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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 268 292
Rank change year-on-year -34 +24 -74
Contract jobs citing Application Security 95 84 96
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.60% 0.63% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.69% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 51 70
10th Percentile £425 £409 £475
25th Percentile £463 £465 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £681 £763 £650
90th Percentile £733 £825 £750
England median daily rate £543 £618 £590
% change year-on-year -12.15% +4.66% -12.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £28.85 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £35.50 - -
75th Percentile £65.38 - -
90th Percentile £83.15 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 - £62.50
% change year-on-year - - -34.21%

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 14,339 12,191 16,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.30% 90.76% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,629 7,896 11,545
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 158 346
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.93 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.40 £25.81 £19.40
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.75 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +22.50% -15.49%
75th Percentile £56.99 £54.88 £49.97
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.51 £72.00
England median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £34.23
% change year-on-year -18.57% +2.25% -2.20%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -9 13 £538 -15.69% 10
South London - 5 £525 - 2
East London +3 2 £717 - 3
West London -19 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 3 (3.16%) CMS
1 3 (3.16%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.11%) Confluence
2 2 (2.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 44 (46.32%) Azure
2 39 (41.05%) AWS
3 22 (23.16%) GCP
4 13 (13.68%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.37%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (5.26%) Amazon Bedrock
6 5 (5.26%) Azure Key Vault
6 5 (5.26%) GitHub
6 5 (5.26%) SaaS
6 5 (5.26%) Serverless
7 3 (3.16%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.16%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (3.16%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (3.16%) Azure AI
7 3 (3.16%) Azure AKS
7 3 (3.16%) Firebase
7 3 (3.16%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (3.16%) IaaS
7 3 (3.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (21.05%) Network Security
2 8 (8.42%) Firewall
3 3 (3.16%) VLAN
4 2 (2.11%) HTTP
4 2 (2.11%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (2.11%) VPN
4 2 (2.11%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.05%) Bluetooth
5 1 (1.05%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.05%) Kerberos
5 1 (1.05%) SSL
5 1 (1.05%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.11%) DynamoDB
2 2 (2.11%) MySQL
2 2 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.11%) SQLite
3 1 (1.05%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (1.05%) DB2
3 1 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (13.68%) Jenkins
2 12 (12.63%) JIRA
3 7 (7.37%) Burp Suite
3 7 (7.37%) GitLab
3 7 (7.37%) Metasploit
4 6 (6.32%) Git
4 6 (6.32%) sqlmap
5 4 (4.21%) SonarQube
6 3 (3.16%) Snyk
6 3 (3.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (3.16%) Xcode
7 2 (2.11%) CocoaPods
7 2 (2.11%) Crashlytics
7 2 (2.11%) fastlane
7 2 (2.11%) GoCD
7 2 (2.11%) JUnit
7 2 (2.11%) TeamCity
8 1 (1.05%) Android Studio
8 1 (1.05%) Babel
8 1 (1.05%) webpack
General
1 28 (29.47%) Finance
2 25 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.68%) Banking
3 13 (13.68%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.21%) Marketing
6 3 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.16%) Electronics
6 3 (3.16%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.16%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.16%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.05%) Publishing
8 1 (1.05%) Retail
8 1 (1.05%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 20 (21.05%) Architect
2 15 (15.79%) Developer
2 15 (15.79%) Security Architect
3 14 (14.74%) Penetration Tester
4 12 (12.63%) Tester
5 11 (11.58%) Applications Architect
6 10 (10.53%) Security Engineer
7 8 (8.42%) Applications Engineer
7 8 (8.42%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (7.37%) Lead
9 5 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 5 (5.26%) Senior
10 4 (4.21%) Applications Support
10 4 (4.21%) Full-Stack Developer
10 4 (4.21%) Senior Developer
11 3 (3.16%) Applications Consultant
11 3 (3.16%) Consultant
11 3 (3.16%) Security Consultant
11 3 (3.16%) Support Team Leader
11 3 (3.16%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.37%) RESTful
2 5 (5.26%) AngularJS
2 5 (5.26%) Kafka
2 5 (5.26%) Spring
2 5 (5.26%) Spring Boot
3 4 (4.21%) CSS
3 4 (4.21%) HTML
3 4 (4.21%) React
4 3 (3.16%) Flutter
4 3 (3.16%) J2EE
4 3 (3.16%) JSP
4 3 (3.16%) OAuth
4 3 (3.16%) React Native
5 2 (2.11%) AVFoundation
5 2 (2.11%) Core Data
5 2 (2.11%) OAuth2
5 2 (2.11%) OpenID
5 2 (2.11%) RxSwift
5 2 (2.11%) UIKit
5 2 (2.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.89%) Security Posture
2 13 (13.68%) Cloud Native
3 10 (10.53%) Mobile App
4 6 (6.32%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.26%) AI Agents
6 4 (4.21%) Data Structures
7 3 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 2 (2.11%) Algorithms
8 2 (2.11%) Animation
8 2 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (2.11%) IoT
8 2 (2.11%) Low-Code
9 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.05%) Digital Media
9 1 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.05%) Mobile Banking
9 1 (1.05%) PKI
9 1 (1.05%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.26%) Linux
1 5 (5.26%) Windows
2 4 (4.21%) Android
2 4 (4.21%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.16%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (35.79%) CI/CD
2 29 (30.53%) Cloud Security
3 25 (26.32%) DevOps
4 21 (22.11%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (21.05%) Agile
5 20 (21.05%) OWASP
6 18 (18.95%) DevSecOps
6 18 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (17.89%) Penetration Testing
8 16 (16.84%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (16.84%) Threat Modelling
8 16 (16.84%) Vulnerability Management
9 14 (14.74%) SDLC
10 13 (13.68%) Data Protection
10 13 (13.68%) Identity Access Management
10 13 (13.68%) Test Automation
11 12 (12.63%) Security Architecture
12 11 (11.58%) Microservices
13 10 (10.53%) Containerisation
13 10 (10.53%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 17 (17.89%) Python
2 11 (11.58%) Java
3 8 (8.42%) Go
4 7 (7.37%) Bash
4 7 (7.37%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.26%) SQL
6 3 (3.16%) Objective-C
6 3 (3.16%) RPG
6 3 (3.16%) Swift
7 2 (2.11%) Kotlin
7 2 (2.11%) R
7 2 (2.11%) Rust
7 2 (2.11%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.05%) Bicep
8 1 (1.05%) C#
8 1 (1.05%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 21 (22.11%) Security Cleared
2 17 (17.89%) SC Cleared
3 13 (13.68%) CISSP
4 11 (11.58%) OSCP
5 9 (9.47%) CISM
5 9 (9.47%) GPEN
6 7 (7.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 7 (7.37%) CCSP
6 7 (7.37%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 5 (5.26%) CREST Certified
7 5 (5.26%) Degree
7 5 (5.26%) SANS
8 4 (4.21%) GIAC
8 4 (4.21%) OSCE
9 3 (3.16%) AWS Certification
9 3 (3.16%) CEH
9 3 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (3.16%) GWAPT
10 2 (2.11%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (7.37%) NIST
2 5 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.26%) GDPR
3 4 (4.21%) GRC
3 4 (4.21%) SLA
4 3 (3.16%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.11%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.05%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.05%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (13.68%) Docker
2 9 (9.47%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.05%) Firmware
3 1 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (7.37%) Terraform
3 6 (6.32%) Nessus
3 6 (6.32%) Nmap
4 5 (5.26%) Ansible
5 2 (2.11%) rkt
5 2 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.05%) Argo
6 1 (1.05%) CSIRT
6 1 (1.05%) Grafana
6 1 (1.05%) HP Fortify
6 1 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.05%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (1.05%) Opsgenie
6 1 (1.05%) SCCM
6 1 (1.05%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (10.53%) Splunk
2 9 (9.47%) Microsoft
3 8 (8.42%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.26%) Google
4 5 (5.26%) Oracle
5 4 (4.21%) Foundry
5 4 (4.21%) Qualys
5 4 (4.21%) Tenable
6 3 (3.16%) Cribl.io
6 3 (3.16%) F5
6 3 (3.16%) Okta
6 3 (3.16%) SAP
6 3 (3.16%) Veracode
7 2 (2.11%) Apple
7 2 (2.11%) Dynatrace
7 2 (2.11%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.11%) VMware
8 1 (1.05%) Cisco
8 1 (1.05%) IBM
8 1 (1.05%) Intel