Application Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Applications Security Analyst
South Wales > Cardiff

As of 6 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Applications Security Analyst daily rate in Cardiff.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 284 203 207
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.75% 95.31% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 148 147
10th Percentile £300 £222 £130
25th Percentile £325 £300 £199
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £388 £445
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -12.92% +4.71%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £550
90th Percentile £675 £658 £629
South Wales median daily rate £455 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +21.33% -11.76% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 9 12
10th Percentile £12.71 £12.91 -
25th Percentile £15.36 - £15.48
Median hourly rate £19.50 £13.08 £22.80
Median % change year-on-year +49.08% -42.62% +1.31%
75th Percentile £19.75 £17.30 £25.60
90th Percentile £21.10 £22.04 £26.41
South Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £25.60
% change year-on-year -4.88% -19.92% +7.05%

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Application Security Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Application Security Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 1 (100.00%) HP Fortify
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Snyk
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Snyk
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode