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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 268 298
Rank change year-on-year -26 +30 -73
Contract jobs citing Application Security 98 88 99
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.61% 0.67% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.74% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 50 74
10th Percentile £425 £409 £475
25th Percentile £481 £458 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £609 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.65% +1.46% -14.29%
75th Percentile £700 £756 £671
90th Percentile £738 £825 £763
England median daily rate £550 £618 £580
% change year-on-year -10.93% +6.47% -14.07%
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 £72.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -24.14% +16.00% -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 14,434 11,882 16,153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.99% 91.01% 88.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,713 7,889 11,534
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £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 218 162 355
10th Percentile £18.05 £20.45 £16.01
25th Percentile £21.65 £24.66 £19.74
Median hourly rate £35.25 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +16.67% -17.81%
75th Percentile £56.38 £53.31 £50.00
90th Percentile £69.55 £77.25 £69.80
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -7.22%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -10 17 £538 -15.69% 1
South London - 5 £525 -
East London +2 2 £717 - 4
West London -18 1 - - 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 (3.06%) CMS
1 3 (3.06%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.04%) Confluence
2 2 (2.04%) Mendix
Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 43 (43.88%) Azure
2 38 (38.78%) AWS
3 19 (19.39%) GCP
4 12 (12.24%) Entra ID
5 7 (7.14%) Amazon Bedrock
5 7 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (5.10%) Azure AI
6 5 (5.10%) Azure Key Vault
6 5 (5.10%) GitHub
6 5 (5.10%) SaaS
6 5 (5.10%) Serverless
7 3 (3.06%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (3.06%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (3.06%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (3.06%) Azure AKS
7 3 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.06%) Firebase
7 3 (3.06%) IaaS
7 3 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (3.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (20.41%) Network Security
2 8 (8.16%) Firewall
3 3 (3.06%) HTTP
4 2 (2.04%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (2.04%) VLAN
5 1 (1.02%) Bluetooth
5 1 (1.02%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.02%) Kerberos
5 1 (1.02%) SSL
5 1 (1.02%) VPN
5 1 (1.02%) Wireless
5 1 (1.02%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.10%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.04%) DynamoDB
2 2 (2.04%) MySQL
2 2 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.04%) SQLite
3 1 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (1.02%) DB2
3 1 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.02%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.02%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (12.24%) Jenkins
2 11 (11.22%) JIRA
3 7 (7.14%) Git
3 7 (7.14%) GitLab
4 4 (4.08%) Burp Suite
4 4 (4.08%) Metasploit
4 4 (4.08%) SonarQube
5 3 (3.06%) Snyk
5 3 (3.06%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (3.06%) sqlmap
5 3 (3.06%) Xcode
6 2 (2.04%) CocoaPods
6 2 (2.04%) Crashlytics
6 2 (2.04%) fastlane
6 2 (2.04%) GoCD
6 2 (2.04%) JUnit
6 2 (2.04%) TeamCity
7 1 (1.02%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.02%) JMeter
7 1 (1.02%) Mockito
General
1 31 (31.63%) Finance
2 25 (25.51%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.33%) Banking
4 12 (12.24%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.06%) Financial Institution
6 3 (3.06%) Marketing
7 2 (2.04%) Electronics
7 2 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.02%) Publishing
8 1 (1.02%) Retail
8 1 (1.02%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 21 (21.43%) Architect
2 16 (16.33%) Security Architect
3 15 (15.31%) Developer
4 12 (12.24%) Applications Architect
4 12 (12.24%) Security Engineer
5 10 (10.20%) Penetration Tester
6 9 (9.18%) Applications Engineer
6 9 (9.18%) Tester
7 8 (8.16%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (8.16%) Senior
8 7 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 7 (7.14%) Lead
9 5 (5.10%) Security Specialist
10 4 (4.08%) Application Security Specialist
10 4 (4.08%) Applications Specialist
10 4 (4.08%) Applications Support
10 4 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
10 4 (4.08%) Senior Developer
11 3 (3.06%) Application Support Team Leader
11 3 (3.06%) Applications Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.14%) RESTful
2 5 (5.10%) AngularJS
2 5 (5.10%) Kafka
2 5 (5.10%) Spring
2 5 (5.10%) Spring Boot
3 4 (4.08%) CSS
3 4 (4.08%) HTML
3 4 (4.08%) React
4 3 (3.06%) Flutter
4 3 (3.06%) J2EE
4 3 (3.06%) JSP
4 3 (3.06%) OAuth
4 3 (3.06%) React Native
5 2 (2.04%) AVFoundation
5 2 (2.04%) Core Data
5 2 (2.04%) CSS3
5 2 (2.04%) OAuth2
5 2 (2.04%) RxSwift
5 2 (2.04%) UIKit
5 2 (2.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.33%) Security Posture
2 12 (12.24%) Cloud Native
3 10 (10.20%) Mobile App
4 7 (7.14%) AI Agents
5 6 (6.12%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.08%) Data Structures
7 2 (2.04%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.04%) Animation
7 2 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.04%) IoT
7 2 (2.04%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.04%) Mainframe
7 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.02%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.02%) CMDB
8 1 (1.02%) Digital Media
8 1 (1.02%) IBM Mainframe
8 1 (1.02%) PKI
8 1 (1.02%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.08%) Android
1 4 (4.08%) Apple iOS
1 4 (4.08%) Linux
2 3 (3.06%) Windows
2 3 (3.06%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (34.69%) CI/CD
2 25 (25.51%) Cloud Security
2 25 (25.51%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (23.47%) DevOps
4 18 (18.37%) Vulnerability Management
5 17 (17.35%) Agile
5 17 (17.35%) Threat Modelling
6 16 (16.33%) DevSecOps
6 16 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.31%) OWASP
7 15 (15.31%) SDLC
7 15 (15.31%) Security Architecture
8 14 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (13.27%) Data Protection
9 13 (13.27%) Identity Access Management
9 13 (13.27%) Penetration Testing
10 12 (12.24%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
10 12 (12.24%) Incident Response
10 12 (12.24%) Observability
10 12 (12.24%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.29%) Python
2 12 (12.24%) Java
3 8 (8.16%) Go
4 6 (6.12%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.10%) Bash
5 5 (5.10%) JavaScript
5 5 (5.10%) SQL
6 3 (3.06%) Objective-C
6 3 (3.06%) RPG
6 3 (3.06%) Swift
7 2 (2.04%) Kotlin
7 2 (2.04%) R
7 2 (2.04%) Rust
7 2 (2.04%) TypeScript
8 1 (1.02%) Bicep
8 1 (1.02%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 23 (23.47%) Security Cleared
2 17 (17.35%) SC Cleared
3 15 (15.31%) CISSP
4 11 (11.22%) CISM
5 9 (9.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 9 (9.18%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (9.18%) OSCP
6 8 (8.16%) CCSP
7 7 (7.14%) GPEN
8 5 (5.10%) CEH
8 5 (5.10%) CREST Certified
9 4 (4.08%) Azure Certification
9 4 (4.08%) CSSLP
9 4 (4.08%) Degree
9 4 (4.08%) GIAC
9 4 (4.08%) SANS
10 3 (3.06%) AWS Certification
10 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (3.06%) GWAPT
10 3 (3.06%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (9.18%) NIST
2 6 (6.12%) SLA
3 5 (5.10%) Accessibility
3 5 (5.10%) GDPR
3 5 (5.10%) GRC
4 3 (3.06%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (2.04%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (1.02%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.02%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (13.27%) Docker
2 6 (6.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.02%) Firmware
3 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (20.41%) Kubernetes
2 6 (6.12%) Terraform
3 4 (4.08%) Ansible
4 3 (3.06%) Nessus
4 3 (3.06%) Nmap
5 2 (2.04%) rkt
5 2 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.02%) Argo
6 1 (1.02%) CSIRT
6 1 (1.02%) Grafana
6 1 (1.02%) HP Fortify
6 1 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.02%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (1.02%) Opsgenie
6 1 (1.02%) SCCM
6 1 (1.02%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (10.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.18%) Splunk
3 7 (7.14%) ServiceNow
4 6 (6.12%) Foundry
4 6 (6.12%) Google
5 5 (5.10%) Oracle
6 4 (4.08%) OpenAI
6 4 (4.08%) Qualys
6 4 (4.08%) Tenable
7 3 (3.06%) Cribl.io
7 3 (3.06%) Okta
7 3 (3.06%) Veracode
8 2 (2.04%) Apple
8 2 (2.04%) Dynatrace
8 2 (2.04%) F5
8 2 (2.04%) IBM
8 2 (2.04%) SAP
8 2 (2.04%) VMware
9 1 (1.02%) Cisco
9 1 (1.02%) Intel