Static Application Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Static Application Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 65 85
Rank change year-on-year +3 +20 -
Contract jobs citing Static Application Security Testing 2 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.33% 0.76% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.85% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £461 £433
25th Percentile - £478 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £444
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +15.49% -
75th Percentile - £553 £448
90th Percentile - £574 £449
Scotland median daily rate £595 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +16.00% +2.50% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 552 591 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 92.31% 89.68% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 307 528
10th Percentile £225 £205 £212
25th Percentile £411 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +3.06% -8.63% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 26 9
10th Percentile £16.68 £16.59 £12.95
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.47 £17.72
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -32.60% +64.63%
75th Percentile £55.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £71.75 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.94 £19.18
% change year-on-year -12.81% +19.59% +3.68%

Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Static Application Security Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Static Application Security Testing job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Static Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Static Application Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Static Application Security Testing

Static Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys