Application Security Contracts in the South East

Application Security (AppSec)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 193 196
Rank change year-on-year +59 +3 -10
Contract jobs citing Application Security 66 33 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.19% 0.57% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 0.63% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 28 49
10th Percentile £496 £589 £460
25th Percentile £500 £644 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £700 £550
Median % change year-on-year -26.79% +27.27% -3.93%
75th Percentile £631 £838 £650
90th Percentile £659 - -
England median daily rate £606 £675 £600
% change year-on-year -10.22% +12.50% +3.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the South East

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in the South East

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in the South East

Application Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Application Security in the South East

Application Security
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Thames Valley +48 49 £513 -16.33% 11
Berkshire +35 49 £513 -16.33% 11
Hampshire +17 16 £475 -29.63% 1
Surrey -6 1 £725 +3.57% 1
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (60.61%) PaaS
1 40 (60.61%) SaaS
2 39 (59.09%) IaaS
3 6 (9.09%) Azure
3 6 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (7.58%) Azure API Management
4 5 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (7.58%) Azure Functions
4 5 (7.58%) Azure Key Vault
4 5 (7.58%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (7.58%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (7.58%) Serverless
5 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.52%) Figma
5 1 (1.52%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 39 (59.09%) 5G
1 39 (59.09%) Broadband
2 10 (15.15%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.55%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Robot Framework
1 8 (12.12%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (9.09%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.03%) JIRA
4 1 (1.52%) MSI
4 1 (1.52%) rollup.js
4 1 (1.52%) webpack
General
1 39 (59.09%) Law
1 39 (59.09%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (3.03%) Social Skills
2 2 (3.03%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.52%) Finance
Job Titles
1 39 (59.09%) Penetration Tester
1 39 (59.09%) Security Penetration Tester
1 39 (59.09%) Security Specialist
1 39 (59.09%) Security Tester
1 39 (59.09%) Tester
1 39 (59.09%) Testing Specialist
2 12 (18.18%) Architect
3 11 (16.67%) Security Architect
4 9 (13.64%) Consultant
4 9 (13.64%) Security Consultant
5 7 (10.61%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 5 (7.58%) Developer
7 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 4 (6.06%) Integration Developer
8 3 (4.55%) Azure Developer
9 2 (3.03%) Development Consultant
9 2 (3.03%) Lead Security Consultant
9 2 (3.03%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (3.03%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
9 2 (3.03%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (59.09%) Web Services
2 5 (7.58%) ARM Templates
3 3 (4.55%) .NET
3 3 (4.55%) JSON
3 3 (4.55%) OAuth
3 3 (4.55%) OpenID
3 3 (4.55%) REST
3 3 (4.55%) SOAP
3 3 (4.55%) XML
4 1 (1.52%) CSS
4 1 (1.52%) Enzyme
4 1 (1.52%) Jest
4 1 (1.52%) Next.js
4 1 (1.52%) React
4 1 (1.52%) Redux
4 1 (1.52%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 39 (59.09%) Mobile App
2 10 (15.15%) Data Centre
3 8 (12.12%) PKI
4 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.52%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.52%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.12%) Windows
1 8 (12.12%) Windows Server
1 8 (12.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (77.27%) OWASP
2 49 (74.24%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (71.21%) Security Testing
3 47 (71.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 40 (60.61%) Penetration Testing
5 39 (59.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 12 (18.18%) Information Security
7 11 (16.67%) Agile
8 10 (15.15%) Identity Access Management
8 10 (15.15%) Information Security Management
8 10 (15.15%) ITIL
8 10 (15.15%) Security Management
8 10 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (13.64%) Conflict Resolution
9 9 (13.64%) Risk Management
10 8 (12.12%) Test Automation
11 7 (10.61%) Boundary Protection
11 7 (10.61%) Capacity Management
11 7 (10.61%) Scrum
11 7 (10.61%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.70%) PowerShell
2 8 (12.12%) Python
3 3 (4.55%) C#
3 3 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (71.21%) Security Cleared
2 39 (59.09%) CREST Certified
2 39 (59.09%) GIAC
2 39 (59.09%) GPEN
2 39 (59.09%) OSCP
2 39 (59.09%) SANS
3 8 (12.12%) ISACA
4 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (74.24%) GDPR
2 39 (59.09%) NCSC
2 39 (59.09%) PCI DSS
3 11 (16.67%) COBIT
4 10 (15.15%) NIST
5 7 (10.61%) RMADS
6 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (12.12%) Active Directory
1 8 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (12.12%) Ansible
1 8 (12.12%) Terraform
2 1 (1.52%) Nessus
2 1 (1.52%) WMI
Vendors
1 39 (59.09%) Virgin Media
2 8 (12.12%) VMware
3 4 (6.06%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.52%) Adobe