Hybrid/Remote Application Security Specialist Contract Job Trends

Application Security Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Security Specialist daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £575, 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 322 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Application Security Specialist 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.035% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £513 - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £631 - -
90th Percentile £658 - -
UK median daily rate £425 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 10,570 9,956 15,392
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 93.33% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,814 6,533 10,363
10th Percentile £340 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -3.67%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £630
90th Percentile £725 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 187 517
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.13 £20.82
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% -15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65.22 £64.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.41 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -3.60% -0.71% -12.50%

Application Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Application Security Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Application Security Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Application Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Application Security Specialist job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Application Security Specialist job vacancies

Application Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Application Security Specialist over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Application Security Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Application Security Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Application Security
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (50.00%) CEH
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) CISM
3 2 (50.00%) CISMP
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) CSSLP
3 2 (50.00%) GCIH
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 2 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Amazon Bedrock
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (25.00%) CCSP
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement

Application Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Amazon Bedrock
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mainframe
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) AI Agents
2 1 (25.00%) CMDB
2 1 (25.00%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Application Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cryptography
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) EBIOS
4 1 (25.00%) Observability
4 1 (25.00%) Runbook
4 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) CEH
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CISM
1 2 (50.00%) CISMP
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) CSSLP
1 2 (50.00%) GCIH
2 1 (25.00%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) OpenAI
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow