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 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 278 283
Rank change year-on-year -24 +5 -32
Contract jobs citing Application Security 68 88 113
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.48% 0.62% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.69% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 52 77
10th Percentile £405 £413 £471
25th Percentile £459 £506 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £618 £600
Median % change year-on-year -18.02% +2.92% -14.29%
75th Percentile £591 £778 £681
90th Percentile £658 £822 £750
England median daily rate £511 £618 £600
% change year-on-year -17.21% +2.92% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85.00 - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £90.00 - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -18.03%

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 13,097 12,837 16,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.24% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,661 8,213 11,529
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 160 244
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.09 £17.07
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.45 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.44 £54.13 £54.34
90th Percentile £69.24 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.20% +23.55%

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 5 January 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 5 January 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 -13 8 £513 -26.26% 7
South London - 3 £525 - 2
West London -18 1 - -
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 4 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.94%) CMS
2 2 (2.94%) Confluence
2 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 32 (47.06%) Azure
2 26 (38.24%) AWS
3 19 (27.94%) GCP
4 9 (13.24%) Entra ID
5 8 (11.76%) GitHub
6 4 (5.88%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (5.88%) Datadog
6 4 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (4.41%) Akamai
7 3 (4.41%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (4.41%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (4.41%) Amazon S3
7 3 (4.41%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (4.41%) Firebase
7 3 (4.41%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (2.94%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (2.94%) AWS Fargate
8 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.94%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 10 (14.71%) Network Security
2 6 (8.82%) Firewall
3 4 (5.88%) VLAN
4 3 (4.41%) HTTP
5 2 (2.94%) VPN
5 2 (2.94%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.47%) BGP
6 1 (1.47%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.47%) DNS
6 1 (1.47%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.47%) IPsec
6 1 (1.47%) Kerberos
6 1 (1.47%) MPLS
6 1 (1.47%) SSL
6 1 (1.47%) VRRP
6 1 (1.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.35%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.41%) MySQL
2 3 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.94%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.94%) Power BI
3 2 (2.94%) SQLite
4 1 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.47%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (1.47%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (19.12%) Jenkins
1 13 (19.12%) JIRA
2 8 (11.76%) GitLab
3 7 (10.29%) Metasploit
4 6 (8.82%) Burp Suite
4 6 (8.82%) Git
4 6 (8.82%) sqlmap
5 4 (5.88%) SonarQube
6 3 (4.41%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (4.41%) Xcode
7 2 (2.94%) CocoaPods
7 2 (2.94%) Crashlytics
7 2 (2.94%) Cypress.io
7 2 (2.94%) fastlane
7 2 (2.94%) GoCD
7 2 (2.94%) TeamCity
8 1 (1.47%) Babel
8 1 (1.47%) git-flow
8 1 (1.47%) Snyk
8 1 (1.47%) webpack
General
1 22 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 18 (26.47%) Finance
3 12 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.76%) Banking
4 8 (11.76%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.41%) Electronics
6 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.41%) Marketing
7 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.47%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 14 (20.59%) Penetration Tester
2 13 (19.12%) Developer
3 11 (16.18%) Tester
4 7 (10.29%) Security Engineer
5 5 (7.35%) Lead
5 5 (7.35%) Senior
6 4 (5.88%) Analyst
6 4 (5.88%) Applications Engineer
6 4 (5.88%) Architect
6 4 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Application Support Team Leader
7 3 (4.41%) Applications Architect
7 3 (4.41%) Applications Support
7 3 (4.41%) Consultant
7 3 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) Mobile Developer
7 3 (4.41%) Oracle Team Leader
7 3 (4.41%) Security Architect
7 3 (4.41%) Support Team Leader
7 3 (4.41%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.82%) OAuth
1 6 (8.82%) RESTful
2 5 (7.35%) OpenID
3 4 (5.88%) Kafka
3 4 (5.88%) OAuth2
4 3 (4.41%) AWS CDK
4 3 (4.41%) Flutter
4 3 (4.41%) React Native
4 3 (4.41%) Spring
4 3 (4.41%) YAML
5 2 (2.94%) AVFoundation
5 2 (2.94%) Core Data
5 2 (2.94%) Dagger
5 2 (2.94%) GraphQL
5 2 (2.94%) OpenAPI
5 2 (2.94%) React
5 2 (2.94%) RxSwift
5 2 (2.94%) Spring Boot
5 2 (2.94%) Swagger
5 2 (2.94%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.65%) Mobile App
2 11 (16.18%) Cloud Native
2 11 (16.18%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.88%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.94%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.94%) Animation
4 2 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.94%) IoT
4 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.47%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.47%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.47%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.47%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.47%) Shadow IT
5 1 (1.47%) Social Media
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Linux
2 6 (8.82%) Android
2 6 (8.82%) Windows
3 4 (5.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (39.71%) CI/CD
2 20 (29.41%) OWASP
3 18 (26.47%) DevOps
4 17 (25.00%) Agile
4 17 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 16 (23.53%) Cloud Security
5 16 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (22.06%) DevSecOps
7 12 (17.65%) Containerisation
7 12 (17.65%) Security Testing
7 12 (17.65%) Test Automation
8 11 (16.18%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (16.18%) SDLC
9 10 (14.71%) Vulnerability Management
10 9 (13.24%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
10 9 (13.24%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (11.76%) Offensive Security
11 8 (11.76%) Static Application Security Testing
11 8 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
12 7 (10.29%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.00%) Python
2 7 (10.29%) Bash
2 7 (10.29%) Go
2 7 (10.29%) Java
3 5 (7.35%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.35%) PowerShell
3 5 (7.35%) SQL
4 3 (4.41%) Kotlin
4 3 (4.41%) Objective-C
4 3 (4.41%) Swift
5 2 (2.94%) R
5 2 (2.94%) Rust
6 1 (1.47%) C#
6 1 (1.47%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) OSCP
1 11 (16.18%) SC Cleared
1 11 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.76%) GPEN
3 6 (8.82%) SANS
4 5 (7.35%) CISSP
4 5 (7.35%) CREST Certified
5 4 (5.88%) OSCE
6 3 (4.41%) CEH
6 3 (4.41%) CISM
6 3 (4.41%) CRISC
6 3 (4.41%) Degree
7 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.94%) GWAPT
7 2 (2.94%) GXPN
8 1 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.47%) CCSK
8 1 (1.47%) CGEIT
8 1 (1.47%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (11.76%) NIST
2 4 (5.88%) GDPR
2 4 (5.88%) NIST 800
2 4 (5.88%) SLA
3 3 (4.41%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.94%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.47%) GRC
5 1 (1.47%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.47%) ISO 31000
5 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.47%) PMO
5 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 13 (19.12%) Docker
2 9 (13.24%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.47%) Firmware
3 1 (1.47%) KVM
3 1 (1.47%) Squid
3 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (14.71%) Ansible
1 10 (14.71%) Kubernetes
2 8 (11.76%) Terraform
3 6 (8.82%) Nessus
3 6 (8.82%) Nmap
4 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.94%) Grafana
5 2 (2.94%) Progress Chef
5 2 (2.94%) Puppet
5 2 (2.94%) rkt
5 2 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.47%) Argo
6 1 (1.47%) CSIRT
6 1 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.47%) Opsgenie
6 1 (1.47%) SCCM
6 1 (1.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.76%) Google
3 7 (10.29%) ServiceNow
4 6 (8.82%) Splunk
5 4 (5.88%) Oracle
6 3 (4.41%) F5
6 3 (4.41%) Palo Alto
6 3 (4.41%) SAP
7 2 (2.94%) Apple
7 2 (2.94%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.94%) Qualys
7 2 (2.94%) Tenable
7 2 (2.94%) Veracode
7 2 (2.94%) VMware
8 1 (1.47%) Cisco
8 1 (1.47%) Imperva
8 1 (1.47%) Intel
8 1 (1.47%) Juniper
8 1 (1.47%) NetApp
8 1 (1.47%) Xamarin