Application Security Contracts in Leeds

Application Security (AppSec)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 84 89
Rank change year-on-year +28 +5 -13
Contract jobs citing Application Security 6 9 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.76% 0.68% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.74% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 10
10th Percentile £610 £509 £439
25th Percentile £625 £525 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £521
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +10.31% -12.39%
75th Percentile - £625 £587
90th Percentile - £638 £641
West Yorkshire median daily rate £650 £575 £521
% change year-on-year +13.04% +10.31% +4.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 685 1,209 1,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 86.60% 90.77% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 872 1,065
10th Percentile £300 £388 £313
25th Percentile £413 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £528 £500
% change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 19
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.00 £17.95
25th Percentile £12.15 £15.75 £20.56
Median hourly rate £12.30 £54.00 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -77.22% +139.52% +5.50%
75th Percentile £12.53 £70.00 £28.00
90th Percentile £14.82 - £28.85
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £12.53 £18.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -30.39% - -21.74%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Leeds

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Application Security in Leeds

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Applications Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) AWS Architect
1 3 (50.00%) AWS Security Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (50.00%) Offensive Security
1 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Red Team
1 3 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
1 3 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CEH
1 3 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (50.00%) GIAC
1 3 (50.00%) GPEN
1 3 (50.00%) OSCP
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory