Dynamic Application Security Testing Job Trends in the South East

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Dynamic Application Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 296 292
Rank change year-on-year +48 -4 -
Permanent jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing 22 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.11% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.13% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 19 0 0
10th Percentile £35,900 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,500 - -
75th Percentile £97,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year +13.33% -5.82% -0.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Dynamic Application Security Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Dynamic Application Security Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Dynamic Application Security Testing job vacancy trend in the South East

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Dynamic Application Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Dynamic Application Security Testing

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Dynamic Application Security Testing in the South East

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire - 20 £80,750 -
Kent - 2 £112,500 - 1
Dynamic Application Security Testing
England

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) Apache
1 4 (18.18%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (18.18%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 21 (95.45%) Azure
2 20 (90.91%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (77.27%) AWS
4 4 (18.18%) Amazon S3
4 4 (18.18%) MinIO
4 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.55%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 12 (54.55%) DNS
2 2 (9.09%) HTTP
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (4.55%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Airbyte
Development Applications
1 21 (95.45%) Snyk
2 19 (86.36%) Robot Framework
2 19 (86.36%) Selenium
3 16 (72.73%) Git
General
1 13 (59.09%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (59.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Lead
2 8 (36.36%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Applications Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Lead DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Junior
5 1 (4.55%) Junior DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) Junior DevOps Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (18.18%) Kafka
2 1 (4.55%) .NET
2 1 (4.55%) OAuth
2 1 (4.55%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Product Ownership
2 6 (27.27%) Cloud Native
3 4 (18.18%) Low-Code
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
5 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Linux
1 12 (54.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 22 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 21 (95.45%) DevSecOps
3 20 (90.91%) DevOps
3 20 (90.91%) Interactive Application Security Testing
3 20 (90.91%) Secrets Management
3 20 (90.91%) Test Management
4 19 (86.36%) Infrastructure as Code
5 16 (72.73%) Agile
5 16 (72.73%) Scrum
6 13 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (54.55%) Build Automation
7 12 (54.55%) Roadmaps
8 11 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (36.36%) Mentoring
10 7 (31.82%) Dependency Management
11 4 (18.18%) ArchiMate
11 4 (18.18%) Microservices
11 4 (18.18%) Presales
11 4 (18.18%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) Security Cleared
2 16 (72.73%) DV Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) GRC
Systems Management
1 19 (86.36%) Ansible
1 19 (86.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (86.36%) Black Duck
1 19 (86.36%) Coverity
2 4 (18.18%) BiZZdesign
2 4 (18.18%) Blue Prism
2 4 (18.18%) UiPath
2 4 (18.18%) VMware
3 2 (9.09%) Checkmarx
3 2 (9.09%) Qualys
3 2 (9.09%) Salesforce