Application Security Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Application Security (AppSec)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 26 32
Rank change year-on-year -2 +6 +15
Contract jobs citing Application Security 3 2 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.33% 1.05% 3.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.23% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 8
10th Percentile £716 £605 £593
25th Percentile £722 £613 £759
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 £625 £847
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% -26.23% +18.91%
75th Percentile £747 £638 £850
90th Percentile £749 £645 £861
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £738 £625 £847
% change year-on-year +18.00% -26.23% +18.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 190 163 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 84.07% 85.79% 94.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 83 165
10th Percentile £225 £330 £350
25th Percentile £380 £401 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -15.93% +7.62%
75th Percentile £575 £549 £650
90th Percentile £648 £629 £750
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -3.16% -13.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 23 6
10th Percentile £14.20 £18.05 £17.50
25th Percentile £15.88 £19.13 £18.19
Median hourly rate £17.30 £47.50 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year -63.58% +140.51% +24.53%
75th Percentile £20.30 £50.00 £29.06
90th Percentile £33.18 £70.00 £32.88
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £17.00 £19.50 £19.75
% change year-on-year -12.82% -1.27% +24.53%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in Newcastle upon Tyne

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in Newcastle upon Tyne

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Database Security
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft