Application Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Application Security Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Security Specialist daily rate in the UK excluding London is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 411 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Specialist 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.024% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £458 - -
90th Percentile £494 - -
UK median daily rate £425 - -

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 18,878 12,342 19,299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.35% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,325 7,603 12,086
10th Percentile £233 £210 £213
25th Percentile £385 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £675 £685
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,017 648 1,952
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.42 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £64.11 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £72.29
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.31 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.35% -1.99% -12.50%

Application Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Application Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Application Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Application Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security Specialist in the UK excluding London

Application Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 February 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
North of England - 5 £375 - 4
Yorkshire - 3 £325 -
North West - 2 £518 - 4
Application Security Specialist
UK

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Application Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Akamai
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
1 3 (60.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 2 (40.00%) Application Security
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) HP Fortify
3 1 (20.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Development
3 1 (20.00%) OWASP
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Secure Coding
3 1 (20.00%) SonarQube
3 1 (20.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Veracode
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Application Security Specialist 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Akamai
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
1 3 (60.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Application Security
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Development
3 1 (20.00%) OWASP
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Secure Coding
3 1 (20.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Veracode