Application Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Application Security Specialist
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Application Security Specialist daily rate in Leeds is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 729 424 804
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 94.43% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 271 508
10th Percentile £300 £263 £275
25th Percentile £409 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £574 £567 £588
90th Percentile £644 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 13
10th Percentile - £17.79 £11.24
25th Percentile £14.25 £24.18 £11.75
Median hourly rate £16.25 £30.16 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -46.11% +140.66% -79.95%
75th Percentile £28.75 £55.29 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £101.46 £20.62
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £25.84 £15.23
% change year-on-year -26.47% +69.67% -54.91%

Application Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Application Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Application Security Specialist job vacancy trend in Leeds

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Application Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leeds region featuring Application Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Akamai
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Akamai
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Application Security Specialist jobs