Application Security Contracts in Central London

Application Security (AppSec)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Application Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Application Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 118 138
Rank change year-on-year 0 +20 +39
Contract jobs citing Application Security 11 15 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.55% 0.61% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.68% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 23
10th Percentile £571 - £467
25th Percentile £575 £385 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £488 £675
Median % change year-on-year +35.90% -27.78% +20.54%
75th Percentile £763 £589 £816
90th Percentile £798 £683 £820
London median daily rate £618 £600 £700
% change year-on-year +2.92% -14.29% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Application Security in Central London

Application Security
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +2 9 £663 +35.90% 3
Application Security
London

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 2 (18.18%) GitHub
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) OneDrive
2 2 (18.18%) Power Automate
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Network Security
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Lead Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Lead Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Blockchain
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
1 1 (9.09%) PKI
1 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
1 1 (9.09%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
1 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (27.27%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 3 (27.27%) Security Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
2 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
2 2 (18.18%) High Availability
2 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
2 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
2 2 (18.18%) Microservices
2 2 (18.18%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (18.18%) OWASP
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Task Automation
2 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
2 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (9.09%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) CASB
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Fortinet
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) ForgeRock
2 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto