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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 283 266
Rank change year-on-year +14 -17 -30
Contract jobs citing Application Security 179 82 130
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.89% 0.61% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.66% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 53 90
10th Percentile £456 £420 £481
25th Percentile £503 £500 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £650
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -5.77% -
75th Percentile £730 £675 £780
90th Percentile £798 £716 £824
England median daily rate £575 £563 £628
% change year-on-year +2.22% -10.36% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £50.65 - -
25th Percentile £73.75 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.50 £73.75 -
% change year-on-year +5.08% - -

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 17,880 12,372 14,463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.50% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,699 8,236 9,976
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £784 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 254 191
10th Percentile £17.25 £16.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.77 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.47% -12.16% -12.50%
75th Percentile £56.63 £48.44 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -18 11 £525 +5.00% 7
East London - 3 £750 -
West London - 2 £694 - 15
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 9 (5.03%) Confluence
2 2 (1.12%) CMS
3 1 (0.56%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.12%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.56%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.56%) Misys Midas
2 1 (0.56%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 63 (35.20%) Azure
2 51 (28.49%) AWS
3 29 (16.20%) GCP
4 17 (9.50%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.26%) SaaS
6 12 (6.70%) GitHub
7 11 (6.15%) OCI
8 8 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.91%) Datadog
10 5 (2.79%) Akamai
10 5 (2.79%) Amazon Bedrock
10 5 (2.79%) Azure AI
10 5 (2.79%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.23%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (2.23%) Google Ads
11 4 (2.23%) Kong
12 2 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 38 (21.23%) Network Security
2 10 (5.59%) DNS
2 10 (5.59%) HTTP
3 9 (5.03%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.47%) SSL
5 5 (2.79%) Firewall
6 4 (2.23%) HTTPS
6 4 (2.23%) IPsec
6 4 (2.23%) X.509
7 3 (1.68%) BIG-IP
7 3 (1.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (1.68%) Internet
8 1 (0.56%) DHCP
8 1 (0.56%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.56%) NAS
8 1 (0.56%) SAN
8 1 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.79%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (2.79%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.23%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.23%) Oracle Exadata
2 4 (2.23%) Redis
3 3 (1.68%) MySQL
4 2 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.12%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.56%) Hazelcast
5 1 (0.56%) Looker
5 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.56%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (9.50%) Git
1 17 (9.50%) GitLab
2 14 (7.82%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.03%) SonarQube
4 8 (4.47%) JIRA
5 6 (3.35%) Snyk
6 5 (2.79%) Burp Suite
7 4 (2.23%) Maven
8 3 (1.68%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.68%) JUnit
8 3 (1.68%) Moq
9 2 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (1.12%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (1.12%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.56%) Mockito
10 1 (0.56%) rollup.js
10 1 (0.56%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.56%) Spock
10 1 (0.56%) Storybook
10 1 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 55 (30.73%) Finance
2 52 (29.05%) Social Skills
3 32 (17.88%) Banking
4 14 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.47%) Retail
6 6 (3.35%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.79%) Legal
8 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.68%) Digital Health
9 3 (1.68%) Digital Healthcare
9 3 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.68%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.12%) Marketing
10 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.12%) Publishing
11 1 (0.56%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.56%) Games
11 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 31 (17.32%) Senior
2 30 (16.76%) Security Engineer
3 28 (15.64%) Architect
4 22 (12.29%) Security Architect
5 18 (10.06%) Analyst
5 18 (10.06%) Consultant
6 16 (8.94%) Developer
6 16 (8.94%) Lead
7 15 (8.38%) Security Analyst
8 14 (7.82%) Applications Engineer
8 14 (7.82%) Security Consultant
8 14 (7.82%) Senior Security Engineer
9 11 (6.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 11 (6.15%) Security Specialist
10 10 (5.59%) Senior Applications Engineer
11 8 (4.47%) Applications Consultant
11 8 (4.47%) Applications Manager
12 7 (3.91%) Applications Specialist
12 7 (3.91%) Applications Support
12 7 (3.91%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.94%) Terraform
2 14 (7.82%) REST
3 12 (6.70%) HTML
4 10 (5.59%) CSS
4 10 (5.59%) Kafka
4 10 (5.59%) OAuth
5 9 (5.03%) RabbitMQ
5 9 (5.03%) SAML
5 9 (5.03%) Spring
5 9 (5.03%) Spring Boot
6 8 (4.47%) React
7 6 (3.35%) CSS3
7 6 (3.35%) Django
7 6 (3.35%) HTML5
7 6 (3.35%) RESTful
8 5 (2.79%) FIDO
8 5 (2.79%) Node.js
8 5 (2.79%) WebAuthn
9 4 (2.23%) FreeMarker
9 4 (2.23%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.29%) Security Posture
2 18 (10.06%) Cloud Native
3 13 (7.26%) AI Agents
4 10 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (4.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 8 (4.47%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.47%) Mobile App
5 8 (4.47%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.91%) Cloud Security Posture
6 7 (3.91%) CMDB
7 6 (3.35%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (3.35%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.79%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (2.79%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.79%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.68%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.68%) Distributed Applications
9 3 (1.68%) FMCG
9 3 (1.68%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.59%) Linux
2 7 (3.91%) Windows
3 4 (2.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.68%) Unix
5 2 (1.12%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.56%) Android
6 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (29.61%) CI/CD
2 47 (26.26%) Cloud Security
3 45 (25.14%) Cybersecurity
4 43 (24.02%) Threat Modelling
5 41 (22.91%) DevSecOps
6 39 (21.79%) AI
7 37 (20.67%) DevOps
8 36 (20.11%) SDLC
8 36 (20.11%) Security Architecture
9 33 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 32 (17.88%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
10 32 (17.88%) Static Application Security Testing
11 30 (16.76%) Information Security
12 29 (16.20%) Secure Coding
13 26 (14.53%) Microservices
14 25 (13.97%) Penetration Testing
15 24 (13.41%) Agile
15 24 (13.41%) OWASP
16 23 (12.85%) Data Protection
17 22 (12.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (11.17%) Java
2 18 (10.06%) Python
3 14 (7.82%) JavaScript
4 10 (5.59%) SQL
5 7 (3.91%) Go
6 5 (2.79%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.23%) Bash
8 3 (1.68%) PL/SQL
8 3 (1.68%) Shell Script
8 3 (1.68%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.12%) Bicep
9 2 (1.12%) Groovy
9 2 (1.12%) Perl
9 2 (1.12%) Scala
10 1 (0.56%) Google Apps Script
10 1 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.56%) LookML
10 1 (0.56%) PHP
10 1 (0.56%) RPG
10 1 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 21 (11.73%) CISSP
1 21 (11.73%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.06%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.26%) Degree
4 10 (5.59%) CISM
5 7 (3.91%) CSSLP
6 6 (3.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (3.35%) GIAC
7 5 (2.79%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.79%) CCSP
7 5 (2.79%) ISTQB
8 4 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.23%) GCIH
8 4 (2.23%) GPEN
8 4 (2.23%) OSCP
9 3 (1.68%) CEH
9 3 (1.68%) CISA
9 3 (1.68%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (15.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (14.53%) NIST
3 13 (7.26%) GDPR
3 13 (7.26%) PCI DSS
4 11 (6.15%) GRC
5 9 (5.03%) QA
6 7 (3.91%) NCSC
7 4 (2.23%) SLA
7 4 (2.23%) SOC 2
8 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.56%) PMO
10 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (11.17%) Docker
2 7 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (16.76%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.03%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (4.47%) Grafana
4 6 (3.35%) Ansible
5 4 (2.23%) HP Fortify
6 2 (1.12%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.56%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 23 (12.85%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.59%) Oracle
3 9 (5.03%) IBM
4 7 (3.91%) Google
5 6 (3.35%) Citrix
5 6 (3.35%) OpenAI
5 6 (3.35%) Splunk
6 5 (2.79%) CrowdStrike
6 5 (2.79%) Foundry
6 5 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.23%) Checkmarx
7 4 (2.23%) SAP
7 4 (2.23%) Veracode
8 3 (1.68%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.68%) F5
8 3 (1.68%) Qualys
8 3 (1.68%) Tenable
8 3 (1.68%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.12%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.12%) VMware