Dynamic Application Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Dynamic Application Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.38% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £78 - -
75th Percentile £84 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £566 £750 £500
% change year-on-year -24.51% +50.00% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

Dynamic Application Security Testing 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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 211 142 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 80.53% 89.87% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 75 75
10th Percentile £160 £378 £283
25th Percentile £339 £488 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +0.09% +0.94%
75th Percentile £676 £594 £650
90th Percentile £801 £630 £732
North West median daily rate £455 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 19 63
10th Percentile £34.57 £14.62 -
25th Percentile £41.94 £23.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +58.12% -28.57% -5.29%
75th Percentile £71.50 £43.94 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £65.75 £48.43
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.88 £23.53
% change year-on-year +41.15% +35.49% -36.92%

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared