Application Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Application Security Specialist
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Application Security Specialist daily rate in West Yorkshire is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile £418 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 885 503 1,063
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 94.37% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 310 647
10th Percentile £290 £235 £263
25th Percentile £400 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £644 £638 £668
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 22 25
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.49 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £22.14 £12.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £25.84 £15.23
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +69.67% -54.91%
75th Percentile £46.25 £38.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £91.23 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 £22.32 £13.96
% change year-on-year +32.97% +59.89% -36.55%

Application Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Application Security Specialist job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Application Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Application Security Specialist job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Application Security Specialist job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Application Security Specialist
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Halifax - 3 £325 -
Leeds - 2 £325 -
Application Security Specialist
Yorkshire

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 28 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Application Security Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Akamai
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (100.00%) Akamai
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript