Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring OWASP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OWASP over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 35 | 35 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | +16 |
| Contract jobs citing OWASP | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff | - | 0.82% | 0.44% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 1.09% | 0.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £666 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.50% | -3.70% |
| South Wales median daily rate | - | £666 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.50% | -3.70% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff
OWASP 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 Cardiff.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 175 | 183 | 206 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 89.74% | 74.69% | 90.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 133 | 134 | 156 |
| 10th Percentile | £226 | £143 | £190 |
| 25th Percentile | £303 | £209 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £405 | £450 | £456 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -1.37% | -4.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £550 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £660 | £596 | £625 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £400 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -15.00% | -4.60% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 11 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.21 | - | £19.55 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £15.48 | £21.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £13.08 | £18.57 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.56% | -25.72% | +31.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £17.00 | £25.60 | £26.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.64 | - | £32.90 |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £15.50 | £25.09 | £19.49 |
| % change year-on-year | -38.22% | +28.73% | -2.11% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OWASP in Cardiff.