Application Security (AppSec)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Application Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Application Security over the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 61 | 54 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Application Security | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire | 1.44% | 1.69% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.52% | 1.94% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £333 | £582 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £345 | £612 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £354 | £615 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.44% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £361 | £622 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £434 | £631 | - |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £358 | £588 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -39.06% | +2.17% | +3.14% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire
Application Security 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 South Yorkshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 593 | 413 | 407 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire | 95.03% | 87.32% | 91.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 388 | 223 | 270 |
| 10th Percentile | £295 | £319 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £369 | £425 | £470 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £514 | £592 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.53% | -13.10% | +18.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | £584 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £645 | £745 |
| Yorkshire median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 14 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.00 | - | £13.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.33 | £12.55 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.36 | £12.83 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +43.08% | -35.85% | +19.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.87 | £21.13 | £22.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £21.85 | £39.10 |
| Yorkshire median hourly rate | £22.14 | £13.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +64.00% | -32.50% | +5.26% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire
Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in South Yorkshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 8 August 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 8 August 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | -13 | 9 | £354 | -42.44% | 3 |
| Application Security Yorkshire |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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: