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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	201	161	172
Rank change year-on-year	-40	+11	+11
Contract jobs citing OWASP	28	10	7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East	0.43%	0.28%	0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.52%	0.31%	0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	21	9	1
10^th Percentile	£413	£406	-
25^th Percentile	£525	£407	£775
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£650	£425	£800
Median % change year-on-year	+52.94%	-46.88%	+30.61%
75^th Percentile	£813	£519	£825
90^th Percentile	£875	£574	-
England median daily rate	£508	£575	£650
% change year-on-year	-11.74%	-11.54%	+8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£51.25	-	-
Median hourly rate	£52.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£53.75	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median hourly rate	£52.50	£31.49	£47.50
% change year-on-year	+66.72%	-33.71%	+6.74%

All Process & 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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	5,339	3,219	3,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East	81.31%	88.78%	84.02%
Number of daily rates quoted	3,058	2,020	2,170
10^th Percentile	£275	£219	£260
25^th Percentile	£418	£385	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£510
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-1.96%	-2.86%
75^th Percentile	£622	£588	£625
90^th Percentile	£713	£650	£688
England median daily rate	£525	£510	£525
% change year-on-year	+2.94%	-2.86%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	719	337	184
10^th Percentile	£13.45	£13.50	£16.25
25^th Percentile	£16.38	£16.17	£30.00
Median hourly rate	£45.00	£20.71	£58.43
Median % change year-on-year	+117.29%	-64.56%	+9.22%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£40.65	£70.00
90^th Percentile	£88.08	£69.11	£75.00
England median hourly rate	£38.25	£25.15	£42.50
% change year-on-year	+52.09%	-40.82%	-5.56%

OWASP Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing OWASP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised 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.

OWASP Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OWASP in the South East over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OWASP in the South East

OWASP Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

OWASP 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 18 October 2026. 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	-30	14	£549	+29.12%	11
Oxfordshire	-16	11	£425	-	2
Hampshire	-	8	£825	-	3
Surrey	-	4	£550	-	1
Berkshire	-27	3	£750	+76.47%	6
West Sussex	-26	1	£650	+14.04%	2
Sussex	-	1	£650	-
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OWASP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing OWASP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region with a requirement for OWASP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	71.4%	20
1	Security Cleared	71.4%	20
3	SC Cleared	67.9%	19
4	CI/CD	60.7%	17
5	Cybersecurity	57.1%	16
6	Vulnerability Management	46.4%	13
7	Architectural Patterns	42.9%	12
7	Microsoft	42.9%	12
7	Security Architecture	42.9%	12
10	Active Directory	39.3%	11
10	ISO/IEC 27001	39.3%	11
10	NCSC	39.3%	11
10	NIST	39.3%	11
14	AWS	35.7%	10
14	Remediation Plan	35.7%	10
16	Cyber Essentials	32.1%	9
16	DevOps	32.1%	9
16	Entra ID	32.1%	9
16	ISO 31000	32.1%	9
16	Microsoft 365	32.1%	9
16	RBAC	32.1%	9
16	Risk Register	32.1%	9
16	SIEM	32.1%	9
24	.NET	28.6%	8
24	Agile	28.6%	8
24	GDPR	28.6%	8
24	OAuth	28.6%	8
24	SAML	28.6%	8
24	Stakeholder Engagement	28.6%	8
30	CISM	25.0%	7

OWASP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	60.7%	17
2	Cybersecurity	57.1%	16
3	Vulnerability Management	46.4%	13
4	Architectural Patterns	42.9%	12
4	Security Architecture	42.9%	12
6	Remediation Plan	35.7%	10
7	DevOps	32.1%	9
7	RBAC	32.1%	9
7	Risk Register	32.1%	9
7	SIEM	32.1%	9
11	Agile	28.6%	8
11	Stakeholder Engagement	28.6%	8
13	Risk Assessment	25.0%	7
13	Risk Management	25.0%	7
13	SABSA	25.0%	7
16	Business Development	21.4%	6
16	Cloud Security	21.4%	6
16	Cyber Threat Intelligence	21.4%	6
16	Threat Intelligence	21.4%	6
20	Change Control	17.9%	5