OWASP Contracts in the Thames Valley

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring OWASP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OWASP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 108 145
Rank change year-on-year +20 +37 +17
Contract jobs citing OWASP 14 37 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.93% 1.38% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.58% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £567
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -3.04% -0.26%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £702
90th Percentile £595 - -
South East median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in the Thames Valley

OWASP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for OWASP in the Thames Valley

OWASP
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 OWASP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +11 14 £575 -11.54% 5
OWASP
South East

OWASP
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 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) SonarCloud
3 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) GCP
4 1 (7.14%) IaaS
4 1 (7.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Network Security
2 6 (42.86%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Snyk
2 2 (14.29%) Burp Suite
2 2 (14.29%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Head of Architecture
1 6 (42.86%) Head of Security
2 5 (35.71%) Head of Strategy
3 3 (21.43%) Compliance Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Compliance Project Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Data Compliance Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Security Compliance Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Security Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (14.29%) Security Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Security Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Tester
5 1 (7.14%) Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) CSS
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
1 1 (7.14%) MACH
1 1 (7.14%) OAuth
1 1 (7.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Information Security
2 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (57.14%) ITIL
2 8 (57.14%) Risk Management
3 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 6 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (35.71%) Budgeting
4 5 (35.71%) Data Protection
4 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (28.57%) Application Security
5 4 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
5 4 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (21.43%) DevOps
6 3 (21.43%) Information Security Management
6 3 (21.43%) Security Architecture
6 3 (21.43%) Security Management
6 3 (21.43%) Security Operations
7 2 (14.29%) Cryptography
7 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) C
2 2 (14.29%) C++
2 2 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Ruby
3 1 (7.14%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) GPEN
1 2 (14.29%) GWAPT
1 2 (14.29%) ISACA
1 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 2 (14.29%) OSCE
1 2 (14.29%) OSCP
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) NIST
2 10 (71.43%) GDPR
3 8 (57.14%) COBIT
4 2 (14.29%) HIPAA
4 2 (14.29%) PCI DSS
5 1 (7.14%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft