Application Security Contracts in the Thames Valley

Application Security (AppSec)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Application Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Application Security over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 139 148
Rank change year-on-year +40 +9 -22
Contract jobs citing Application Security 44 9 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.65% 0.31% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 0.33% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 11
10th Percentile - £400 £173
25th Percentile £500 £441 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £613 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +16.67% -16.00%
75th Percentile £594 £675 £594
90th Percentile £650 £681 £613
South East median daily rate £513 £700 £550
% change year-on-year -26.79% +27.27% -3.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Application Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,329 2,690 3,103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.16% 91.56% 89.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,868 2,093
10th Percentile £213 £321 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 62 85
10th Percentile £15.48 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.71 £24.86 £12.05
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.00
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.00
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the Thames Valley

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in the Thames Valley

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in the Thames Valley

Application Security
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Berkshire +32 44 £513 -16.33% 12
Application Security
South East

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 27 (61.36%) PaaS
1 27 (61.36%) SaaS
2 26 (59.09%) IaaS
3 6 (13.64%) Azure
3 6 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (11.36%) Azure API Management
4 5 (11.36%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (11.36%) Azure Functions
4 5 (11.36%) Azure Key Vault
4 5 (11.36%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (11.36%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (11.36%) Serverless
5 1 (2.27%) Figma
5 1 (2.27%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 26 (59.09%) 5G
1 26 (59.09%) Broadband
2 10 (22.73%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.36%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) NoSQL
2 3 (6.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Visual Studio
2 2 (4.55%) JIRA
3 1 (2.27%) rollup.js
3 1 (2.27%) webpack
General
1 26 (59.09%) Law
1 26 (59.09%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (59.09%) Penetration Tester
1 26 (59.09%) Security Penetration Tester
1 26 (59.09%) Security Specialist
1 26 (59.09%) Security Tester
1 26 (59.09%) Tester
1 26 (59.09%) Testing Specialist
2 9 (20.45%) Consultant
2 9 (20.45%) Security Consultant
3 7 (15.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Architect
4 5 (11.36%) Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Integration Developer
5 4 (9.09%) Security Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Azure Developer
7 2 (4.55%) Lead
7 2 (4.55%) Lead Consultant
7 2 (4.55%) Senior
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (59.09%) Web Services
2 5 (11.36%) ARM Templates
3 3 (6.82%) .NET
3 3 (6.82%) JSON
3 3 (6.82%) OAuth
3 3 (6.82%) OpenID
3 3 (6.82%) REST
3 3 (6.82%) SOAP
3 3 (6.82%) XML
4 1 (2.27%) CSS
4 1 (2.27%) Enzyme
4 1 (2.27%) Jest
4 1 (2.27%) Next.js
4 1 (2.27%) React
4 1 (2.27%) Redux
4 1 (2.27%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 26 (59.09%) Mobile App
2 10 (22.73%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.27%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.27%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (86.36%) OWASP
2 36 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (77.27%) Security Testing
3 34 (77.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (59.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 26 (59.09%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (22.73%) Identity Access Management
5 10 (22.73%) Information Security
5 10 (22.73%) Information Security Management
5 10 (22.73%) ITIL
5 10 (22.73%) Security Management
5 10 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (20.45%) Conflict Resolution
7 8 (18.18%) Risk Management
8 7 (15.91%) Budget Management
8 7 (15.91%) Budgeting
8 7 (15.91%) Capacity Management
8 7 (15.91%) Project Planning
8 7 (15.91%) Roadmaps
9 6 (13.64%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.36%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.82%) C#
2 3 (6.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (59.09%) CREST Certified
1 26 (59.09%) GIAC
1 26 (59.09%) GPEN
1 26 (59.09%) OSCP
1 26 (59.09%) SANS
1 26 (59.09%) Security Cleared
2 8 (18.18%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (81.82%) GDPR
2 26 (59.09%) NCSC
2 26 (59.09%) PCI DSS
3 10 (22.73%) COBIT
3 10 (22.73%) NIST
4 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 26 (59.09%) Virgin Media
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.27%) Adobe