Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
England > South East
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 189 | 219 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +30 | +33 |
| Contract jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East | - | 0.036% | 0.017% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.043% | 0.019% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £725 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £650 | £750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -13.33% | +42.86% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £775 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £725 | £650 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.54% | +4.00% | -7.41% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South East
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 the South East.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,725 | 4,675 | 5,161 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East | 91.54% | 84.68% | 89.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,739 | 2,738 | 3,584 |
| 10th Percentile | £256 | £250 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £510 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.05% | -1.91% | +2.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £623 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £700 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 173 | 434 | 223 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.85 | £13.00 | £17.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.25 | £18.20 | £22.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.00 | £47.50 | £49.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.05% | -3.06% | +123.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £62.50 | £64.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £76.86 | £74.96 |
| England median hourly rate | £29.15 | £36.33 | £36.40 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.76% | -0.18% | +49.47% |
Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Job postings citing Dynamic Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Dynamic Application Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing in the South East.