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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 527 527
Rank change year-on-year +61 0 -67
Contract jobs citing OWASP 77 111 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.24% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.26% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 67 163
10th Percentile £466 £455 £418
25th Percentile £520 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £698 £650
90th Percentile £850 £738 £749
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +4.35% - +13.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46.25 - -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.14% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -32.14% - +33.33%

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 31,786 42,433 64,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.49% 89.93% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,644 29,761 45,992
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £443 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,351 1,531 1,717
10th Percentile £12.81 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +2.38% +38.82% +11.65%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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
London +82 39 £650 +13.04% 21
North of England +13 16 £558 -3.04% 7
South East +11 14 £550 +4.76% 10
Yorkshire +9 9 £550 - 1
North West +14 7 £575 -12.55% 6
South West +12 3 £600 - 3
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 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.60%) Jupyter
2 2 (2.60%) nginx
3 1 (1.30%) Apache
3 1 (1.30%) Confluence
3 1 (1.30%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 31 (40.26%) Azure
2 21 (27.27%) AWS
3 11 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (12.99%) GitHub
5 7 (9.09%) Akamai
5 7 (9.09%) Azure Functions
5 7 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (9.09%) Serverless
6 6 (7.79%) Azure API Management
6 6 (7.79%) Azure Batch
6 6 (7.79%) Azure Key Vault
6 6 (7.79%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (7.79%) Azure Service Bus
6 6 (7.79%) Azure Storage
6 6 (7.79%) Power Automate
6 6 (7.79%) Power Platform
6 6 (7.79%) PowerApps
7 5 (6.49%) Cloudflare
8 4 (5.19%) Amazon S3
8 4 (5.19%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.88%) Firewall
1 13 (16.88%) Network Security
2 5 (6.49%) DNS
3 4 (5.19%) Internet
3 4 (5.19%) Wireshark
4 3 (3.90%) HTTP
5 2 (2.60%) DHCP
5 2 (2.60%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.60%) WAN
5 2 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (2.60%) Wireless
6 1 (1.30%) FTP
6 1 (1.30%) SSL
6 1 (1.30%) VLAN
6 1 (1.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.88%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.39%) Big Data
2 8 (10.39%) Data Lake
3 7 (9.09%) MySQL
4 6 (7.79%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (7.79%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (7.79%) OLTP
4 6 (7.79%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.60%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (2.60%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.30%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.30%) CouchDB
6 1 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.30%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.30%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Git
2 10 (12.99%) Burp Suite
3 9 (11.69%) Jenkins
4 6 (7.79%) Visual Studio Team System
5 5 (6.49%) AppScan
5 5 (6.49%) GitLab
5 5 (6.49%) SonarQube
6 3 (3.90%) CircleCI
6 3 (3.90%) JIRA
6 3 (3.90%) Postman
7 2 (2.60%) Cypress.io
7 2 (2.60%) RStudio
8 1 (1.30%) Gradle
8 1 (1.30%) Maven
8 1 (1.30%) Mercurial
8 1 (1.30%) Metasploit
8 1 (1.30%) Mockito
8 1 (1.30%) Selenium
8 1 (1.30%) SoapUI
8 1 (1.30%) Subversion
General
1 14 (18.18%) Finance
2 10 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.09%) Retail
4 6 (7.79%) Banking
5 4 (5.19%) Social Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.60%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.60%) Multimedia
7 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.30%) Automotive
8 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (27.27%) Consultant
2 17 (22.08%) Architect
2 17 (22.08%) Security Architect
3 15 (19.48%) Security Consultant
4 11 (14.29%) Security Engineer
5 10 (12.99%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 7 (9.09%) Developer
7 5 (6.49%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 5 (6.49%) Lead
7 5 (6.49%) Site Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 4 (5.19%) Tester
9 3 (3.90%) Applications Developer
9 3 (3.90%) Penetration Tester
9 3 (3.90%) Senior
10 2 (2.60%) Azure Developer
10 2 (2.60%) Azure Engineer
10 2 (2.60%) DevOps Consultant
10 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Security Architect
10 2 (2.60%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.39%) .NET
2 6 (7.79%) ARM Templates
2 6 (7.79%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (7.79%) JSON
2 6 (7.79%) Kafka
2 6 (7.79%) Web Services
2 6 (7.79%) XML
3 3 (3.90%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.90%) gRPC
3 3 (3.90%) WebSockets
4 2 (2.60%) OAuth
5 1 (1.30%) JWT
5 1 (1.30%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.30%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.30%) React
5 1 (1.30%) REST
5 1 (1.30%) RESTful
5 1 (1.30%) SAML
5 1 (1.30%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.30%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 7 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (7.79%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.79%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.49%) IoT
4 5 (6.49%) Mobile App
4 5 (6.49%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.90%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.60%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.60%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.60%) PKI
7 1 (1.30%) CBDC
7 1 (1.30%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.30%) Digital Currency
7 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.99%) Linux
2 7 (9.09%) Windows
3 3 (3.90%) Unix
3 3 (3.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (36.36%) Application Security
3 27 (35.06%) DevOps
4 23 (29.87%) Information Security
5 17 (22.08%) Agile
5 17 (22.08%) CI/CD
5 17 (22.08%) Vulnerability Management
6 15 (19.48%) Security Testing
7 13 (16.88%) Penetration Testing
7 13 (16.88%) Test Automation
8 12 (15.58%) DevSecOps
8 12 (15.58%) Security Management
9 11 (14.29%) Cryptography
9 11 (14.29%) Information Security Management
9 11 (14.29%) Migration
9 11 (14.29%) Secure Coding
9 11 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
10 10 (12.99%) Identity Access Management
10 10 (12.99%) Risk Management
10 10 (12.99%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.48%) PowerShell
2 14 (18.18%) Python
3 13 (16.88%) C#
4 11 (14.29%) Java
5 6 (7.79%) Bash
6 4 (5.19%) Go
7 3 (3.90%) C
7 3 (3.90%) C++
7 3 (3.90%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.90%) SQL
8 2 (2.60%) Perl
8 2 (2.60%) R
8 2 (2.60%) Ruby
8 2 (2.60%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (9.09%) ISACA
2 6 (7.79%) CREST Certified
3 5 (6.49%) Degree
4 4 (5.19%) CISM
4 4 (5.19%) CISSP
4 4 (5.19%) OSCP
5 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.90%) CSSLP
5 3 (3.90%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.60%) CCNP
6 2 (2.60%) CEH
6 2 (2.60%) CHECK Team Leader
6 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.60%) GIAC
6 2 (2.60%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.60%) SANS
6 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.30%) CCNA
7 1 (1.30%) ISEB
7 1 (1.30%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (40.26%) NIST
2 18 (23.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (16.88%) COBIT
4 12 (15.58%) GDPR
4 12 (15.58%) PCI DSS
5 7 (9.09%) QA
6 5 (6.49%) NCSC
7 3 (3.90%) GRC
8 2 (2.60%) ISO 22301
9 1 (1.30%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.30%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.30%) ISO 20022
9 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 9 (11.69%) Docker
2 3 (3.90%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (22.08%) Terraform
2 10 (12.99%) Kubernetes
3 7 (9.09%) Nessus
4 6 (7.79%) Ansible
4 6 (7.79%) Grafana
4 6 (7.79%) HP Fortify
4 6 (7.79%) Progress Chef
4 6 (7.79%) Prometheus
4 6 (7.79%) Puppet
5 5 (6.49%) Graylog
5 5 (6.49%) WebInspect
6 2 (2.60%) CASB
6 2 (2.60%) SCCM
6 2 (2.60%) SCOrch
6 2 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.30%) Kibana
7 1 (1.30%) logstash
7 1 (1.30%) Nagios
7 1 (1.30%) Nmap
7 1 (1.30%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 15 (19.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.39%) F5
2 8 (10.39%) Splunk
3 6 (7.79%) Imperva
4 5 (6.49%) Checkmarx
4 5 (6.49%) Veracode
5 4 (5.19%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (5.19%) Qualys
5 4 (5.19%) SAP
5 4 (5.19%) Unisys
6 2 (2.60%) Darktrace
6 2 (2.60%) Netskope
6 2 (2.60%) Oracle
6 2 (2.60%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.30%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (1.30%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.30%) Okta
7 1 (1.30%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.30%) VMware