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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 285 279
Rank change year-on-year -20 -6 -10
Contract jobs citing Application Security 76 96 126
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.53% 0.63% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.70% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 58 88
10th Percentile £402 £419 £464
25th Percentile £463 £512 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £618 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +2.92% -11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £695 £691
90th Percentile £675 £790 £769
England median daily rate £519 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -13.54% - -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 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 13,051 13,742 17,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 89.96% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,604 8,839 12,265
10th Percentile £341 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £764 £800 £792
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 238 165 233
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.70 £18.51
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.50 £36.80 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.84% +8.24% -13.38%
75th Percentile £47.94 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.80 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 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 -9 10 £525 -24.46% 1
South London - 3 £525 - 2
West London -15 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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.63%) CMS
2 2 (2.63%) Confluence
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 35 (46.05%) Azure
2 32 (42.11%) AWS
3 23 (30.26%) GCP
4 12 (15.79%) GitHub
5 6 (7.89%) Entra ID
6 5 (6.58%) Datadog
6 5 (6.58%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (5.26%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (5.26%) Amazon S3
7 4 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (3.95%) Akamai
8 3 (3.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (3.95%) AWS CloudTrail
8 3 (3.95%) AWS CodePipeline
8 3 (3.95%) AWS Fargate
8 3 (3.95%) Firebase
8 3 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.53%) Network Security
2 7 (9.21%) Firewall
3 4 (5.26%) VLAN
4 3 (3.95%) HTTP
5 2 (2.63%) VPN
5 2 (2.63%) Wireshark
6 1 (1.32%) BGP
6 1 (1.32%) Bluetooth
6 1 (1.32%) DNS
6 1 (1.32%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.32%) IPsec
6 1 (1.32%) MPLS
6 1 (1.32%) SSL
6 1 (1.32%) VRRP
6 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.95%) MySQL
2 3 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.63%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.63%) Power BI
3 2 (2.63%) SQLite
4 1 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.32%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (1.32%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.32%) GIS
4 1 (1.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (18.42%) Jenkins
2 13 (17.11%) JIRA
3 10 (13.16%) Metasploit
4 9 (11.84%) Burp Suite
5 8 (10.53%) GitLab
6 7 (9.21%) SonarQube
7 6 (7.89%) Git
7 6 (7.89%) sqlmap
8 3 (3.95%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (3.95%) Xcode
9 2 (2.63%) CocoaPods
9 2 (2.63%) Crashlytics
9 2 (2.63%) Cypress.io
9 2 (2.63%) fastlane
9 2 (2.63%) GoCD
9 2 (2.63%) TeamCity
10 1 (1.32%) Artifactory
10 1 (1.32%) Bitbucket
10 1 (1.32%) Mocha
10 1 (1.32%) Mockito
General
1 29 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.42%) Finance
3 13 (17.11%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (14.47%) Public Sector
5 9 (11.84%) Banking
6 4 (5.26%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.95%) Electronics
7 3 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.95%) Marketing
8 2 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.63%) Retail
9 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Legal
9 1 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 14 (18.42%) Penetration Tester
2 13 (17.11%) Developer
3 11 (14.47%) Tester
4 7 (9.21%) Architect
4 7 (9.21%) Security Engineer
5 6 (7.89%) Senior
6 5 (6.58%) Consultant
6 5 (6.58%) Lead
6 5 (6.58%) Security Architect
7 4 (5.26%) Analyst
7 4 (5.26%) Applications Architect
7 4 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (3.95%) Application Support Team Leader
8 3 (3.95%) AWS DevOps
8 3 (3.95%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 3 (3.95%) AWS Engineer
8 3 (3.95%) Mobile Developer
8 3 (3.95%) Oracle Team Leader
8 3 (3.95%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) RESTful
2 5 (6.58%) OAuth
2 5 (6.58%) OpenID
3 4 (5.26%) AWS CDK
3 4 (5.26%) Kafka
3 4 (5.26%) OAuth2
4 3 (3.95%) Flutter
4 3 (3.95%) React
4 3 (3.95%) React Native
4 3 (3.95%) Spring
4 3 (3.95%) YAML
5 2 (2.63%) .NET
5 2 (2.63%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.63%) Core Animation
5 2 (2.63%) CSS
5 2 (2.63%) HTML
5 2 (2.63%) JSON
5 2 (2.63%) Node.js
5 2 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (2.63%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.79%) Mobile App
2 11 (14.47%) Cloud Native
2 11 (14.47%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.26%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.95%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.63%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.63%) Animation
5 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.63%) IoT
6 1 (1.32%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.32%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.32%) Mobile Banking
6 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.32%) Shadow IT
6 1 (1.32%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.84%) Linux
2 7 (9.21%) Windows
3 6 (7.89%) Android
4 4 (5.26%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.32%) Unix
5 1 (1.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.79%) CI/CD
2 24 (31.58%) OWASP
3 23 (30.26%) Cloud Security
3 23 (30.26%) DevOps
4 21 (27.63%) Penetration Testing
5 20 (26.32%) DevSecOps
6 19 (25.00%) Agile
7 18 (23.68%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (23.68%) Security Testing
8 16 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (19.74%) SDLC
10 13 (17.11%) Containerisation
10 13 (17.11%) Test Automation
10 13 (17.11%) Threat Modelling
11 12 (15.79%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
11 12 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
11 12 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
12 11 (14.47%) Secure Coding
12 11 (14.47%) Static Application Security Testing
13 10 (13.16%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 21 (27.63%) Python
2 12 (15.79%) Bash
3 8 (10.53%) Java
4 7 (9.21%) Go
4 7 (9.21%) PowerShell
5 6 (7.89%) JavaScript
6 5 (6.58%) SQL
7 3 (3.95%) Kotlin
7 3 (3.95%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.95%) Swift
8 2 (2.63%) C#
8 2 (2.63%) R
8 2 (2.63%) Rust
8 2 (2.63%) Shell Script
8 2 (2.63%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.32%) C
9 1 (1.32%) C++
9 1 (1.32%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (22.37%) SC Cleared
1 17 (22.37%) Security Cleared
2 14 (18.42%) OSCP
3 8 (10.53%) CREST Certified
3 8 (10.53%) GPEN
4 7 (9.21%) CISSP
5 6 (7.89%) SANS
6 4 (5.26%) CEH
6 4 (5.26%) OSCE
7 3 (3.95%) CISM
7 3 (3.95%) CRISC
7 3 (3.95%) Degree
7 3 (3.95%) Tigerscheme
8 2 (2.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.63%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.63%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.63%) GWAPT
8 2 (2.63%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.16%) NIST
2 9 (11.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.58%) GDPR
4 4 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.26%) NIST 800
4 4 (5.26%) PCI DSS
4 4 (5.26%) SLA
5 3 (3.95%) Accessibility
5 3 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.63%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.63%) NCSC
7 1 (1.32%) COBIT
7 1 (1.32%) COSO
7 1 (1.32%) GRC
7 1 (1.32%) ISO 31000
7 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.32%) PMO
7 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 13 (17.11%) Docker
2 10 (13.16%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.32%) Firmware
3 1 (1.32%) KVM
3 1 (1.32%) Squid
3 1 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (14.47%) Ansible
2 9 (11.84%) Kubernetes
2 9 (11.84%) Nmap
2 9 (11.84%) Terraform
3 6 (7.89%) Nessus
4 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.95%) Progress Chef
5 2 (2.63%) Grafana
5 2 (2.63%) Puppet
5 2 (2.63%) rkt
5 2 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.32%) Argo
6 1 (1.32%) CASB
6 1 (1.32%) CSIRT
6 1 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.32%) Opsgenie
6 1 (1.32%) SCCM
6 1 (1.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (18.42%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.53%) Google
2 8 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.89%) Splunk
4 5 (6.58%) Oracle
4 5 (6.58%) Veracode
5 4 (5.26%) SAP
6 3 (3.95%) F5
6 3 (3.95%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.95%) Qualys
7 2 (2.63%) Apple
7 2 (2.63%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.63%) Tenable
7 2 (2.63%) VMware
8 1 (1.32%) Cisco
8 1 (1.32%) ESRI
8 1 (1.32%) Intel
8 1 (1.32%) Juniper
8 1 (1.32%) NetApp
8 1 (1.32%) Salesforce