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Hire application security engineers in the UK

What application security engineers are paid, what to name in the advert, and who you are up against — from the adverts on Cyber Security Jobs, not a survey. Looking for the roles themselves? See Application Security Engineer jobs.

What you will pay

£50k to £90k, most around £72k

The range employers advertised for application security engineers on Cyber Security Jobs over the last 12 months, base salary only, across 11 priced adverts. Adverts that state a salary get more applications than those that hide it, and a figure at or above the midpoint is the single cheapest thing you can do for the response.

  • Remote or anchored

    A fully remote role draws the whole country and can pay a little under the London figure; an anchored one competes locally and cannot.

  • Greenfield or inherited

    Building from nothing is worth more to the right person than running what exists, and they will ask which it is.

  • Someone senior to learn from

    A strong lead in the team is worth thousands on the offer; without one, expect to pay for that experience directly.

Who you are competing with

Hiring application security engineers on Cyber Security Jobs right now

Three live adverts for the role, as candidates see them. How rivals pitch it is worth a look before you write yours.

McGregor Boyall

Application Security Engineer

  • Warwick
  • Remote
  • £70,000 – £85,000 pa
  • Senior

Drive secure-by-design and DevSecOps practices across the SDLC, integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines and managing SAST, DAST, SCA and IAST tooling including Checkmarx. Act as a subject matter expert advising Development, DevOps and Platform Engineering teams in a complex enterprise environment, with a remote-first pattern and occasional Midlands office visits.

Checkmarx · Prisma Cloud · Cortex +3

SC clearance 3 days ago

Adecco · 10000+ people · Public

Application Security Engineer

  • Warwick
  • Hybrid
  • £65,000 – £75,000 pa
  • Mid-level

Embed security into the software development lifecycle, partnering with engineering teams to improve secure coding and conduct application security assessments. Support DevSecOps initiatives, identify vulnerabilities before release, and strengthen security within CI/CD pipelines across a growing technology estate.

SaaS

Last week

Additional Resources

Senior Application Security Engineer / DevSecOps Engineer

  • London
  • Hybrid
  • £80,000 – £90,000 pa
  • Senior
  • Permanent

Hands-on application security role embedding security across the SDLC, working with engineering, architecture and cloud teams. Involves application security testing (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA), securing CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions, API and Kubernetes/AKS security, plus security-as-code and automation using Terraform and Python. Requires Azure and KQL expertise within a health research charity.

Microsoft Azure · KQL · GitHub +7

3 weeks ago

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