Application Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in England

Application Security Specialist
UK > England

The median Application Security Specialist daily rate in England is £375, 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 557 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Specialist 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.017% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £458 - -
90th Percentile £494 - -
UK median daily rate £425 - -

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 32,563 23,895 34,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.95% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,678 15,176 23,386
10th Percentile £306 £300 £270
25th Percentile £411 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,085 729 2,154
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.25 £13.23
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £34.52
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +4.30% -13.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.30 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.35% -1.99% -12.50%

Application Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Application Security Specialist job vacancy trend in England

Application Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Application Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security Specialist in England over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security Specialist in England

Application Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the England 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
North of England - 5 £375 - 4
Yorkshire - 3 £325 -
North West - 2 £518 - 4
London - 1 - - 1
Application Security Specialist
UK

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

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 England region featuring Application Security Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Akamai
1 3 (50.00%) Application Security
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
1 3 (50.00%) GCP
1 3 (50.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (16.67%) Android
3 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) HP Fortify
3 1 (16.67%) Interactive Application Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Development
3 1 (16.67%) Observability

Application Security Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Akamai
1 3 (50.00%) GCP
1 3 (50.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon Bedrock
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (16.67%) AI Agents
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Application Security
1 3 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) AI
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Data Security
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 1 (16.67%) Interactive Application Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Development
3 1 (16.67%) Observability
3 1 (16.67%) OWASP
3 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Static Application Security Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) OpenAI
1 1 (16.67%) Veracode