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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 286 259
Rank change year-on-year +21 -27 -55
Contract jobs citing Application Security 153 65 136
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 0.53% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 0.58% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 44 98
10th Percentile £448 £426 £475
25th Percentile £513 £509 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £645 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £780
90th Percentile £785 £814 £823
England median daily rate £572 £618 £625
% change year-on-year -7.45% -1.20% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £30.45 - -
25th Percentile £35.25 - -
Median hourly rate £35.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -25.42% - -

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 16,492 11,281 15,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.70% 92.28% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,998 7,533 11,153
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 198 317
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.18 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.70 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.93% +14.72% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.94 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.13 £63.75 £68.30
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.55 £37.50
% change year-on-year +66.37% -23.87% +4.17%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -6 19 £520 -20.00% 10
East London - 3 £719 - 1
South London - 2 £766 -
West London - 1 £488 - 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 5 (3.27%) Confluence
2 3 (1.96%) CMS
3 2 (1.31%) Mendix
4 1 (0.65%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.31%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.65%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.65%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 54 (35.29%) Azure
2 39 (25.49%) AWS
3 20 (13.07%) GCP
4 18 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.54%) Amazon Bedrock
5 10 (6.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (5.88%) SaaS
7 8 (5.23%) Azure AI
7 8 (5.23%) GitHub
8 7 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (3.27%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (3.27%) Google Ads
9 5 (3.27%) Serverless
10 4 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.61%) IaaS
10 4 (2.61%) OCI
10 4 (2.61%) PaaS
11 3 (1.96%) Akamai
11 3 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.96%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 38 (24.84%) Network Security
2 9 (5.88%) HTTP
3 8 (5.23%) Firewall
4 7 (4.58%) DNS
4 7 (4.58%) TCP/IP
5 6 (3.92%) SSL
6 4 (2.61%) HTTPS
7 3 (1.96%) BIG-IP
7 3 (1.96%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (1.31%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.65%) Internet
9 1 (0.65%) IPsec
9 1 (0.65%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.65%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.31%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.65%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.65%) Db2
2 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.65%) Looker
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.65%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.65%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (5.23%) GitLab
2 7 (4.58%) Git
2 7 (4.58%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.27%) Snyk
4 4 (2.61%) Burp Suite
4 4 (2.61%) JIRA
5 3 (1.96%) Moq
6 2 (1.31%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.65%) JMeter
7 1 (0.65%) JUnit
7 1 (0.65%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.65%) Spock
General
1 45 (29.41%) Finance
2 35 (22.88%) Social Skills
3 27 (17.65%) Banking
4 11 (7.19%) Public Sector
5 10 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.27%) Retail
6 5 (3.27%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.61%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.61%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.61%) Marketing
8 3 (1.96%) Publishing
9 2 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Electronics
10 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Legal
10 1 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 35 (22.88%) Architect
2 29 (18.95%) Security Architect
3 24 (15.69%) Security Engineer
4 17 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
5 16 (10.46%) Senior
6 15 (9.80%) Applications Architect
7 14 (9.15%) Lead
8 13 (8.50%) Security Specialist
9 11 (7.19%) Consultant
10 10 (6.54%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (6.54%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 10 (6.54%) Developer
11 9 (5.88%) Analyst
11 9 (5.88%) Security Consultant
12 8 (5.23%) Application Security Specialist
12 8 (5.23%) Applications Specialist
12 8 (5.23%) Senior Applications Engineer
12 8 (5.23%) Senior Security Engineer
13 7 (4.58%) Applications Consultant
13 7 (4.58%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.58%) HTML
1 7 (4.58%) J2EE
1 7 (4.58%) JSP
2 6 (3.92%) CSS
2 6 (3.92%) REST
3 4 (2.61%) .NET
3 4 (2.61%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.61%) SAML
3 4 (2.61%) Spring
3 4 (2.61%) Spring Boot
3 4 (2.61%) Web Services
4 3 (1.96%) Django
4 3 (1.96%) OAuth
4 3 (1.96%) RESTful
5 2 (1.31%) CSS3
5 2 (1.31%) HTML5
5 2 (1.31%) Middleware
5 2 (1.31%) Node.js
5 2 (1.31%) React
5 2 (1.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.11%) Security Posture
2 14 (9.15%) AI Agents
2 14 (9.15%) Cloud Native
3 9 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 7 (4.58%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.27%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.61%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.96%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.96%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.96%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (1.96%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.96%) FMCG
7 3 (1.96%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.96%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.61%) Linux
1 4 (2.61%) Windows
2 3 (1.96%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.49%) CI/CD
1 39 (25.49%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (24.84%) Cloud Security
3 34 (22.22%) Security Architecture
4 33 (21.57%) Threat Modelling
5 27 (17.65%) Data Protection
5 27 (17.65%) Information Security
6 26 (16.99%) DevOps
7 25 (16.34%) DevSecOps
7 25 (16.34%) SDLC
7 25 (16.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (15.03%) AI
8 23 (15.03%) Vulnerability Management
9 22 (14.38%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
9 22 (14.38%) Static Application Security Testing
10 20 (13.07%) Identity Access Management
10 20 (13.07%) Incident Response
11 19 (12.42%) Microservices
12 18 (11.76%) Risk Management
12 18 (11.76%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.80%) Python
2 14 (9.15%) Java
3 9 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 9 (5.88%) SQL
4 5 (3.27%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.96%) Bicep
5 3 (1.96%) Go
5 3 (1.96%) PL/SQL
5 3 (1.96%) RPG
6 2 (1.31%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (1.31%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.65%) Bash
7 1 (0.65%) C#
7 1 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.65%) LookML
7 1 (0.65%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (17.65%) CISSP
2 25 (16.34%) Security Cleared
3 19 (12.42%) SC Cleared
4 16 (10.46%) CISM
5 12 (7.84%) Degree
6 11 (7.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 11 (7.19%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (6.54%) CCSP
8 9 (5.88%) CSSLP
9 8 (5.23%) GIAC
10 6 (3.92%) AWS Certification
11 5 (3.27%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.61%) CISA
12 4 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.61%) GPEN
12 4 (2.61%) GWAPT
13 3 (1.96%) CEH
13 3 (1.96%) CISMP
13 3 (1.96%) ISTQB
13 3 (1.96%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (7.84%) GRC
3 11 (7.19%) NIST
4 8 (5.23%) GDPR
4 8 (5.23%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.27%) NCSC
6 4 (2.61%) QA
6 4 (2.61%) SLA
7 3 (1.96%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.31%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.65%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.65%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (8.50%) Docker
2 7 (4.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (13.07%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.92%) Terraform
3 5 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.96%) Grafana
4 3 (1.96%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.65%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 19 (12.42%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.88%) Foundry
3 7 (4.58%) OpenAI
3 7 (4.58%) Splunk
4 5 (3.27%) Google
4 5 (3.27%) Qualys
4 5 (3.27%) SAP
4 5 (3.27%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.27%) Tenable
5 4 (2.61%) Citrix
5 4 (2.61%) Okta
5 4 (2.61%) Oracle
6 3 (1.96%) Checkmarx
6 3 (1.96%) Cribl.io
6 3 (1.96%) F5
6 3 (1.96%) IBM
6 3 (1.96%) Veracode
6 3 (1.96%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.65%) BiZZdesign