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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 282 292
Rank change year-on-year -3 +10 -67
Contract jobs citing Application Security 116 73 101
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.67% 0.57% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.62% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 43 77
10th Percentile £436 £411 £471
25th Percentile £506 £481 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £618 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.88% +2.92% -14.29%
75th Percentile £724 £750 £738
90th Percentile £787 £818 £780
England median daily rate £561 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -2.52% -4.17% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £28.85 - -
25th Percentile £31.25 - -
Median hourly rate £35.50 - -
75th Percentile £35.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £72.50 -
% change year-on-year -24.14% - -

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 15,467 11,685 15,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 91.96% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,357 7,937 11,324
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £429 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £675
90th Percentile £758 £803 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 166 333
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.64 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.83%
75th Percentile £56.98 £50.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.60 £63.50 £66.70
England median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.29% -9.60% -6.17%

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 19 April 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
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 19 April 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 -5 17 £523 -21.13% 10
South London - 4 £624 -
East London -2 2 £717 - 3
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 (2.59%) CMS
1 3 (2.59%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.72%) Confluence
2 2 (1.72%) Mendix
3 1 (0.86%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.86%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 47 (40.52%) Azure
2 36 (31.03%) AWS
3 19 (16.38%) GCP
4 14 (12.07%) Entra ID
5 10 (8.62%) Amazon Bedrock
6 9 (7.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (6.90%) Azure AI
8 7 (6.03%) GitHub
8 7 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (5.17%) SaaS
10 5 (4.31%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (4.31%) Google Ads
11 4 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (3.45%) IaaS
11 4 (3.45%) PaaS
11 4 (3.45%) Serverless
12 3 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (2.59%) Azure AKS
12 3 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (2.59%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 24 (20.69%) Network Security
2 9 (7.76%) Firewall
3 7 (6.03%) HTTP
4 4 (3.45%) DNS
4 4 (3.45%) HTTPS
4 4 (3.45%) SSL
4 4 (3.45%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.59%) BIG-IP
5 3 (2.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (1.72%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.86%) Internet
7 1 (0.86%) IPsec
7 1 (0.86%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.86%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.72%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.86%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.86%) DB2
2 1 (0.86%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.86%) Looker
2 1 (0.86%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.86%) MySQL
2 1 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.86%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (0.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (6.90%) GitLab
2 7 (6.03%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.31%) Git
4 4 (3.45%) Burp Suite
4 4 (3.45%) JIRA
4 4 (3.45%) Snyk
5 2 (1.72%) JUnit
6 1 (0.86%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.86%) Babel
6 1 (0.86%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.86%) git-flow
6 1 (0.86%) JMeter
6 1 (0.86%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.86%) Mockito
6 1 (0.86%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.86%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.86%) Spock
6 1 (0.86%) sqlmap
6 1 (0.86%) webpack
General
1 39 (33.62%) Finance
2 29 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 22 (18.97%) Banking
4 13 (11.21%) Public Sector
5 10 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.17%) Telecoms
7 5 (4.31%) Marketing
8 4 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.45%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.59%) Publishing
10 2 (1.72%) Electronics
10 2 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.86%) Legal
11 1 (0.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (25.00%) Architect
2 23 (19.83%) Security Architect
3 14 (12.07%) Applications Architect
3 14 (12.07%) Security Engineer
4 12 (10.34%) Applications Engineer
5 11 (9.48%) Lead
6 10 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 10 (8.62%) Security Specialist
7 9 (7.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (7.76%) Consultant
7 9 (7.76%) Developer
7 9 (7.76%) Senior
8 8 (6.90%) Tester
9 7 (6.03%) Security Consultant
10 5 (4.31%) Application Security Specialist
10 5 (4.31%) Applications Consultant
10 5 (4.31%) Applications Specialist
10 5 (4.31%) Penetration Tester
11 4 (3.45%) Applications Support
11 4 (3.45%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.03%) J2EE
1 7 (6.03%) JSP
2 6 (5.17%) Spring
2 6 (5.17%) Spring Boot
3 5 (4.31%) AngularJS
4 4 (3.45%) REST
4 4 (3.45%) RESTful
5 3 (2.59%) CSS
5 3 (2.59%) HTML
5 3 (2.59%) Kafka
5 3 (2.59%) OAuth
5 3 (2.59%) React
5 3 (2.59%) SAML
6 2 (1.72%) CSS3
6 2 (1.72%) Flutter
6 2 (1.72%) GraphQL
6 2 (1.72%) Middleware
6 2 (1.72%) Node.js
6 2 (1.72%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.72%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.21%) Security Posture
2 10 (8.62%) AI Agents
3 8 (6.90%) Management Information System
4 7 (6.03%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 4 (3.45%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.59%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.59%) Mainframe
6 3 (2.59%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.72%) CMDB
7 2 (1.72%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.72%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.72%) IoT
7 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.72%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.72%) Marketing Technology
7 2 (1.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.45%) Linux
1 4 (3.45%) Windows
2 3 (2.59%) zOS
3 1 (0.86%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.59%) CI/CD
2 31 (26.72%) Cloud Security
3 30 (25.86%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (21.55%) Threat Modelling
5 22 (18.97%) Information Security
5 22 (18.97%) SDLC
5 22 (18.97%) Security Architecture
6 20 (17.24%) Vulnerability Management
7 19 (16.38%) DevOps
7 19 (16.38%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 19 (16.38%) Static Application Security Testing
8 17 (14.66%) Data Protection
8 17 (14.66%) DevSecOps
9 16 (13.79%) Microservices
9 16 (13.79%) Observability
9 16 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (12.93%) Identity Access Management
11 14 (12.07%) Incident Response
11 14 (12.07%) OWASP
11 14 (12.07%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.07%) Java
1 14 (12.07%) Python
2 7 (6.03%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.31%) Go
3 5 (4.31%) SQL
4 4 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.59%) Bicep
5 3 (2.59%) RPG
6 2 (1.72%) Google Apps Script
6 2 (1.72%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.86%) Bash
7 1 (0.86%) C#
7 1 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.86%) LookML
7 1 (0.86%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 21 (18.10%) CISSP
3 18 (15.52%) SC Cleared
4 12 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 12 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (10.34%) CISM
5 11 (9.48%) CCSP
6 9 (7.76%) CSSLP
7 7 (6.03%) GIAC
8 6 (5.17%) Degree
8 6 (5.17%) OSCP
9 5 (4.31%) CEH
9 5 (4.31%) CREST Certified
9 5 (4.31%) GPEN
10 4 (3.45%) GWAPT
11 3 (2.59%) AWS Certification
11 3 (2.59%) CISA
11 3 (2.59%) CISMP
11 3 (2.59%) GCIH
11 3 (2.59%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.76%) GRC
1 9 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (7.76%) NIST
2 6 (5.17%) SLA
3 5 (4.31%) GDPR
4 4 (3.45%) PCI DSS
5 3 (2.59%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.72%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.72%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.86%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.86%) NCSC
7 1 (0.86%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (8.62%) Docker
2 8 (6.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (16.38%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.17%) Terraform
3 2 (1.72%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.86%) Argo
4 1 (0.86%) Grafana
4 1 (0.86%) Nessus
4 1 (0.86%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.86%) Nmap
4 1 (0.86%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 16 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.76%) Foundry
3 8 (6.90%) Splunk
4 7 (6.03%) Google
4 7 (6.03%) OpenAI
5 6 (5.17%) Oracle
5 6 (5.17%) Qualys
6 5 (4.31%) Tenable
7 4 (3.45%) F5
7 4 (3.45%) Okta
8 3 (2.59%) Cribl.io
8 3 (2.59%) IBM
8 3 (2.59%) SAP
8 3 (2.59%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.59%) Veracode
9 2 (1.72%) Checkmarx
10 1 (0.86%) BiZZdesign
10 1 (0.86%) ExtraHop
10 1 (0.86%) Netsparker
10 1 (0.86%) Palo Alto