Application Security Specialist Contract Job Trends

Application Security Specialist
UK

The median Application Security Specialist daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 568 - 627
Rank change year-on-year - - +178
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Specialist 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £705
25th Percentile - - £732
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £803
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.00%
75th Percentile - - £862
90th Percentile - - £882
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £803
% change year-on-year - - -5.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 32,290 34,016 43,872
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.86% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,492 20,527 29,813
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,873 1,272 1,545
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.11 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.45 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.26%

Application Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Application Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Application Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Application Security Specialist
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Work from Home - 1 £500 -
UK excluding London - 1 - - 1
North of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
England - 1 - - 1

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, 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 featuring Application Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft