Dynamic Application Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Dynamic Application Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - 74
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.39% - 0.094%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - £813
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £825
75th Percentile £653 - £838
90th Percentile £664 - -
South West median daily rate £568 - £725
% change year-on-year - - +16.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Dynamic 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 996 531 881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.30% 92.51% 82.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 302 487
10th Percentile £325 £235 £254
25th Percentile £413 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £599
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
South West median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 83 195
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £40.00
25th Percentile £55.38 £31.13 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% -4.83% +9.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £69.75 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Dynamic Application Security Testing job vacancy trend in Bristol

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Dynamic Application Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Dynamic Application Security Testing

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing in Bristol over the 6 months to 18 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Dynamic Application Security Testing in Bristol

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (20.00%) Firebase
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (20.00%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Crashlytics
2 1 (20.00%) fastlane
2 1 (20.00%) Xcode
2 1 (20.00%) XCTest
2 1 (20.00%) XCUITest
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Coordinator
1 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Platform Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Core Data
1 1 (20.00%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Private Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Observability
3 2 (40.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (40.00%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) SDLC
3 2 (40.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (20.00%) Re-Platforming
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (20.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes