Application Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

Applications Security Analyst
UK > England

The median Applications Security Analyst daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 533 - 547
Rank change year-on-year - - +165
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Analyst 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.006% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £505 - £490
25th Percentile £513 - £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £515
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.34%
75th Percentile £538 - £527
90th Percentile £545 - £529
UK median daily rate £525 - £515
% change year-on-year - - +9.34%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,488 25,027 33,935
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 92.90% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,175 15,498 23,097
10th Percentile £300 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,738 757 1,541
10th Percentile £14.41 £15.91 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.45 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -19.22% +23.80%
75th Percentile £61.25 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%

Application Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Application Security Analyst job vacancy trend in England

Application Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Application Security Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Application Security Analyst job vacancies in England

Application Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
London - 1 £500 -
East of England - 1 £550 -
Application Security Analyst
UK

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Application Security Analyst 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 England region featuring Application Security Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) CRISC
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Nexpose
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) OAuth
2 1 (50.00%) OpenID
2 1 (50.00%) OSCP
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
1 1 (50.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Qualys
1 1 (50.00%) Tenable