Application Security (AppSec)
South East > Kent
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Application Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 24 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Application Security | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Kent | - | 0.67% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.79% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £583 | £650 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.27% | +30.00% | -18.63% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent
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 Kent.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 114 | 127 | 170 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent | 82.61% | 85.23% | 83.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 80 | 58 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £178 | £155 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £329 | £219 | £352 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £439 | £503 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.69% | +0.50% | +17.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £570 | £617 | £564 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £688 | £646 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £515 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.91% | -1.90% | +2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.36 | £14.80 | £20.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.41 | £26.87 | £33.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.40 | £53.00 | £54.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -61.51% | -2.30% | +46.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.61 | £56.75 | £58.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £39.00 | £68.33 | £77.23 |
| South East median hourly rate | £22.00 | £51.00 | £51.96 |
| % change year-on-year | -56.86% | -1.85% | +38.56% |
Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Application Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent.
Application Security
Daily Rate Trend in Kent
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Application Security.
