Application Security Contracts in London

Application Security (AppSec)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Application Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Application Security over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 270 210
Rank change year-on-year -9 -60 +105
Contract jobs citing Application Security 71 127 332
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.57% 0.73% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.82% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 95 245
10th Percentile £427 £469 £488
25th Percentile £508 £540 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +15.42%
75th Percentile £738 £778 £800
90th Percentile £810 £823 £847
England median daily rate £609 £622 £650
% change year-on-year -2.13% -4.31% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £40.63
25th Percentile - - £49.06
Median hourly rate - - £66.25
75th Percentile - - £86.56
90th Percentile - - £96.88
England median hourly rate £73.75 - £66.25
% change year-on-year - - -13.96%

All Process and 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 11,457 15,493 23,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.21% 88.65% 90.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,746 11,112 16,978
10th Percentile £350 £343 £375
25th Percentile £435 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £593
Median % change year-on-year - -7.17% +3.04%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £700
90th Percentile £808 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 307 266
10th Percentile £16.17 £15.77 £18.25
25th Percentile £22.75 £20.00 £22.43
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.84 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year +22.13% -25.10% +0.46%
75th Percentile £50.75 £48.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £66.85 £82.38
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.40
% change year-on-year -21.23% +0.29% +45.58%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in London.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in London

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in London

Application Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Security in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 19 May 2025. 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 -7 11 £625 +20.19% 17
East London +13 1 - - 2
North London - 1 £413 -
Application Security
England

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (11.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.41%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.41%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.41%) SAP GRC
2 1 (1.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 35 (49.30%) Azure
2 12 (16.90%) AWS
3 11 (15.49%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (12.68%) Entra ID
4 9 (12.68%) Power Platform
5 8 (11.27%) OneDrive
5 8 (11.27%) Power Automate
6 7 (9.86%) SaaS
7 6 (8.45%) GCP
8 5 (7.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (7.04%) GitHub
9 4 (5.63%) Akamai
9 4 (5.63%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (4.23%) IaaS
10 3 (4.23%) PaaS
10 3 (4.23%) Snowflake
11 2 (2.82%) Azure AKS
11 2 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (2.82%) Cloudflare
12 1 (1.41%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.35%) Network Security
2 9 (12.68%) Firewall
3 4 (5.63%) HTTP
4 2 (2.82%) DMZ
4 2 (2.82%) HTTPS
4 2 (2.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) GIS
2 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.41%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) AppScan
1 1 (1.41%) Git
General
1 18 (25.35%) Finance
1 18 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.72%) Public Sector
3 9 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Legal
4 4 (5.63%) Military
5 2 (2.82%) Law
6 1 (1.41%) Back Office
6 1 (1.41%) Banking
6 1 (1.41%) Electronics
6 1 (1.41%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.41%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.41%) Games
6 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.41%) Marketing
6 1 (1.41%) Police
6 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Retail
6 1 (1.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (30.99%) Architect
2 18 (25.35%) Security Architect
3 9 (12.68%) Senior
4 8 (11.27%) Lead
4 8 (11.27%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 8 (11.27%) Security Engineer
5 7 (9.86%) Microsoft Engineer
5 7 (9.86%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) Analyst
7 4 (5.63%) Lead Architect
7 4 (5.63%) Lead Security Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
8 3 (4.23%) Consultant
8 3 (4.23%) Developer
8 3 (4.23%) Security Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Tester
8 3 (4.23%) Tester
9 2 (2.82%) Applications Developer
9 2 (2.82%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.63%) CSS
2 3 (4.23%) .NET
2 3 (4.23%) HTML
3 2 (2.82%) OAuth
3 2 (2.82%) React
4 1 (1.41%) Godot
4 1 (1.41%) jQuery
4 1 (1.41%) Kafka
4 1 (1.41%) MapLibre
4 1 (1.41%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.41%) SAML
4 1 (1.41%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (1.41%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.27%) Security Posture
2 4 (5.63%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (4.23%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (4.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (2.82%) Cyberattack
4 2 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.41%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.41%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.41%) PKI
5 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Shadow IT
5 1 (1.41%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Windows
2 1 (1.41%) Linux
2 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.80%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (28.17%) Cloud Security
3 18 (25.35%) Security Architecture
4 12 (16.90%) OWASP
5 11 (15.49%) DevSecOps
6 10 (14.08%) Identity Access Management
6 10 (14.08%) Mentoring
7 9 (12.68%) Incident Response
7 9 (12.68%) Information Security
8 8 (11.27%) Microservices
8 8 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (11.27%) Security Testing
9 7 (9.86%) Agile
9 7 (9.86%) Design Patterns
9 7 (9.86%) Service Delivery
9 7 (9.86%) Static Application Security Testing
9 7 (9.86%) Task Automation
9 7 (9.86%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (9.86%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (8.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.72%) PowerShell
2 8 (11.27%) Python
3 5 (7.04%) PHP
4 4 (5.63%) Java
4 4 (5.63%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.23%) Bash
5 3 (4.23%) Ruby
5 3 (4.23%) SQL
6 2 (2.82%) C++
6 2 (2.82%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (2.82%) Perl
6 2 (2.82%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.41%) C#
7 1 (1.41%) Rust
7 1 (1.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (22.54%) Security Cleared
2 15 (21.13%) Degree
3 14 (19.72%) CISSP
4 9 (12.68%) CEH
5 7 (9.86%) SC Cleared
6 6 (8.45%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (8.45%) CREST Certified
6 6 (8.45%) DV Cleared
7 5 (7.04%) GIAC
7 5 (7.04%) OSCP
8 4 (5.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (5.63%) CISM
9 3 (4.23%) CCSAS
9 3 (4.23%) CISA
9 3 (4.23%) GPEN
9 3 (4.23%) GWAPT
10 2 (2.82%) CCNP
10 2 (2.82%) CCSK
10 2 (2.82%) CRISC
10 2 (2.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (12.68%) NIST
3 5 (7.04%) GDPR
4 4 (5.63%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.82%) HIPAA
5 2 (2.82%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.41%) GRC
6 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (1.41%) NCSC
6 1 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (12.68%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Docker
2 1 (1.41%) IAG
Systems Management
1 9 (12.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.63%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.63%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.41%) CASB
3 1 (1.41%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (29.58%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) SAP
3 3 (4.23%) Google
3 3 (4.23%) Qualys
4 2 (2.82%) ESRI
4 2 (2.82%) ForgeRock
4 2 (2.82%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.82%) Imperva
5 1 (1.41%) Ariba
5 1 (1.41%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.41%) Concur
5 1 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.41%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.41%) IBM
5 1 (1.41%) Netskope
5 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.41%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.41%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.41%) Veracode
5 1 (1.41%) Zscaler