OWASP Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring OWASP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 121 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing OWASP 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.23% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.27% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £416 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £425 £800 £613
% change year-on-year -46.88% +30.61% -0.41%

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 1,524 1,872 2,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.04% 85.56% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 936 1,044 1,666
10th Percentile £261 £300 £269
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £510 £523
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -2.49% +4.60%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £686 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.39% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 78 86
10th Percentile £14.35 £18.64 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.10 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £59.47 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year -57.71% +16.50% +155.25%
75th Percentile £44.68 £67.38 £66.33
90th Percentile £79.50 £79.72 £75.13
South East median hourly rate £22.19 £58.43 £53.94
% change year-on-year -62.02% +8.34% +73.15%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing OWASP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing OWASP

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 29 September 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 +13 3 £425 - 8
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 3 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Red Team
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CEH
1 3 (100.00%) GPEN
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Nmap