Application Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Applications Security Analyst
Wales > South Wales

As of 6 October 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Applications Security Analyst daily rate in South Wales.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 427 262 317
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 91.61% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 181 177
10th Percentile £300 £190 £136
25th Percentile £331 £283 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £375 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.33% -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £586 £483 £550
90th Percentile £675 £638 £633
Wales median daily rate £450 £388 £431
% change year-on-year +16.13% -10.14% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 26 44
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £14.03 £15.44 £20.12
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% -19.92% +7.05%
75th Percentile £54.46 £22.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £29.11 £53.38
Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £20.75 £26.05
% change year-on-year -6.02% -20.35% +12.25%

Application Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security Analyst within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 6 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
Cardiff - 1 - -
Application Security Analyst
Wales

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Application Security Analyst contract job roles required 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 Wales region featuring Application Security Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 1 (100.00%) HP Fortify
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Snyk
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Snyk
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) GWAPT
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Checkmarx
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode