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 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 288 256
Rank change year-on-year +28 -32 -20
Contract jobs citing Application Security 192 84 136
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.95% 0.62% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.67% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 58 95
10th Percentile £462 £431 £478
25th Percentile £514 £505 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £607 £631 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +1.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £732 £697 £780
90th Percentile £790 £763 £823
England median daily rate £575 £585 £625
% change year-on-year -1.71% -6.40% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £35.25 - -
25th Percentile £44.88 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year +5.08% - -

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 18,082 12,534 14,415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.16% 92.32% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,899 8,375 10,138
10th Percentile £363 £325 £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 £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 249 200
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £17.05
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £30.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +18.68% -14.89% -15.06%
75th Percentile £56.81 £48.75 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.05 £71.31
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -

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 8 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Application Security in London over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Application Security in London

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 8 August 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 -19 17 £538 -10.42% 12
East London - 5 £750 - 1
South London - 2 £766 -
West London - 2 £694 - 5
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 (4.69%) Confluence
2 3 (1.56%) CMS
3 1 (0.52%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.04%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.52%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.52%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.52%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.52%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 74 (38.54%) Azure
2 56 (29.17%) AWS
3 32 (16.67%) GCP
4 20 (10.42%) Entra ID
5 17 (8.85%) SaaS
6 13 (6.77%) GitHub
7 11 (5.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (5.21%) Amazon Bedrock
8 10 (5.21%) OCI
9 9 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (4.17%) Azure AI
11 7 (3.65%) Datadog
12 6 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (2.60%) Akamai
13 5 (2.60%) Google Ads
13 5 (2.60%) IaaS
13 5 (2.60%) PaaS
13 5 (2.60%) Serverless
14 4 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 43 (22.40%) Network Security
2 10 (5.21%) DNS
2 10 (5.21%) HTTP
3 9 (4.69%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.17%) Firewall
4 8 (4.17%) SSL
5 4 (2.08%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.56%) BIG-IP
6 3 (1.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 3 (1.56%) Internet
7 2 (1.04%) IPsec
7 2 (1.04%) X.509
8 1 (0.52%) DHCP
8 1 (0.52%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.52%) NAS
8 1 (0.52%) SAN
8 1 (0.52%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.08%) Oracle Database
1 4 (2.08%) Oracle Exadata
1 4 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.08%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.56%) MySQL
2 3 (1.56%) Redis
3 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.04%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.52%) Db2
4 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.52%) Hazelcast
4 1 (0.52%) Looker
4 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (8.33%) Git
2 15 (7.81%) GitLab
3 12 (6.25%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.69%) Snyk
5 8 (4.17%) SonarQube
6 7 (3.65%) JIRA
7 5 (2.60%) Burp Suite
8 3 (1.56%) JUnit
8 3 (1.56%) Maven
8 3 (1.56%) Moq
9 2 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (1.04%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.04%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (1.04%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.52%) rollup.js
10 1 (0.52%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.52%) Spock
10 1 (0.52%) Storybook
10 1 (0.52%) webpack
General
1 54 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 53 (27.60%) Finance
3 31 (16.15%) Banking
4 15 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.21%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.17%) Retail
7 4 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.08%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.08%) Legal
7 4 (2.08%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.56%) Marketing
8 3 (1.56%) Publishing
9 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.52%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.52%) Games
10 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (21.35%) Architect
2 31 (16.15%) Security Architect
3 29 (15.10%) Security Engineer
3 29 (15.10%) Senior
4 18 (9.38%) Lead
5 16 (8.33%) Analyst
6 15 (7.81%) Applications Engineer
6 15 (7.81%) Consultant
7 14 (7.29%) Developer
8 13 (6.77%) Applications Architect
8 13 (6.77%) Security Analyst
8 13 (6.77%) Security Specialist
9 12 (6.25%) Senior Security Engineer
10 11 (5.73%) Security Consultant
11 10 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Specialist
11 10 (5.21%) Senior Applications Engineer
12 9 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 8 (4.17%) Application Security Specialist
13 8 (4.17%) Applications Specialist
13 8 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.77%) REST
2 10 (5.21%) HTML
3 8 (4.17%) CSS
3 8 (4.17%) Kafka
3 8 (4.17%) Spring
3 8 (4.17%) Spring Boot
4 7 (3.65%) OAuth
4 7 (3.65%) RabbitMQ
4 7 (3.65%) SAML
5 6 (3.13%) Django
5 6 (3.13%) React
6 5 (2.60%) RESTful
7 4 (2.08%) .NET
7 4 (2.08%) CSS3
7 4 (2.08%) HTML5
7 4 (2.08%) Jakarta EE
7 4 (2.08%) JSP
7 4 (2.08%) Node.js
7 4 (2.08%) Web Services
8 3 (1.56%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.46%) Security Posture
2 21 (10.94%) Cloud Native
3 18 (9.38%) AI Agents
4 9 (4.69%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 8 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.65%) Mobile App
7 6 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.60%) CMDB
8 5 (2.60%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.60%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.60%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.08%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.56%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.56%) FMCG
10 3 (1.56%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.69%) Linux
2 7 (3.65%) Windows
3 4 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.04%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.04%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) Android
5 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (27.60%) CI/CD
2 52 (27.08%) Cloud Security
3 48 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (22.40%) DevOps
5 42 (21.88%) Security Architecture
6 41 (21.35%) Threat Modelling
7 40 (20.83%) AI
7 40 (20.83%) DevSecOps
8 34 (17.71%) Stakeholder Management
9 32 (16.67%) SDLC
10 30 (15.63%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
10 30 (15.63%) Static Application Security Testing
11 29 (15.10%) Data Protection
11 29 (15.10%) Information Security
12 27 (14.06%) Identity Access Management
12 27 (14.06%) Secure Coding
13 26 (13.54%) Microservices
14 25 (13.02%) Vulnerability Management
15 23 (11.98%) Infrastructure as Code
15 23 (11.98%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.90%) Java
1 19 (9.90%) Python
2 12 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 12 (6.25%) SQL
3 7 (3.65%) Go
4 6 (3.13%) PowerShell
5 4 (2.08%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.56%) Bash
6 3 (1.56%) Bicep
6 3 (1.56%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.04%) Google Apps Script
7 2 (1.04%) Groovy
7 2 (1.04%) Perl
7 2 (1.04%) Scala
7 2 (1.04%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.52%) C#
8 1 (0.52%) COBOL
8 1 (0.52%) PHP
8 1 (0.52%) RPG
8 1 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 28 (14.58%) CISSP
1 28 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.98%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.29%) Degree
4 13 (6.77%) CISM
5 12 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 12 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (5.73%) CCSP
7 8 (4.17%) AWS Certification
7 8 (4.17%) CSSLP
8 7 (3.65%) GIAC
9 6 (3.13%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.60%) GPEN
10 5 (2.60%) ISTQB
11 4 (2.08%) CISA
11 4 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (2.08%) GCIH
11 4 (2.08%) GWAPT
11 4 (2.08%) OSCP
12 3 (1.56%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 24 (12.50%) NIST
2 13 (6.77%) GRC
3 11 (5.73%) PCI DSS
4 10 (5.21%) GDPR
5 8 (4.17%) QA
6 7 (3.65%) NCSC
7 4 (2.08%) SLA
7 4 (2.08%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.04%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.52%) PMO
10 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (10.94%) Docker
2 9 (4.69%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (17.71%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.85%) Terraform
3 9 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (3.65%) Grafana
5 6 (3.13%) Ansible
6 4 (2.08%) HP Fortify
7 2 (1.04%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.52%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 25 (13.02%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.73%) Oracle
3 9 (4.69%) Foundry
3 9 (4.69%) IBM
4 8 (4.17%) Google
4 8 (4.17%) OpenAI
4 8 (4.17%) Splunk
5 6 (3.13%) Citrix
5 6 (3.13%) Qualys
5 6 (3.13%) Tenable
6 5 (2.60%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (2.60%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.08%) Checkmarx
7 4 (2.08%) Okta
7 4 (2.08%) SAP
7 4 (2.08%) Veracode
8 3 (1.56%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.56%) F5
8 3 (1.56%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.04%) Rapid7