Hybrid/Remote Application Security Analyst Contract Job Trends

Applications Security Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Applications Security Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 - 416
Rank change year-on-year - - +187
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Analyst 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £515
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.34%
75th Percentile - - £530
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,210 11,890 19,123
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.47% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,076 7,604 13,506
10th Percentile £325 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 296 442
10th Percentile £13.30 £19.59 £16.98
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £40.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -10.00% +3.63%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.14 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Application Security Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Application Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Application Security Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Application Security Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Application Security Analyst job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Application Security Analyst job vacancies

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Application Security Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Application Security Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 1 (100.00%) Nexpose
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable

Application Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable