ModSecurity Contracts in the UK excluding London

ModSecurity (Modsec)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ModSecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ModSecurity over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 370 421
Rank change year-on-year -1 +51 +90
Contract jobs citing ModSecurity 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.033% 0.005%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.19% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £528 - -
25th Percentile £533 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £650 £700
Median % change year-on-year -10.58% -7.14% +9.80%
75th Percentile £645 £675 -
90th Percentile £659 - -
UK median daily rate £581 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -10.58% -7.14% +6.06%

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 2,812 3,079 3,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.20% 16.91% 17.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,871 1,993 2,781
10th Percentile £313 £325 £338
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £600
90th Percentile £625 £700 £680
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 208 104
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.78 £37.61
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £56.25 £58.91 £58.59
Median % change year-on-year -4.51% +0.54% -2.35%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £74.13 £75.85
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £50.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +9.75% -16.67% -

ModSecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ModSecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ModSecurity in the UK excluding London

ModSecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ModSecurity in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ModSecurity in the UK excluding London

ModSecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ModSecurity in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ModSecurity in the UK excluding London

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 16 August 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 +18 3 £581 -10.58% 5
ModSecurity
UK

ModSecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VSAN
2 2 (66.67%) Skype
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
2 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) NsoIT
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (100.00%) OPNET
2 2 (66.67%) vCenter Server
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (33.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Atlassian