Application Security Contracts in London

Application Security (AppSec)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Application Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Application Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 284 215
Rank change year-on-year +5 -69 +98
Contract jobs citing Application Security 74 107 327
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.59% 0.60% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.68% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 82 236
10th Percentile £423 £475 £480
25th Percentile £500 £529 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year +2.92% -14.29% +12.00%
75th Percentile £763 £750 £800
90th Percentile £825 £780 £845
England median daily rate £588 £600 £675
% change year-on-year -2.08% -11.11% +12.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £40.63
25th Percentile - - £49.06
Median hourly rate - - £66.25
75th Percentile - - £86.56
90th Percentile - - £96.88
England median hourly rate £73.75 - £66.25

All Process and 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 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in London.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in London

Application Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Security in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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 0 11 £663 +35.90% 6
East London +8 1 - - 1
North London - 1 £413 -
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (10.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.35%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.35%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.35%) SAP GRC
2 1 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (50.00%) Azure
2 12 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (14.86%) AWS
4 9 (12.16%) Entra ID
4 9 (12.16%) Power Platform
4 9 (12.16%) SaaS
5 8 (10.81%) OneDrive
5 8 (10.81%) Power Automate
6 7 (9.46%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (6.76%) GCP
7 5 (6.76%) GitHub
7 5 (6.76%) IaaS
7 5 (6.76%) PaaS
8 4 (5.41%) Azure AKS
8 4 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (4.05%) Akamai
9 3 (4.05%) Snowflake
10 2 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (2.70%) Cloudflare
11 1 (1.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (28.38%) Network Security
2 9 (12.16%) Firewall
3 4 (5.41%) HTTP
4 2 (2.70%) DMZ
4 2 (2.70%) HTTPS
4 2 (2.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) GIS
2 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.35%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) AppScan
1 1 (1.35%) Git
General
1 21 (28.38%) Social Skills
2 20 (27.03%) Finance
3 13 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (16.22%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.11%) Legal
6 3 (4.05%) Military
6 3 (4.05%) Retail
7 2 (2.70%) Electronics
7 2 (2.70%) Law
7 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.70%) Marketing
7 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.35%) Back Office
8 1 (1.35%) Banking
8 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.35%) Games
8 1 (1.35%) Police
8 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (29.73%) Architect
2 16 (21.62%) Security Architect
3 11 (14.86%) Senior
4 8 (10.81%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Lead
5 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Security Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Senior Tester
6 5 (6.76%) Tester
7 4 (5.41%) Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Consultant
8 3 (4.05%) Developer
8 3 (4.05%) Lead Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Lead Security Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Senior Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.05%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) CSS
2 5 (6.76%) HTML
3 3 (4.05%) .NET
4 2 (2.70%) React
5 1 (1.35%) Godot
5 1 (1.35%) jQuery
5 1 (1.35%) Kafka
5 1 (1.35%) OAuth
5 1 (1.35%) SailPoint
5 1 (1.35%) SAML
5 1 (1.35%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (1.35%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.16%) Security Posture
2 6 (8.11%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (6.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 4 (5.41%) Mobile App
5 3 (4.05%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.05%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.05%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.70%) Shadow IT
6 2 (2.70%) Social Media
7 1 (1.35%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.35%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (1.35%) PKI
7 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.35%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.05%) Windows
2 1 (1.35%) Android
2 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.35%) Linux
2 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.73%) Cloud Security
2 21 (28.38%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (25.68%) Security Architecture
4 13 (17.57%) DevSecOps
4 13 (17.57%) Mentoring
5 12 (16.22%) OWASP
5 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (14.86%) Information Security
7 10 (13.51%) Identity Access Management
8 9 (12.16%) Incident Response
8 9 (12.16%) Penetration Testing
9 8 (10.81%) Microservices
9 8 (10.81%) Static Application Security Testing
10 7 (9.46%) Analytics
10 7 (9.46%) DevOps
10 7 (9.46%) Service Delivery
10 7 (9.46%) Task Automation
10 7 (9.46%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (9.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 6 (8.11%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) PowerShell
2 9 (12.16%) Python
3 7 (9.46%) PHP
4 6 (8.11%) JavaScript
5 5 (6.76%) Ruby
5 5 (6.76%) SQL
6 3 (4.05%) Bash
6 3 (4.05%) Java
7 2 (2.70%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.35%) C#
8 1 (1.35%) C++
8 1 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (1.35%) Perl
8 1 (1.35%) Rust
8 1 (1.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Degree
2 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
3 12 (16.22%) CISSP
4 10 (13.51%) CEH
5 7 (9.46%) GIAC
6 6 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (8.11%) CREST Certified
6 6 (8.11%) DV Cleared
6 6 (8.11%) OSCP
7 5 (6.76%) CCSAS
7 5 (6.76%) GPEN
7 5 (6.76%) GWAPT
7 5 (6.76%) SC Cleared
8 4 (5.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (5.41%) CISM
9 3 (4.05%) CISA
10 2 (2.70%) CCNP
10 2 (2.70%) CCSK
10 2 (2.70%) CRISC
10 2 (2.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) NIST
2 8 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.76%) GDPR
4 4 (5.41%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.70%) HIPAA
5 2 (2.70%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.35%) GRC
6 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.35%) NCSC
6 1 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (13.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) Docker
2 1 (1.35%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (12.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.41%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.35%) CASB
3 1 (1.35%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.76%) Qualys
2 5 (6.76%) SAP
3 2 (2.70%) ESRI
3 2 (2.70%) ForgeRock
3 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
3 2 (2.70%) Google
3 2 (2.70%) Imperva
3 2 (2.70%) Zscaler
4 1 (1.35%) Ariba
4 1 (1.35%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (1.35%) Checkmarx
4 1 (1.35%) Concur
4 1 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.35%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.35%) IBM
4 1 (1.35%) Netskope
4 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.35%) Rapid7
4 1 (1.35%) Veracode