Static Application Security Testing Contracts in London

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Static Application Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Static Application Security Testing over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 443 560
Rank change year-on-year +116 +117 -106
Contract jobs citing Static Application Security Testing 64 55 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.36% 0.20% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.22% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 33 29
10th Percentile £565 £465 £545
25th Percentile - £500 £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £684 £730 £725
90th Percentile £801 £835 £750
England median daily rate £650 £625 £650
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +15.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Static Application Security Testing 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,787 24,631 35,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.49% 91.12% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,315 17,709 26,172
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 278 427
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.59 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £38.13 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.25% +5.90% +10.87%
75th Percentile £46.86 £62.64 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.30 £76.78 £67.75
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Static Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Static Application Security Testing in London

Static Application Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Static Application Security Testing in London.

Daily rate trend for Static Application Security Testing in London

Static Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Static Application Security Testing in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Static Application Security Testing in London

Static Application Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Static Application Security Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 29 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
East London +9 15 £650 -18.75% 1
Central London +35 2 £788 +28.57%
Static Application Security Testing
England

Static Application Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (3.13%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.56%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.63%) Azure
2 9 (14.06%) AWS
3 4 (6.25%) GCP
4 3 (4.69%) Miro
5 2 (3.13%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.56%) Amazon Macie
6 1 (1.56%) AWS KMS
6 1 (1.56%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.56%) SaaS
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) Firewall
2 1 (1.56%) HTTP
2 1 (1.56%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.56%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.56%) MySQL
1 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Jenkins
2 5 (7.81%) GitLab
3 2 (3.13%) JIRA
4 1 (1.56%) Burp Suite
4 1 (1.56%) Selenium
General
1 38 (59.38%) Finance
2 13 (20.31%) Financial Institution
3 9 (14.06%) Social Skills
4 8 (12.50%) Banking
5 5 (7.81%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.69%) Retail
8 1 (1.56%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 31 (48.44%) Project Manager
2 28 (43.75%) Security Manager
2 28 (43.75%) Security Project Manager
3 12 (18.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 12 (18.75%) IT Manager
3 12 (18.75%) IT Project Manager
3 12 (18.75%) IT Security Manager
3 12 (18.75%) IT Security Project Manager
3 12 (18.75%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 10 (15.63%) CISSP Manager
4 10 (15.63%) Contracts Manager
4 10 (15.63%) IT Services Manager
4 10 (15.63%) Service Security Manager
5 9 (14.06%) Security Engineer
6 6 (9.38%) Architect
6 6 (9.38%) Security Architect
6 6 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management Manager
6 6 (9.38%) Vulnerability Management Project Manager
6 6 (9.38%) Vulnerability Manager
7 4 (6.25%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) GraphQL
1 3 (4.69%) Java EE
1 3 (4.69%) REST
1 3 (4.69%) SOAP
1 3 (4.69%) Spring
1 3 (4.69%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.56%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.56%) JSON
2 1 (1.56%) RESTful
2 1 (1.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.44%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.38%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.69%) PMI
4 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.56%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.56%) IoT
4 1 (1.56%) PKI
4 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.13%) Linux
1 2 (3.13%) Windows
2 1 (1.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (87.50%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 29 (45.31%) Security Testing
3 28 (43.75%) Application Security
3 28 (43.75%) Vulnerability Management
4 25 (39.06%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (35.94%) Project Management
6 18 (28.13%) Project Delivery
7 16 (25.00%) CI/CD
8 14 (21.88%) DevSecOps
9 13 (20.31%) DevOps
10 12 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
11 11 (17.19%) Test Automation
12 10 (15.63%) Information Security
12 10 (15.63%) Threat Modelling
13 9 (14.06%) Security Operations
14 8 (12.50%) Project Governance
14 8 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 7 (10.94%) Interactive Application Security Testing
15 7 (10.94%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
16 6 (9.38%) Budget Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.81%) Java
2 4 (6.25%) Bash
2 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.69%) Python
4 2 (3.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (25.00%) CISM
1 16 (25.00%) CISSP
2 14 (21.88%) CISA
3 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
3 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.13%) CRISC
5 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.56%) CCNP
5 1 (1.56%) CEH
5 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.56%) Degree
5 1 (1.56%) GCIA
5 1 (1.56%) GCIH
5 1 (1.56%) GIAC
5 1 (1.56%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.13%) GDPR
2 2 (3.13%) NIST
2 2 (3.13%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.56%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.56%) ISO 31000
3 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.56%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (15.63%) Kubernetes
2 8 (12.50%) Terraform
3 5 (7.81%) Ansible
4 1 (1.56%) Nessus
4 1 (1.56%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.13%) Checkmarx
2 2 (3.13%) Veracode
2 2 (3.13%) VMware
3 1 (1.56%) ArcSight
3 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.56%) CyberArk
3 1 (1.56%) Okta
3 1 (1.56%) Qualys
3 1 (1.56%) Red Hat
3 1 (1.56%) Splunk
3 1 (1.56%) Trend Micro