ModSecurity Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ModSecurity (Modsec)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ModSecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 356 400
Rank change year-on-year -41 +44 +89
Contract jobs citing ModSecurity 8 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.044% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% 0.037% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £456 - -
25th Percentile £460 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.15% - -
75th Percentile £598 £675 -
90th Percentile £641 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £650 £591
% change year-on-year -15.38% +9.94% -1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £78.25 - -
25th Percentile £79.38 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - £83.41
75th Percentile £84.38 - -
90th Percentile £84.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £82.50 - £83.41

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

ModSecurity falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,320 2,680 3,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.39% 17.87% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,182 1,673 2,402
10th Percentile £335 £340 £325
25th Percentile £405 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £685 £678
UK median daily rate £505 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -7.68% -0.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 69 138
10th Percentile £31.25 £21.62 £35.66
25th Percentile £45.94 £46.18 £46.18
Median hourly rate £64.75 £65.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +25.26% -20.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £74.09 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

ModSecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ModSecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ModSecurity job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ModSecurity
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ModSecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ModSecurity

ModSecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ModSecurity in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ModSecurity in the UK excluding London

ModSecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ModSecurity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ModSecurity

ModSecurity
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 ModSecurity within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
South West -1 3 £581 -10.58% 2
Wales - 3 - -
South East - 2 £466 - 1
ModSecurity
UK

ModSecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Skype
1 2 (25.00%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) GitLab
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (12.50%) Mocha
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
1 5 (62.50%) Security Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Express.js
1 1 (12.50%) Jest
1 1 (12.50%) JWT
1 1 (12.50%) Kafka
1 1 (12.50%) NestJS
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth2
1 1 (12.50%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (25.00%) PKI
2 2 (25.00%) Private Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Security Architecture
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (37.50%) Information Assurance
3 3 (37.50%) Information Security
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) SABSA
3 3 (37.50%) Security Management
3 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) TOGAF
4 2 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 2 (25.00%) ERP
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) NsoIT
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CISM
1 5 (62.50%) CISSP
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) NCSC
2 6 (75.00%) JSP 440
3 3 (37.50%) Def Stans
3 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (37.50%) NIST
3 3 (37.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (25.00%) OPNET
1 2 (25.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) VMware