Dynamic Application Security Testing Contracts in Edinburgh

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Dynamic Application Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Dynamic 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 64 69 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.48% 0.37% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.42% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% - -
Scotland median daily rate £550 £494 -
% change year-on-year +11.39% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Dynamic 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Dynamic Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Dynamic Application Security Testing in Edinburgh

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Dynamic Application Security Testing in Edinburgh

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) SSL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Compliance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 3 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Business Agility
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM