Application Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Application Security Specialist
North West > Cheshire

The median Application Security Specialist daily rate in Cheshire is £518, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 - -
North West median daily rate £518 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 598 384 471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 88.48% 92.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 235 313
10th Percentile £313 £270 £265
25th Percentile £363 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% -5.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £558 £553
90th Percentile £700 £643 £610
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 26 43
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £14.40
25th Percentile £18.88 £21.65 £17.43
Median hourly rate £22.85 £30.90 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.05% +37.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £33.73 £86.00 £37.63
90th Percentile £85.23 - £43.75
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.51 £26.39
% change year-on-year +42.81% +19.40% -12.03%

Application Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Application Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Application Security Specialist job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Application Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security Specialist within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 February 2026. 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
Knutsford - 1 £518 - 3
Application Security Specialist
North West

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Application Security Specialist 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 Cheshire region featuring Application Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) HP Fortify
1 1 (100.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) SonarQube
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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%) SonarQube
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode