Application Security Contracts in Cheshire

Application Security (AppSec)
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Application Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Application Security over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 53 51
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 -
Contract jobs citing Application Security 8 9 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.59% 1.66% 1.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.82% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 4
10th Percentile £625 £515 £426
25th Percentile £663 £544 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £676 £585 £427
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +37.00% -
75th Percentile £725 £587 £427
90th Percentile - £608 £428
North West median daily rate £676 £606 £625
% change year-on-year +11.64% -3.12% +6.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Application Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 425 495 446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.33% 91.50% 85.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 334 257
10th Percentile £278 £266 £216
25th Percentile £400 £386 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £482 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.65% +7.19% +2.97%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £635 £654 £632
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 25
10th Percentile £13.70 £15.97 £11.29
25th Percentile £16.61 £22.97 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +24.65% -23.95%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.90
90th Percentile £44.13 £38.80 £61.30
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +13.51%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Cheshire

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in Cheshire

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Cheshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in Cheshire

Application Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Application Security in Cheshire

Application Security
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Knutsford +13 7 £676 +15.36%
Northwich - 1 - -
Application Security
North West

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 4 (50.00%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Portfolio Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cloud Security
2 6 (75.00%) Business Case
2 6 (75.00%) Business Development
2 6 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (75.00%) Data Strategy
2 6 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (75.00%) Pricing Strategy
2 6 (75.00%) Threat Management
3 3 (37.50%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Design Patterns
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Information Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 1 (12.50%) SIEM
4 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) CISA
1 6 (75.00%) CISM
1 6 (75.00%) CISSP
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
1 6 (75.00%) Master's Degree
1 6 (75.00%) MBA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft