Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Static Application Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Static Application Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 56 | 66 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +10 | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing Static Application Security Testing | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 0.17% | 0.14% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.20% | 0.17% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £800 | £750 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £750 | £635 | £725 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.11% | -12.41% | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 503 | 573 | 727 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 87.63% | 81.51% | 83.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 331 | 391 | 483 |
| 10th Percentile | £175 | £208 | £270 |
| 25th Percentile | £362 | £388 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £460 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.00% | - | +2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £638 | £624 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £750 | £731 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £505 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.99% | +1.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 15 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £14.60 | £13.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £12.62 | £20.88 | £19.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.87 | £40.50 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -53.41% | +47.27% | +57.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.08 | £53.75 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £26.89 | £56.25 | £81.00 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £24.34 | £21.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.90% | -23.64% | +63.45% |
Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing Static Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Static Application Security Testing.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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: