OWASP Contracts in England

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for OWASP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OWASP over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 539 527
Rank change year-on-year +115 -12 -77
Contract jobs citing OWASP 121 120 243
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.24% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.26% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 68 161
10th Percentile £481 £421 £438
25th Percentile £533 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -6.78% +18.00%
75th Percentile £675 £647 £675
90th Percentile £751 £738 £813
UK median daily rate £611 £556 £588
% change year-on-year +9.89% -5.32% +17.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +27.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

OWASP is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in England

OWASP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OWASP in England.

Daily rate trend for OWASP in England

OWASP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OWASP in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for OWASP in England

OWASP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OWASP in England.

Hourly rate trend for OWASP in England

OWASP
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 OWASP within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
South East +71 56 £550 +7.32% 15
London +117 44 £648 +7.92% 26
North of England +8 17 £569 +3.41% 8
Yorkshire +11 12 £569 +8.33% 4
North West +12 5 £608 +10.45% 3
South West +19 1 - - 3
West Midlands +14 1 - - 2
Midlands +6 1 - - 2
OWASP
UK

OWASP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (1.65%) Confluence
1 2 (1.65%) Jupyter
1 2 (1.65%) nginx
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.83%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 41 (33.88%) IaaS
1 41 (33.88%) PaaS
1 41 (33.88%) SaaS
2 33 (27.27%) Azure
3 22 (18.18%) AWS
4 15 (12.40%) GitHub
5 11 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (7.44%) Serverless
7 7 (5.79%) Akamai
7 7 (5.79%) Azure API Management
7 7 (5.79%) Azure Functions
7 7 (5.79%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (5.79%) Azure Service Bus
7 7 (5.79%) Azure Storage
7 7 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (4.96%) Azure Batch
8 6 (4.96%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (4.96%) Power Automate
8 6 (4.96%) Power Platform
8 6 (4.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (33.88%) 5G
1 41 (33.88%) Broadband
2 14 (11.57%) Network Security
3 13 (10.74%) Firewall
4 6 (4.96%) DNS
4 6 (4.96%) Wireless
5 5 (4.13%) HTTP
6 4 (3.31%) Internet
7 3 (2.48%) Wireshark
8 2 (1.65%) SSL
8 2 (1.65%) VPN
9 1 (0.83%) DHCP
9 1 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.83%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.74%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.61%) Big Data
3 7 (5.79%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.96%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.96%) MySQL
4 6 (4.96%) OLTP
4 6 (4.96%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.65%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.83%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.83%) CouchDB
6 1 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.83%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.83%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (9.09%) Git
2 9 (7.44%) Burp Suite
2 9 (7.44%) Jenkins
3 8 (6.61%) GitLab
4 6 (4.96%) Visual Studio Team System
5 5 (4.13%) AppScan
5 5 (4.13%) Postman
5 5 (4.13%) SonarQube
6 4 (3.31%) JIRA
7 3 (2.48%) CircleCI
8 2 (1.65%) RStudio
8 2 (1.65%) Selenium
8 2 (1.65%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.83%) Gradle
9 1 (0.83%) Maven
9 1 (0.83%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.83%) Mockito
9 1 (0.83%) Moq
9 1 (0.83%) SpecFlow
General
1 42 (34.71%) Law
2 41 (33.88%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.61%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.79%) Retail
6 5 (4.13%) Banking
6 5 (4.13%) Social Skills
7 4 (3.31%) Finance
8 3 (2.48%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.65%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.65%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Police
10 1 (0.83%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (38.02%) Tester
2 45 (37.19%) Penetration Tester
3 43 (35.54%) Security Specialist
4 41 (33.88%) Security Penetration Tester
4 41 (33.88%) Security Tester
4 41 (33.88%) Testing Specialist
5 24 (19.83%) Consultant
6 16 (13.22%) Security Consultant
7 12 (9.92%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 11 (9.09%) Architect
8 11 (9.09%) Developer
9 10 (8.26%) Security Architect
10 7 (5.79%) Security Engineer
10 7 (5.79%) Senior
11 6 (4.96%) Lead
12 5 (4.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 5 (4.13%) DevOps Engineer
12 5 (4.13%) Site Engineer
12 5 (4.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 3 (2.48%) Ruby Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (38.84%) Web Services
2 8 (6.61%) .NET
3 6 (4.96%) ARM Templates
3 6 (4.96%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (4.96%) JSON
3 6 (4.96%) XML
4 3 (2.48%) gRPC
4 3 (2.48%) Ruby on Rails
4 3 (2.48%) WebSockets
5 2 (1.65%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.65%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.65%) OAuth
5 2 (1.65%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.83%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.83%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.83%) OpenID
6 1 (0.83%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.83%) REST
6 1 (0.83%) RESTful
6 1 (0.83%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (42.15%) Mobile App
2 10 (8.26%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.61%) IoT
4 7 (5.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 7 (5.79%) Public Cloud
5 5 (4.13%) Security Posture
6 4 (3.31%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.65%) Algorithms
8 2 (1.65%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.83%) CBDC
9 1 (0.83%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.83%) Digital Currency
9 1 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.83%) PKI
9 1 (0.83%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.05%) Linux
2 9 (7.44%) Windows
3 3 (2.48%) Unix
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (65.29%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (49.59%) Application Security
3 57 (47.11%) Penetration Testing
4 52 (42.98%) Security Testing
5 51 (42.15%) Stakeholder Management
6 48 (39.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 33 (27.27%) DevOps
8 25 (20.66%) Agile
9 21 (17.36%) Information Security
10 17 (14.05%) Test Automation
11 14 (11.57%) DevSecOps
11 14 (11.57%) Vulnerability Management
12 13 (10.74%) CI/CD
12 13 (10.74%) Continuous Integration
13 12 (9.92%) ITIL
13 12 (9.92%) Microservices
13 12 (9.92%) TDD
14 11 (9.09%) Risk Management
14 11 (9.09%) Secure Coding
14 11 (9.09%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.18%) Python
2 17 (14.05%) C#
3 16 (13.22%) PowerShell
4 11 (9.09%) Java
5 9 (7.44%) Bash
6 8 (6.61%) Go
7 6 (4.96%) Ruby
8 5 (4.13%) JavaScript
9 3 (2.48%) C
9 3 (2.48%) C++
10 2 (1.65%) Perl
10 2 (1.65%) R
10 2 (1.65%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.65%) SQL
11 1 (0.83%) Rust
Qualifications
1 51 (42.15%) CREST Certified
2 49 (40.50%) OSCP
2 49 (40.50%) Security Cleared
3 47 (38.84%) GIAC
4 43 (35.54%) GPEN
4 43 (35.54%) SANS
5 8 (6.61%) ISACA
6 7 (5.79%) SC Cleared
7 6 (4.96%) CHECK Team Leader
7 6 (4.96%) Degree
8 4 (3.31%) CISSP
9 3 (2.48%) CEH
9 3 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (2.48%) CISM
9 3 (2.48%) CSSLP
10 2 (1.65%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.65%) CCNP
10 2 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.65%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (42.98%) GDPR
2 50 (41.32%) PCI DSS
3 44 (36.36%) NCSC
4 35 (28.93%) NIST
5 17 (14.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (10.74%) COBIT
7 7 (5.79%) QA
8 3 (2.48%) GRC
9 2 (1.65%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.65%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.83%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.83%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.83%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (7.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (16.53%) Terraform
2 13 (10.74%) Kubernetes
3 9 (7.44%) Ansible
4 7 (5.79%) Nessus
4 7 (5.79%) Progress Chef
5 6 (4.96%) Grafana
5 6 (4.96%) Prometheus
5 6 (4.96%) Puppet
6 5 (4.13%) Graylog
6 5 (4.13%) HP Fortify
6 5 (4.13%) WebInspect
7 1 (0.83%) Kibana
7 1 (0.83%) logstash
7 1 (0.83%) Nagios
7 1 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (33.88%) Virgin Media
2 12 (9.92%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.61%) F5
4 7 (5.79%) Splunk
5 5 (4.13%) Checkmarx
5 5 (4.13%) Veracode
6 4 (3.31%) Imperva
7 3 (2.48%) Qualys
8 2 (1.65%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.65%) Oracle
9 1 (0.83%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.83%) Cadence
9 1 (0.83%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.83%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.83%) Google
9 1 (0.83%) Okta
9 1 (0.83%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.83%) Remedy