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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 288 263
Rank change year-on-year +26 -25 -35
Contract jobs citing Application Security 182 84 134
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.92% 0.62% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.67% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 56 95
10th Percentile £450 £447 £475
25th Percentile £513 £507 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £639 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% +2.20% -3.85%
75th Percentile £727 £700 £780
90th Percentile £788 £764 £823
England median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £32.05 - -
25th Percentile £35.25 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £66.25 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year -10.17% - -

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 17,636 12,537 14,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.98% 92.16% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,638 8,379 10,607
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £686
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 278 237 238
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.39
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.81 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.92% -9.40% -20.93%
75th Percentile £57.38 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.45 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -11 20 £520 -13.33% 7
East London - 4 £735 - 3
South London - 2 £766 -
West London - 1 £488 - 2
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 7 (3.85%) Confluence
2 3 (1.65%) CMS
3 2 (1.10%) Mendix
4 1 (0.55%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.10%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.55%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.55%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.55%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 66 (36.26%) Azure
2 51 (28.02%) AWS
3 28 (15.38%) GCP
4 17 (9.34%) Entra ID
5 16 (8.79%) SaaS
6 11 (6.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (6.04%) GitHub
7 10 (5.49%) Amazon Bedrock
7 10 (5.49%) OCI
8 8 (4.40%) Azure AI
8 8 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.30%) Serverless
11 5 (2.75%) Datadog
11 5 (2.75%) Google Ads
12 4 (2.20%) Akamai
12 4 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (2.20%) Azure AKS
12 4 (2.20%) IaaS
12 4 (2.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (21.43%) Network Security
2 9 (4.95%) HTTP
3 8 (4.40%) DNS
3 8 (4.40%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.85%) Firewall
4 7 (3.85%) SSL
5 4 (2.20%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.65%) BIG-IP
6 3 (1.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (1.10%) IPsec
7 2 (1.10%) X.509
8 1 (0.55%) Internet
8 1 (0.55%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.20%) Oracle Database
1 4 (2.20%) Oracle Exadata
1 4 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.20%) Relational Database
2 3 (1.65%) MySQL
2 3 (1.65%) Redis
3 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.55%) Db2
4 1 (0.55%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.55%) Hazelcast
4 1 (0.55%) Looker
4 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.55%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.55%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.55%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (7.69%) Git
2 11 (6.04%) GitLab
3 9 (4.95%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.85%) Snyk
5 5 (2.75%) JIRA
5 5 (2.75%) SonarQube
6 4 (2.20%) Burp Suite
7 3 (1.65%) JUnit
7 3 (1.65%) Moq
8 2 (1.10%) Maven
9 1 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.55%) JMeter
9 1 (0.55%) rollup.js
9 1 (0.55%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.55%) Spock
9 1 (0.55%) Storybook
9 1 (0.55%) webpack
9 1 (0.55%) Zephyr
General
1 48 (26.37%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.18%) Finance
3 27 (14.84%) Banking
4 13 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (6.59%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.40%) Retail
7 4 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.20%) Financial Institution
7 4 (2.20%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.65%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.65%) Marketing
8 3 (1.65%) Publishing
9 2 (1.10%) Legal
10 1 (0.55%) Games
10 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.55%) Local Government
10 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (22.53%) Architect
2 31 (17.03%) Security Architect
3 29 (15.93%) Security Engineer
4 25 (13.74%) Senior
5 17 (9.34%) Applications Engineer
6 16 (8.79%) Lead
7 14 (7.69%) Applications Architect
7 14 (7.69%) Developer
8 13 (7.14%) Analyst
8 13 (7.14%) Security Specialist
9 11 (6.04%) Consultant
9 11 (6.04%) Senior Security Engineer
10 10 (5.49%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 10 (5.49%) Security Analyst
10 10 (5.49%) Senior Applications Engineer
11 8 (4.40%) Application Security Specialist
11 8 (4.40%) Applications Specialist
11 8 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (4.40%) Security Consultant
12 6 (3.30%) Applications Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.59%) REST
2 9 (4.95%) HTML
3 7 (3.85%) CSS
3 7 (3.85%) Kafka
3 7 (3.85%) OAuth
3 7 (3.85%) SAML
3 7 (3.85%) Spring
3 7 (3.85%) Spring Boot
4 6 (3.30%) Django
4 6 (3.30%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (2.75%) React
5 5 (2.75%) RESTful
6 4 (2.20%) .NET
6 4 (2.20%) Jakarta EE
6 4 (2.20%) JSP
6 4 (2.20%) Web Services
7 3 (1.65%) CSS3
7 3 (1.65%) HTML5
7 3 (1.65%) Node.js
7 3 (1.65%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.54%) Cloud Native
1 21 (11.54%) Security Posture
2 17 (9.34%) AI Agents
3 9 (4.95%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 7 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.30%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.30%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.75%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (2.75%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.75%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (2.75%) Operational Technology
6 5 (2.75%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.65%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.65%) CMDB
8 3 (1.65%) FMCG
8 3 (1.65%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.65%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.40%) Linux
2 5 (2.75%) Windows
3 3 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.10%) Ubuntu
4 2 (1.10%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (26.37%) CI/CD
2 45 (24.73%) Cloud Security
3 41 (22.53%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (22.53%) DevOps
4 39 (21.43%) Security Architecture
5 35 (19.23%) Threat Modelling
6 33 (18.13%) DevSecOps
7 32 (17.58%) AI
8 28 (15.38%) Data Protection
8 28 (15.38%) SDLC
8 28 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (14.84%) Information Security
10 26 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
11 25 (13.74%) Identity Access Management
12 24 (13.19%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
12 24 (13.19%) Microservices
12 24 (13.19%) Static Application Security Testing
13 22 (12.09%) Incident Response
14 21 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (11.54%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.89%) Python
2 17 (9.34%) Java
3 12 (6.59%) SQL
4 11 (6.04%) JavaScript
5 6 (3.30%) Go
6 5 (2.75%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.20%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.65%) Bicep
8 3 (1.65%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.10%) Bash
9 2 (1.10%) Google Apps Script
9 2 (1.10%) Scala
9 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.55%) C#
10 1 (0.55%) COBOL
10 1 (0.55%) Groovy
10 1 (0.55%) Perl
10 1 (0.55%) PHP
10 1 (0.55%) RPG
10 1 (0.55%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 30 (16.48%) CISSP
2 29 (15.93%) Security Cleared
3 23 (12.64%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.79%) CISM
5 14 (7.69%) Degree
6 12 (6.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 12 (6.59%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (6.04%) CCSP
8 9 (4.95%) GIAC
9 8 (4.40%) AWS Certification
9 8 (4.40%) CSSLP
10 6 (3.30%) Azure Certification
11 5 (2.75%) ISTQB
12 4 (2.20%) CISA
12 4 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.20%) GCIH
12 4 (2.20%) GWAPT
13 3 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.65%) GPEN
13 3 (1.65%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.99%) NIST
2 19 (10.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (7.14%) GRC
4 10 (5.49%) PCI DSS
5 9 (4.95%) GDPR
6 6 (3.30%) NCSC
6 6 (3.30%) QA
7 4 (2.20%) SLA
8 3 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.65%) SOC 2
9 2 (1.10%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.10%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (1.10%) WCAG
10 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (9.89%) Docker
2 8 (4.40%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (16.48%) Kubernetes
2 15 (8.24%) Terraform
3 9 (4.95%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.75%) Grafana
5 4 (2.20%) Ansible
6 3 (1.65%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.55%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.04%) Oracle
3 10 (5.49%) Splunk
4 9 (4.95%) Foundry
5 8 (4.40%) IBM
5 8 (4.40%) OpenAI
6 7 (3.85%) Google
7 6 (3.30%) Citrix
7 6 (3.30%) Qualys
7 6 (3.30%) Tenable
8 5 (2.75%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (2.75%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.20%) Okta
9 4 (2.20%) SAP
10 3 (1.65%) Checkmarx
10 3 (1.65%) Cribl.io
10 3 (1.65%) F5
10 3 (1.65%) Veracode
10 3 (1.65%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.10%) Rapid7