Static Application Security Testing Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Static Application Security Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 77 -
Rank change year-on-year -54 - -
Contract jobs citing Static Application Security Testing 4 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.20% 0.62% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 0
10th Percentile £436 £690 -
25th Percentile £453 £713 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.76% - -
75th Percentile £532 £750 -
90th Percentile £556 - -
England median daily rate £600 £693 £675
% change year-on-year -13.36% +2.59% +8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Static Application Security Testing 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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,743 844 1,593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 89.06% 87.64% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 502 992
10th Percentile £290 £232 £275
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £588
90th Percentile £656 £650 £675
England median daily rate £501 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.67% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 47
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.74 £11.07
25th Percentile £15.29 £16.00 £12.58
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.50 £17.06
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +31.93% +60.44%
75th Percentile £55.00 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £85.61 £53.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -6.85% +4.29%

Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Static Application Security Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Static Application Security Testing job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Static Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Static Application Security Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Static Application Security Testing

Static Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Static Application Security Testing in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Static Application Security Testing in Yorkshire

Static Application Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Static Application Security Testing within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 January 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
West Yorkshire -24 2 £488 -32.76% 1
South Yorkshire - 2 £498 - 2
Static Application Security Testing
England

Static Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (50.00%) Maven
1 2 (50.00%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) JSON
1 2 (50.00%) Node.js
1 2 (50.00%) SLSA
1 2 (50.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (50.00%) Public Cloud
1 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) Application Security
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (50.00%) Data Security
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) SBOM
2 2 (50.00%) Secrets Management
2 2 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 2 (50.00%) Security Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Groovy
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
1 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (50.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Sonatype