Secure Coding Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Secure Code Development
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Secure Coding skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 55 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing Secure Coding 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.62% 0.19% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.21% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £457 - -
25th Percentile £501 £763 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £775 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% - -
75th Percentile £616 £788 -
90th Percentile £621 - -
South West median daily rate £525 £738 £663
% change year-on-year -28.81% +11.32% +65.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £44.25 - -
25th Percentile £48.75 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.38 - -
90th Percentile £74.15 - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Secure Coding 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 921 487 865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 80.93% 92.06% 82.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 295 500
10th Percentile £310 £213 £257
25th Percentile £400 £355 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £514
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -12.49% +2.85%
75th Percentile £555 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 67 155
10th Percentile £17.69 £32.50 £36.25
25th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +1.63%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -11.54% +36.84% -22.76%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Secure Coding relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Secure Coding job vacancy trend in Bristol

Secure Coding
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Secure Coding.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Secure Coding

Secure Coding
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Secure Coding in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Secure Coding in Bristol

Secure Coding
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Secure Coding.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Secure Coding

Secure Coding
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Secure Coding in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Secure Coding in Bristol

Secure Coding
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) GitHub
3 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Bluetooth
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) fastlane
2 1 (14.29%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) JUnit
2 1 (14.29%) NUnit
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
2 1 (14.29%) Xcode
2 1 (14.29%) XCTest
2 1 (14.29%) XCUITest
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
3 3 (42.86%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (28.57%) Lead
4 2 (28.57%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Python Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
5 1 (14.29%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Flask
1 2 (28.57%) pytest
2 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
2 1 (14.29%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
3 1 (14.29%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
4 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
4 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Async-Await
5 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Swift
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) NCSC
2 1 (14.29%) DICOM
2 1 (14.29%) HL7
2 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Red Hat