OWASP Contracts in the South East

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for OWASP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited OWASP over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 177 199 233
Rank change year-on-year +22 +34 -36
Contract jobs citing OWASP 14 12 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.26% 0.21% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.24% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 13
10th Percentile - £406 £465
25th Percentile - £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £650 £673 £613
90th Percentile - £704 £630
England median daily rate £575 £550 £579
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.93% +10.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

OWASP is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,626 5,085 6,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.40% 89.37% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,697 3,536 4,653
10th Percentile £250 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £402 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 222 283
10th Percentile £13.00 £17.05 £12.26
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £15.56
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.59 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.98 £61.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

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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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OWASP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for OWASP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing OWASP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for OWASP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
Thames Valley +18 14 £550 -3.04% 8
Berkshire -5 11 £650 +14.59% 8
Buckinghamshire - 3 £550 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Consultant
1 10 (71.43%) Security Consultant
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Security Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Development Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Operations Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) IoT
3 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (85.71%) Vulnerability Management
2 11 (78.57%) Application Security
3 9 (64.29%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (64.29%) Information Security
3 9 (64.29%) Information Security Management
3 9 (64.29%) ITIL
3 9 (64.29%) Security Management
4 8 (57.14%) Conflict Resolution
4 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (50.00%) Budget Management
5 7 (50.00%) Budgeting
5 7 (50.00%) Capacity Management
5 7 (50.00%) Project Planning
5 7 (50.00%) Risk Management
5 7 (50.00%) Roadmaps
6 5 (35.71%) Security Testing
6 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
7 3 (21.43%) DevOps
7 3 (21.43%) DevSecOps
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) COBIT
1 9 (64.29%) GDPR
1 9 (64.29%) NIST