Dynamic Application Security Testing Contracts in Scotland

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Dynamic Application Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Dynamic Application Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 125 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Contract jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.18% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £494 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.39% - -
UK median daily rate £725 £650 £625
% change year-on-year +11.54% +4.00% +2.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Dynamic Application Security Testing 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Dynamic Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Dynamic Application Security Testing in Scotland

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Dynamic Application Security Testing in Scotland

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Edinburgh +5 3 £550 +25.71% 1
Dynamic Application Security Testing
UK

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) SSL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Compliance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 3 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Business Agility
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Community of Practice
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (33.33%) PMO
2 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM