Application Security Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Application Security (AppSec)
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Canary Wharf requiring Application Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Application Security 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 7.27% - 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.41% - 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £716 - -
25th Percentile £718 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £735 - £540
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.50%
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £735 - £540
% change year-on-year - - -32.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Canary Wharf

Application Security 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 Canary Wharf.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54 63 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 98.18% 100.00% 97.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 53 82
10th Percentile £405 £378 £437
25th Percentile £450 £495 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £585 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -1.82%
75th Percentile £705 £588 £625
90th Percentile £775 £630 £770
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £585 £585 £540
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £51.25 -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate - £40.00 -

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

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

Application Security job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

Application Security
Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Application Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing Application Security

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf 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 2 (50.00%) Amazon Bedrock
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure AI
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Applications Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Observability
2 2 (50.00%) OWASP
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) SABSA
2 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Foundry
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft