Static Application Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Static Application Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Static Application Security Testing 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.68% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £549 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £653 - -
South East median daily rate £600 £650 -
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Static Application Security Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,310 1,379 1,603
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.63% 90.25% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 875 762 965
10th Percentile £305 £313 £213
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £693 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £523
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.44% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 41 70
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.00 £24.33
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.73 £67.75
90th Percentile £95.00 £74.87 £76.47
South East median hourly rate £22.27 £50.00 £53.94
% change year-on-year -55.47% -7.31% +43.85%

Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Static Application Security Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Static Application Security Testing job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Static Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Static Application Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Static Application Security Testing

Static Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Static Application Security Testing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Static Application Security Testing in Berkshire

Static Application Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. 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
Reading - 5 £559 - 2
Bracknell - 4 £600 - 1
Static Application Security Testing
South East

Static Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Jupyter
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) GCP
3 2 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (10.00%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (10.00%) MLflow
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Security Architect
1 4 (40.00%) Test Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Strategy Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) JWT
1 4 (40.00%) OAuth
1 4 (40.00%) SAML
2 1 (10.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (10.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (40.00%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (30.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (30.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 7 (70.00%) SDLC
2 7 (70.00%) Secure Coding
2 7 (70.00%) Security Testing
2 7 (70.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (70.00%) Threat Modelling
3 6 (60.00%) Agile
4 5 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (40.00%) CI/CD
5 4 (40.00%) Code Quality
5 4 (40.00%) Conflict Management
5 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (40.00%) DevSecOps
5 4 (40.00%) Event-Driven
5 4 (40.00%) Integration Patterns
5 4 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
5 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (40.00%) Test Management
5 4 (40.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (30.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (30.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (30.00%) CCSP
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (30.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) NIST
2 3 (30.00%) GDPR
2 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (30.00%) PCI DSS
2 3 (30.00%) PSD2
3 2 (20.00%) GRC
3 2 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (10.00%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Kubeflow
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) SAP