Static Application Security Testing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Static Application Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Static Application Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 355 413
Rank change year-on-year +5 +58 +101
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Static Application Security Testing 19 25 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.14% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.17% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 12
10th Percentile £419 £476 £563
25th Percentile £464 £575 £703
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £624 £725
Median % change year-on-year -11.79% -14.00% +9.43%
75th Percentile £630 £734 £738
90th Percentile £738 £788 -
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -1.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Static Application Security Testing 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 UK excluding London.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,687 15,011 19,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.11% 82.65% 88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,185 8,893 12,773
10th Percentile £238 £245 £260
25th Percentile £367 £387 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,395 1,400 1,211
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.60 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.30 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.75% +6.25% +77.78%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.30 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.90% -4.71% +54.55%

Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Static Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Static Application Security Testing in the UK excluding London

Static Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Static Application Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Static Application Security Testing

Static Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Static Application Security Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Static Application Security Testing in the UK excluding London

Static Application Security Testing
DemandTrendContract 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 Static Application Security Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -22 6 £529 -20.19% 2
South East - 6 £559 - 8
Scotland -4 4 £450 -18.18% 4
Yorkshire - 3 £466 - 1
North West -11 2 £613 -7.55%
West Midlands -15 2 £750 +18.11% 1
Midlands -19 2 £750 +18.11% 1
South West +20 1 £613 -20.97%
North East - 1 £550 - 1
Static Application Security Testing
UK

Static Application Security Testing
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 1 (5.26%) Jupyter
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 12 (63.16%) Azure
2 6 (31.58%) AWS
2 6 (31.58%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (31.58%) GCP
3 3 (15.79%) AWS CloudFormation
3 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 2 (10.53%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (10.53%) Azure AKS
4 2 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (10.53%) CloudBees
4 2 (10.53%) GitHub
4 2 (10.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.26%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (5.26%) IaaS
5 1 (5.26%) OpenShift
5 1 (5.26%) PaaS
5 1 (5.26%) SaaS
5 1 (5.26%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Firewall
1 5 (26.32%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) BigQuery
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Jenkins
2 4 (21.05%) Git
2 4 (21.05%) GitLab
3 2 (10.53%) SonarQube
4 1 (5.26%) MLflow
4 1 (5.26%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (5.26%) TestDirector
General
1 6 (31.58%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Security Architect
2 3 (15.79%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) AWS Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Information Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (10.53%) Security Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Security Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) AWS CDK
1 2 (10.53%) Node.js
2 1 (5.26%) Keycloak
2 1 (5.26%) PyTorch
2 1 (5.26%) TensorFlow
2 1 (5.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Cloud Native
2 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (15.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (15.79%) Public Cloud
2 3 (15.79%) Security Posture
3 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (10.53%) PKI
4 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 12 (63.16%) DevOps
3 11 (57.89%) CI/CD
4 9 (47.37%) DevSecOps
4 9 (47.37%) SDLC
5 8 (42.11%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (36.84%) Agile
6 7 (36.84%) Mentoring
6 7 (36.84%) Security Testing
7 6 (31.58%) SIEM
7 6 (31.58%) Test Automation
7 6 (31.58%) Threat Modelling
8 5 (26.32%) Architectural Design
8 5 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (26.32%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (26.32%) Information Security
8 5 (26.32%) Secrets Management
8 5 (26.32%) Secure Coding
8 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (26.32%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) Python
2 4 (21.05%) Shell Script
3 2 (10.53%) Bash
3 2 (10.53%) Go
3 2 (10.53%) Java
3 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.53%) Kotlin
3 2 (10.53%) Perl
3 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 2 (10.53%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.26%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 5 (26.32%) CISSP
4 4 (21.05%) AWS Certification
5 3 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (15.79%) Azure Certification
5 3 (15.79%) CCSP
5 3 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (15.79%) CISM
6 2 (10.53%) CISA
6 2 (10.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (10.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (5.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) CEH
7 1 (5.26%) CSSLP
7 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (26.32%) NIST
3 3 (15.79%) GDPR
3 3 (15.79%) PCI DSS
3 3 (15.79%) PSD2
4 2 (10.53%) GRC
4 2 (10.53%) NCSC
5 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (5.26%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (5.26%) EU AI Act
5 1 (5.26%) QA
5 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Docker
2 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (47.37%) Kubernetes
2 6 (31.58%) Terraform
3 5 (26.32%) Ansible
4 3 (15.79%) Grafana
4 3 (15.79%) Prometheus
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (10.53%) Packer
5 2 (10.53%) SCCM
6 1 (5.26%) Argo
6 1 (5.26%) Istio
6 1 (5.26%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Google
1 2 (10.53%) Tenable
2 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Qualys
2 1 (5.26%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.26%) Splunk
2 1 (5.26%) VMware