Application Security Contracts in the City of London

Application Security (AppSec)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 110 112 147
Rank change year-on-year +2 +35 +26
Contract jobs citing Application Security 9 15 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.51% 0.68% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.75% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 21
10th Percentile £571 - £463
25th Percentile £575 £385 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £488 £700
Median % change year-on-year +35.90% -30.36% +21.74%
75th Percentile £763 £589 £820
90th Percentile £798 £683 -
Central London median daily rate £663 £488 £675
% change year-on-year +35.90% -27.78% +20.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,636 1,988 3,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.49% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,406 2,259
10th Percentile £363 £363 £355
25th Percentile £463 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the City of London

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in the City of London

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in the City of London

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (22.22%) GitHub
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Network Security
1 2 (22.22%) VPN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Firewall Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Security Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Blockchain
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
1 1 (11.11%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
2 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
2 2 (22.22%) Identity Management
2 2 (22.22%) Microservices
2 2 (22.22%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (22.22%) OWASP
2 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
2 2 (22.22%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (11.11%) Key Management
3 1 (11.11%) SDLC
3 1 (11.11%) Secure Coding
3 1 (11.11%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CCNP
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) CASB
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
1 2 (22.22%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) ForgeRock
2 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto