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CareerAtlas is running on a deterministic simulated demo dataset — compensation, trend, and outcome figures illustrate the product but are not verified real-world data. See Methodology and Data Sources for details.

Application Security Engineer

Finds and fixes security vulnerabilities in software.

Project salaryAdd to compare
Compensation by seniority
Simulated

Median

$169k

Mean

$176k

10th–90th pct

$128k–$233k

Observations

819

Confidence: 35% · based on 819 simulated observations · last updated 7/27/2026

Historical trend & projection

Median total compensation at the typical seniority level for this role, 2021–2025, projected forward under three scenarios.

Simulated
Common skills
Application Security
Core
Penetration Testing
Core
Common certifications
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) · 29% of postingsCertified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) · 42% of postings
Education requirements

Share of postings that require or prefer each level — a signal of typical hiring bars, not a hard rule.

Simulated
Bachelor's Degree
62% require · 21% prefer
Master's Degree
20% require · 33% prefer
No College
11% require · 8% prefer
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Common next roles
Release Manager+127.3%QA Manager+162.3%Test Automation Engineer+7.3%DevSecOps Engineer-4.3%QA Engineer-9.0%
Common previous roles
QA Engineer-9.9%DevSecOps Engineer-4.5%Test Automation Engineer+6.8%QA Manager+61.9%Release Manager+56.0%
Demand snapshot
Active openings (simulated)10,747
Posting growth-13.3%
Median days to fill64 days
Simulated
Employed (US, simulated)138,602
Projected growth7.1%/yr
Simulated
Role characteristics
Remote-friendliness70%
Automation exposure25%
Sources & freshness

Compensation and demand figures on this page are simulated demo data, deterministically generated for this build of CareerAtlas — not verified real-world observations.

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