Application Security Contracts in Reading

Application Security (AppSec)
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 82 94
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 -32
Contract jobs citing Application Security 19 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.60% 0.58% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 0.65% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 £625 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £650 £195
Median % change year-on-year -21.15% +233.33% -68.80%
75th Percentile £594 £681 £428
90th Percentile £650 £685 £554
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £613 £550
% change year-on-year -16.33% +11.36% -12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,072 926 1,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.08% 89.99% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 615 825
10th Percentile £213 £363 £253
25th Percentile £413 £456 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £664 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £511 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.71% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 23 8
10th Percentile £27.58 £45.50 £12.73
25th Percentile £53.74 £53.00 £19.44
Median hourly rate £62.07 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +132.14% -32.93%
75th Percentile £82.55 £74.40 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.19 £40.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.30 £57.82 £21.05
% change year-on-year +6.02% +174.67% -1.06%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Reading

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Application Security in Reading

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in Reading

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 6 (31.58%) Azure
1 6 (31.58%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (26.32%) Azure API Management
2 5 (26.32%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (26.32%) Azure Functions
2 5 (26.32%) Azure Key Vault
2 5 (26.32%) Azure Logic Apps
2 5 (26.32%) Azure Monitor
2 5 (26.32%) Serverless
3 4 (21.05%) PaaS
3 4 (21.05%) SaaS
4 3 (15.79%) IaaS
5 1 (5.26%) Figma
5 1 (5.26%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Network Security
2 3 (15.79%) 5G
2 3 (15.79%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.79%) NoSQL
2 3 (15.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Visual Studio
2 2 (10.53%) JIRA
3 1 (5.26%) rollup.js
3 1 (5.26%) webpack
General
1 3 (15.79%) Law
1 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Consultant
1 7 (36.84%) Security Consultant
2 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 5 (26.32%) Developer
3 4 (21.05%) Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Integration Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Azure Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 3 (15.79%) Penetration Tester
4 3 (15.79%) Security Architect
4 3 (15.79%) Security Penetration Tester
4 3 (15.79%) Security Specialist
4 3 (15.79%) Security Tester
4 3 (15.79%) Tester
4 3 (15.79%) Testing Specialist
5 2 (10.53%) Development Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Lead
5 2 (10.53%) Lead Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Senior
5 2 (10.53%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) ARM Templates
2 3 (15.79%) .NET
2 3 (15.79%) JSON
2 3 (15.79%) OAuth
2 3 (15.79%) OpenID
2 3 (15.79%) REST
2 3 (15.79%) SOAP
2 3 (15.79%) Web Services
2 3 (15.79%) XML
3 1 (5.26%) CSS
3 1 (5.26%) Enzyme
3 1 (5.26%) Jest
3 1 (5.26%) Next.js
3 1 (5.26%) React
3 1 (5.26%) Redux
3 1 (5.26%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.79%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.26%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
3 1 (5.26%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) OWASP
2 11 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (57.89%) Security Testing
3 9 (47.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (42.11%) Identity Access Management
4 8 (42.11%) Information Security
4 8 (42.11%) Information Security Management
4 8 (42.11%) ITIL
4 8 (42.11%) Security Management
4 8 (42.11%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (36.84%) Conflict Resolution
6 6 (31.58%) Break/Fix
6 6 (31.58%) CI/CD
6 6 (31.58%) DevOps
6 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure as Code
6 6 (31.58%) Risk Management
7 5 (26.32%) B2C
7 5 (26.32%) Capacity Management
7 5 (26.32%) Project Planning
7 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.79%) C#
2 3 (15.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) ISACA
2 3 (15.79%) CREST Certified
2 3 (15.79%) GIAC
2 3 (15.79%) GPEN
2 3 (15.79%) OSCP
2 3 (15.79%) SANS
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (57.89%) GDPR
2 8 (42.11%) COBIT
2 8 (42.11%) NIST
3 3 (15.79%) NCSC
3 3 (15.79%) PCI DSS
4 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.79%) Virgin Media
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe