Application Security Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire
Application Security (AppSec)
South West > Wiltshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Application Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 64 | 54 | 60 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -10 | +6 | +15 |
| Contract jobs citing Application Security | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire | 0.40% | 0.24% | 0.17% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.50% | 0.26% | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £551 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £552 | £456 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £558 | £488 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +14.36% | -18.75% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £567 | £519 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £570 | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £538 | £450 | £613 |
| % change year-on-year | +19.44% | -26.53% | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire
Application Security 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 Wiltshire.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 599 | 383 | 506 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire | 80.51% | 91.85% | 85.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 395 | 249 | 352 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £261 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £458 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £644 | £656 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £736 |
| South West median daily rate | £538 | £508 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.91% | -3.33% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 45 | 30 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £12.50 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £14.10 | £18.87 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £17.85 | £22.38 | £12.79 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.25% | +75.00% | -78.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £25.15 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £85.25 | £25.49 | £22.23 |
| South West median hourly rate | £60.33 | £25.15 | £67.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +139.88% | -62.74% | +12.50% |
Application Security Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Application Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.
Application Security Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Application Security.
Application Security Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corsham | -11 | 3 | £558 | +14.36% | 2 |
| Application Security South West |
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Application Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 3 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Agile | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Containerisation | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Integration Testing | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | ITIL | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Runbook | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Service Management | 66.7% | 2 |
| 3 | Validation | 66.7% | 2 |