OWASP Contracts in the Thames Valley

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for OWASP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OWASP 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 91 146 164
Rank change year-on-year +55 +18 -42
Contract jobs citing OWASP 48 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.78% 0.20% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 0.22% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile - - £316
25th Percentile - £425 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £567 £569
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% -0.26% -5.21%
75th Percentile £650 £702 £622
90th Percentile - - £628
South East median daily rate £550 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +7.32% -2.38% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

OWASP 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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,348 2,701 3,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.25% 91.93% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,307 1,878 2,085
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £506 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% +1.25% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 62 85
10th Percentile £15.52 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.86 £12.05
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.00
90th Percentile £85.61 £79.19 £67.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -12.62%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in the Thames Valley

OWASP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OWASP in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for OWASP in the Thames Valley

OWASP
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +32 45 £650 +14.59% 9
Buckinghamshire - 3 £550 -
OWASP
South East

OWASP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 33 (68.75%) IaaS
1 33 (68.75%) PaaS
1 33 (68.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (68.75%) 5G
1 33 (68.75%) Broadband
2 10 (20.83%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 33 (68.75%) Law
1 33 (68.75%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (68.75%) Penetration Tester
1 33 (68.75%) Security Penetration Tester
1 33 (68.75%) Security Specialist
1 33 (68.75%) Security Tester
1 33 (68.75%) Tester
1 33 (68.75%) Testing Specialist
2 11 (22.92%) Consultant
2 11 (22.92%) Security Consultant
3 7 (14.58%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 4 (8.33%) Architect
4 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.17%) Development Consultant
5 2 (4.17%) Lead
5 2 (4.17%) Lead Consultant
5 2 (4.17%) Lead Security Consultant
5 2 (4.17%) Senior
5 2 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (4.17%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (4.17%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (68.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 33 (68.75%) Mobile App
2 10 (20.83%) Data Centre
3 3 (6.25%) IoT
4 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.08%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (95.83%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (93.75%) Application Security
3 41 (85.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 38 (79.17%) Security Testing
5 33 (68.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 33 (68.75%) Penetration Testing
6 13 (27.08%) Vulnerability Management
7 10 (20.83%) Identity Access Management
7 10 (20.83%) Information Security
7 10 (20.83%) Information Security Management
7 10 (20.83%) ITIL
7 10 (20.83%) Security Management
8 9 (18.75%) Conflict Resolution
9 8 (16.67%) Risk Management
10 7 (14.58%) Budget Management
10 7 (14.58%) Budgeting
10 7 (14.58%) Capacity Management
10 7 (14.58%) Project Planning
10 7 (14.58%) Roadmaps
11 5 (10.42%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 33 (68.75%) CREST Certified
1 33 (68.75%) GIAC
1 33 (68.75%) GPEN
1 33 (68.75%) OSCP
1 33 (68.75%) SANS
1 33 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.67%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (89.58%) GDPR
2 33 (68.75%) NCSC
2 33 (68.75%) PCI DSS
3 10 (20.83%) COBIT
3 10 (20.83%) NIST
Vendors
1 33 (68.75%) Virgin Media