Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
London > Central London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Static Application Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Static Application Security Testing 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 | 124 | 131 | 168 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +7 | +37 | +23 |
| Contract jobs citing Static Application Security Testing | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London | 0.25% | 0.082% | 0.10% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.27% | 0.090% | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £679 | £686 | £519 |
| 25th Percentile | £684 | £722 | £547 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £725 | £788 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.94% | +28.57% | -4.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £763 | £847 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £879 | £668 |
| London median daily rate | £700 | £650 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.69% | +4.00% | -3.85% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London
Static Application Security Testing 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% |
Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London
Job postings citing Static Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.
Static Application Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Static Application Security Testing in Central London.
Static Application Security Testing
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 Static Application Security Testing 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 | +11 | 5 | £725 | -7.94% | |
| Static Application Security Testing London |
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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: