Application Security Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Applications Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Applications Security Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 - 387
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Analyst 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £515
75th Percentile - - £530
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 - £515
% change year-on-year - - +9.34%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,300 12,814 18,240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 92.26% 93.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,001 7,586 11,730
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,644 696 1,388
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £31.51 £44.78
Median % change year-on-year -20.18% -29.63% +65.05%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £72.20 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%

Application Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Application Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Application Security Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Application Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Application Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Application Security Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Application Security Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
East of England - 1 £550 -
Application Security Analyst
UK

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Application Security Analyst 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 UK excluding London region featuring Application Security Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Nexpose
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable