Application Security Contract Job Trends in London

Application Security (AppSec)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Application Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 282 257
Rank change year-on-year +8 -25 -14
Contract jobs citing Application Security 179 91 121
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.88% 0.68% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.73% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 59 81
10th Percentile £458 £415 £481
25th Percentile £500 £481 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £695
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -20.86% +6.92%
75th Percentile £729 £653 £788
90th Percentile £813 £700 £838
England median daily rate £575 £540 £628
% change year-on-year +6.48% -13.94% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73.75 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £75.00 -
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,107 12,462 14,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.93% 92.53% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,868 8,244 9,685
10th Percentile £360 £327 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 252 179
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Application Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Application Security job vacancy trend in London

Application Security
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Application Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Application Security

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in London over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in London

Application Security
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Application Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Application Security

Application Security
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the London region over the 6 months to 19 September 2026. 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
Central London -25 10 £523 +7.18% 25
East London - 3 £750 -
West London -21 2 £694 - 11
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.03%) Confluence
2 1 (0.56%) JBoss
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.12%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.56%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.56%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (35.75%) Azure
2 52 (29.05%) AWS
3 31 (17.32%) GCP
4 17 (9.50%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.26%) GitHub
5 13 (7.26%) SaaS
6 12 (6.70%) OCI
7 10 (5.59%) Datadog
8 7 (3.91%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.79%) Akamai
10 5 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.23%) Kong
11 4 (2.23%) Snowflake
12 3 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.68%) IaaS
12 3 (1.68%) PaaS
12 3 (1.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (21.79%) Network Security
2 10 (5.59%) DNS
3 9 (5.03%) HTTP
3 9 (5.03%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.91%) SSL
5 6 (3.35%) Firewall
6 5 (2.79%) IPsec
6 5 (2.79%) X.509
7 4 (2.23%) Internet
8 3 (1.68%) HTTPS
9 2 (1.12%) BIG-IP
9 2 (1.12%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (1.12%) VPN
10 1 (0.56%) DHCP
10 1 (0.56%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.56%) NAS
10 1 (0.56%) SAN
10 1 (0.56%) SMTP
10 1 (0.56%) SNMP
10 1 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) Relational Database
2 5 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.23%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.23%) Oracle Exadata
3 4 (2.23%) Redis
4 3 (1.68%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.68%) MySQL
5 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.56%) Hazelcast
6 1 (0.56%) Looker
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (8.94%) Git
1 16 (8.94%) GitLab
2 13 (7.26%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.03%) JIRA
3 9 (5.03%) SonarQube
4 8 (4.47%) Snyk
5 5 (2.79%) Burp Suite
6 4 (2.23%) Maven
7 3 (1.68%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.68%) JUnit
7 3 (1.68%) Moq
8 2 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.12%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.56%) Mockito
9 1 (0.56%) rollup.js
9 1 (0.56%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.56%) Storybook
9 1 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 54 (30.17%) Finance
2 48 (26.82%) Social Skills
3 30 (16.76%) Banking
4 12 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.47%) Retail
6 5 (2.79%) Legal
6 5 (2.79%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Digital Health
8 3 (1.68%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.68%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.56%) Games
9 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.56%) Local Government
9 1 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (17.32%) Security Engineer
1 31 (17.32%) Senior
2 25 (13.97%) Architect
3 21 (11.73%) Analyst
4 20 (11.17%) Consultant
5 19 (10.61%) Security Architect
6 18 (10.06%) Security Analyst
7 16 (8.94%) Developer
7 16 (8.94%) Security Consultant
8 15 (8.38%) Applications Engineer
8 15 (8.38%) Lead
9 13 (7.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 13 (7.26%) Senior Security Engineer
10 10 (5.59%) Applications Manager
11 9 (5.03%) Applications Support
11 9 (5.03%) Applications Support Manager
11 9 (5.03%) Senior Applications Engineer
11 9 (5.03%) Support Manager
12 8 (4.47%) Applications Consultant
13 7 (3.91%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.85%) Terraform
2 14 (7.82%) REST
3 12 (6.70%) HTML
4 11 (6.15%) OAuth
4 11 (6.15%) SAML
5 10 (5.59%) CSS
5 10 (5.59%) Kafka
6 9 (5.03%) RabbitMQ
6 9 (5.03%) Spring
6 9 (5.03%) Spring Boot
7 8 (4.47%) React
8 7 (3.91%) RESTful
9 6 (3.35%) CSS3
9 6 (3.35%) Django
9 6 (3.35%) FIDO
9 6 (3.35%) HTML5
9 6 (3.35%) WebAuthn
10 5 (2.79%) .NET
10 5 (2.79%) Jakarta EE
10 5 (2.79%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.53%) Security Posture
2 19 (10.61%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.59%) Mobile App
4 9 (5.03%) AI Agents
4 9 (5.03%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.47%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.91%) Cloud Security Posture
6 7 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (3.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (3.35%) CMDB
8 5 (2.79%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.79%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.23%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.68%) Client/Server
10 3 (1.68%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (1.68%) FMCG
10 3 (1.68%) NHS
10 3 (1.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.15%) Linux
2 7 (3.91%) Windows
3 4 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.68%) Android
4 3 (1.68%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.68%) Unix
5 2 (1.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (31.84%) CI/CD
2 48 (26.82%) Cloud Security
3 47 (26.26%) Threat Modelling
4 43 (24.02%) Cybersecurity
5 42 (23.46%) DevSecOps
6 40 (22.35%) AI
6 40 (22.35%) DevOps
7 37 (20.67%) SDLC
8 34 (18.99%) Security Architecture
9 33 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 30 (16.76%) Secure Coding
11 29 (16.20%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
11 29 (16.20%) Static Application Security Testing
12 28 (15.64%) Microservices
12 28 (15.64%) OWASP
13 27 (15.08%) Information Security
13 27 (15.08%) Penetration Testing
14 25 (13.97%) Infrastructure as Code
15 24 (13.41%) Agile
15 24 (13.41%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.29%) Python
2 21 (11.73%) Java
3 16 (8.94%) SQL
4 15 (8.38%) JavaScript
5 7 (3.91%) Go
5 7 (3.91%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.23%) Bash
7 3 (1.68%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.68%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.68%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.12%) C#
8 2 (1.12%) Groovy
8 2 (1.12%) Perl
8 2 (1.12%) Scala
9 1 (0.56%) Bicep
9 1 (0.56%) COBOL
9 1 (0.56%) LookML
9 1 (0.56%) PHP
9 1 (0.56%) RPG
9 1 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 19 (10.61%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.50%) CISSP
4 12 (6.70%) Degree
5 8 (4.47%) CISM
6 6 (3.35%) AWS Certification
6 6 (3.35%) OSCP
7 5 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.79%) GIAC
7 5 (2.79%) ISTQB
8 4 (2.23%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.68%) CISA
9 3 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (1.68%) CREST Certified
9 3 (1.68%) GPEN
10 2 (1.12%) CCSP
10 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.12%) CSSLP
10 2 (1.12%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (16.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (14.53%) NIST
3 14 (7.82%) PCI DSS
4 12 (6.70%) GDPR
5 9 (5.03%) QA
6 7 (3.91%) GRC
6 7 (3.91%) NCSC
7 6 (3.35%) SOC 2
8 4 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.12%) SLA
10 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.56%) PMO
10 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (10.61%) Docker
2 4 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (16.76%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.03%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (4.47%) Grafana
4 6 (3.35%) Ansible
5 4 (2.23%) HP Fortify
6 2 (1.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.56%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 20 (11.17%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.59%) Oracle
3 9 (5.03%) IBM
4 6 (3.35%) Citrix
5 5 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (2.79%) Google
5 5 (2.79%) Splunk
6 3 (1.68%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.68%) Dynatrace
6 3 (1.68%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.68%) Qualys
6 3 (1.68%) SAP
6 3 (1.68%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.68%) Veracode
6 3 (1.68%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.12%) Cisco
7 2 (1.12%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.12%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.12%) Tenable
7 2 (1.12%) VMware