Application Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in the South West

Application Security Specialist
England > South West

As of 11 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Application Security Specialist daily rate in the South West.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.070% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £518 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 2,616 1,541 3,035
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.15% 93.00% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,390 1,033 1,933
10th Percentile £254 £213 £220
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £718
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 469 110 400
10th Percentile £17.87 £20.96 £14.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £55.00 £27.44
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +33.42% -25.05%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £78.04
England median hourly rate £36.32 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +3.77% +7.69% -23.29%

Application Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Application Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Application Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the South West

Application Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Application Security Specialist job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Application Security Specialist job vacancies in the South West

Application Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security Specialist within the South West region over the 6 months to 11 March 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
Bristol - 2 - -
Application Security Specialist
England

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 11 March 2026, Application Security Specialist 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 West region featuring Application Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Akamai
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Akamai
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript