Application Security Contracts in Glasgow

Application Security (AppSec)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Application Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Application Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 79 82
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Application Security 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.38% 0.34% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.37% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £492 - -
25th Percentile £535 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% - -
75th Percentile £623 £691 -
90th Percentile - £700 -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £623 £500
% change year-on-year -15.66% +24.50% -7.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Application Security 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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 747 806 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 93.61% 91.90% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 515 629
10th Percentile £311 £280 £325
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £603 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 40 27
10th Percentile £16.18 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.83 £21.13 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +56.50% -66.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.14 £35.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.75 £59.47
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Glasgow

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in Glasgow

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in Glasgow

Application Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Application Security in Glasgow

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Data Security
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SIAM
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (33.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Forcepoint
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft