OWASP Contract Job Trends in the South East

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring OWASP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 177 204
Rank change year-on-year - +27 +12
Contract jobs citing OWASP 0 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East - 0.11% 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.13% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £515
25th Percentile - £775 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £800 £613
Median % change year-on-year - +30.61% -0.41%
75th Percentile - £825 £700
90th Percentile - - £723
England median daily rate £613 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -5.77% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

OWASP 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 3,108 3,819 4,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.11% 82.59% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,937 2,283 3,316
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 254 252
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.08 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.44 £23.06
Median hourly rate £21.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.38% +9.24% +64.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.86 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in the South East

OWASP
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OWASP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OWASP

OWASP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OWASP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing OWASP