%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.06%) Banking
11 2 (1.06%) Electronics
12 1 (0.53%) Advertising
12 1 (0.53%) Games
12 1 (0.53%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (39.36%) Architect
2 56 (29.79%) Security Architect
3 55 (29.26%) Senior
4 39 (20.74%) Lead
4 39 (20.74%) Lead Architect
5 28 (14.89%) Lead Security Architect
6 18 (9.57%) Senior Architect
7 17 (9.04%) Security Engineer
8 15 (7.98%) Consultant
9 14 (7.45%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 12 (6.38%) Analyst
10 12 (6.38%) Security Analyst
11 11 (5.85%) Security Researcher
12 10 (5.32%) Developer
13 9 (4.79%) Administrator
13 9 (4.79%) Security Consultant
14 8 (4.26%) Security Assurance Manager
14 8 (4.26%) Security Manager
14 8 (4.26%) Senior Security Engineer
15 7 (3.72%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.38%) OAuth
2 9 (4.79%) .NET
3 8 (4.26%) React
4 7 (3.72%) CSS
4 7 (3.72%) HTML
5 6 (3.19%) .NET Framework
5 6 (3.19%) OAuth2
5 6 (3.19%) SAML
6 5 (2.66%) ASP.NET
6 5 (2.66%) RESTful
6 5 (2.66%) Web Services
7 4 (2.13%) AngularJS
7 4 (2.13%) Vue
8 3 (1.60%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (1.60%) CSS3
8 3 (1.60%) Entity Framework
8 3 (1.60%) HTML5
9 2 (1.06%) Ionic Framework
9 2 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
9 2 (1.06%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.81%) Management Information System
2 32 (17.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 17 (9.04%) Public Cloud
4 12 (6.38%) Replication
5 10 (5.32%) Product Ownership
6 9 (4.79%) Data Centre
6 9 (4.79%) Mobile App
6 9 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (4.26%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (4.26%) PKI
8 7 (3.72%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.06%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.06%) Life Science
9 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.53%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.53%) IoT
10 1 (0.53%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.64%) Windows
2 10 (5.32%) Linux
2 10 (5.32%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.66%) Kali Linux
4 2 (1.06%) Android
5 1 (0.53%) Unix
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (34.57%) OWASP
2 58 (30.85%) Information Security
3 56 (29.79%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (21.28%) Secure Coding
5 39 (20.74%) CI/CD
5 39 (20.74%) Identity Management
5 39 (20.74%) Security Architecture
6 37 (19.68%) Computer Science
7 33 (17.55%) Penetration Testing
8 32 (17.02%) DevOps
8 32 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (15.96%) Identity Access Management
10 29 (15.43%) Vulnerability Management
11 26 (13.83%) Threat Modelling
12 23 (12.23%) Software Engineering
13 22 (11.70%) Risk Management
13 22 (11.70%) SDLC
13 22 (11.70%) Security Management
14 20 (10.64%) DevSecOps
15 19 (10.11%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.96%) SQL
2 23 (12.23%) Python
3 18 (9.57%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.91%) C#
4 13 (6.91%) Java
5 7 (3.72%) T-SQL
6 6 (3.19%) PowerShell
7 5 (2.66%) C
7 5 (2.66%) R
7 5 (2.66%) Scala
8 4 (2.13%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.53%) Bash
9 1 (0.53%) Groovy
9 1 (0.53%) PHP
9 1 (0.53%) Ruby
9 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 60 (31.91%) CISSP
2 51 (27.13%) CISM
3 41 (21.81%) Degree
4 39 (20.74%) AWS Certification
5 34 (18.09%) Azure Certification
6 33 (17.55%) Cisco Certification
7 29 (15.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 29 (15.43%) CCSK
7 29 (15.43%) CCSP
8 18 (9.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (5.32%) Security Cleared
10 9 (4.79%) SANS
11 8 (4.26%) GIAC
11 8 (4.26%) GPEN
11 8 (4.26%) PCI QSA
11 8 (4.26%) SC Cleared
12 6 (3.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (2.66%) CISA
13 5 (2.66%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (32.45%) NIST
2 22 (11.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (9.57%) GRC
4 13 (6.91%) GDPR
4 13 (6.91%) PCI DSS
5 9 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (4.79%) NIST 800
6 8 (4.26%) NCSC
7 5 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (2.13%) COBIT
9 3 (1.60%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.60%) ISO 22301
9 3 (1.60%) ISO 31000
9 3 (1.60%) QA
9 3 (1.60%) SOC 2
10 2 (1.06%) ITGC
11 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
System Software
1 44 (23.40%) Docker
2 16 (8.51%) Active Directory
3 12 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.85%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (2.13%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 53 (28.19%) Kubernetes
2 36 (19.15%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (5.85%) Terraform
4 7 (3.72%) Nessus
5 6 (3.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (2.66%) Suricata
7 4 (2.13%) CSIRT
8 3 (1.60%) HP Fortify
9 2 (1.06%) Ansible
10 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.53%) WMI
Vendors
1 30 (15.96%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.38%) VMware
3 7 (3.72%) Juniper
4 6 (3.19%) Qualys
4 6 (3.19%) Splunk
5 5 (2.66%) Cisco
5 5 (2.66%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.13%) HP
7 3 (1.60%) Oracle
7 3 (1.60%) SAP
7 3 (1.60%) Veracode
8 2 (1.06%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (1.06%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.06%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (1.06%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.06%) Veeam
9 1 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.53%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.53%) OutSystems
9 1 (0.53%) Symantec