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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 127 179
Rank change year-on-year -51 +52 +27
Contract jobs citing OWASP 25 19 14
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.42% 0.64% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.70% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 5
10th Percentile £406 £461 -
25th Percentile £419 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £775 £594 £650
90th Percentile £778 £620 -
England median daily rate £575 £650 £573
% change year-on-year -11.54% +13.54% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,758 2,709 4,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 80.75% 91.30% 84.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,096 1,731 2,685
10th Percentile £280 £250 £250
25th Percentile £409 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £625
90th Percentile £706 £663 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 170 436
10th Percentile £15.32 £13.46 £13.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £15.00 £18.20
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.88 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +97.27% -41.31% -3.06%
75th Percentile £82.25 £62.24 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.86
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.07 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.68% -20.36% -2.67%

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 job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OWASP in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 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.

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 15 May 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 -49 14 £463 -19.57% 6
Oxfordshire - 8 £425 - 5
Hampshire -23 7 £750 +25.00% 3
Berkshire -34 5 £500 -13.04% 1
Surrey -16 2 £413 -
West Sussex - 2 £650 - 4
Buckinghamshire - 1 £475 -
OWASP
England

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.00%) CMS
1 2 (8.00%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (64.00%) Azure
2 8 (32.00%) Entra ID
2 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (24.00%) IaaS
3 6 (24.00%) PaaS
4 4 (16.00%) AWS
5 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (8.00%) Firebase
6 2 (8.00%) GitHub
6 2 (8.00%) SaaS
7 1 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (4.00%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Wireless
1 1 (4.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Burp Suite
1 2 (8.00%) fastlane
1 2 (8.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.00%) Android Studio
2 1 (4.00%) Crashlytics
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) Gradle
2 1 (4.00%) Metasploit
2 1 (4.00%) Xcode
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.00%) Military
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 8 (32.00%) Security Specialist
2 7 (28.00%) Architect
3 6 (24.00%) Developer
4 4 (16.00%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Senior
4 4 (16.00%) Senior Developer
5 3 (12.00%) Technical Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Penetration Tester
6 2 (8.00%) Tester
6 2 (8.00%) Web Developer
7 1 (4.00%) .NET Developer
7 1 (4.00%) C# Developer
7 1 (4.00%) iOS Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Android Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior iOS Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Software Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Senior Web Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Software Developer
7 1 (4.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) .NET
2 3 (12.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (12.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (12.00%) CSS
2 3 (12.00%) HTML
2 3 (12.00%) OAuth
2 3 (12.00%) RESTful
2 3 (12.00%) SAML
3 2 (8.00%) .NET Core
3 2 (8.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (8.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (8.00%) Entity Framework
3 2 (8.00%) REST
3 2 (8.00%) SOAP
4 1 (4.00%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (4.00%) Core Data
4 1 (4.00%) JWT
4 1 (4.00%) React
4 1 (4.00%) Retrofit
4 1 (4.00%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Operational Technology
2 5 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (16.00%) Product Ownership
3 4 (16.00%) SCADA
4 2 (8.00%) Mobile App
4 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (8.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (4.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Linux
2 6 (24.00%) Unix
2 6 (24.00%) Windows
3 2 (8.00%) Kali Linux
4 1 (4.00%) Android
4 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (36.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 9 (36.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (36.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (32.00%) DevOps
3 8 (32.00%) RBAC
3 8 (32.00%) Remediation Plan
3 8 (32.00%) Risk Register
3 8 (32.00%) SIEM
4 7 (28.00%) Risk Assessment
4 7 (28.00%) Security Architecture
4 7 (28.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (24.00%) Agile
5 6 (24.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 6 (24.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 5 (20.00%) SABSA
6 5 (20.00%) Secure Coding
6 5 (20.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) C#
1 3 (12.00%) Java
1 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.00%) Python
3 1 (4.00%) Bash
3 1 (4.00%) Kotlin
3 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 16 (64.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (24.00%) Degree
3 6 (24.00%) SANS
4 5 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 5 (20.00%) CESG Certified Professional
4 5 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (20.00%) CISM
4 5 (20.00%) CISSP
4 5 (20.00%) CRISC
4 5 (20.00%) GIAC
5 4 (16.00%) GSEC
5 4 (16.00%) SSCP
6 2 (8.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.00%) CCSP
7 1 (4.00%) CEH
7 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.00%) GPEN
7 1 (4.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (36.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (36.00%) NCSC
1 9 (36.00%) NIST
2 8 (32.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (32.00%) ISO 31000
3 6 (24.00%) GDPR
4 4 (16.00%) WCAG
5 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
5 2 (8.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Nessus
1 2 (8.00%) Nmap
2 1 (4.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Sparx
3 2 (8.00%) Dynatrace
4 1 (4.00%) Apple
4 1 (4.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) Qualys
4 1 (4.00%) Rapid7
4 1 (4.00%) SAP