Dynamic Application Security Testing Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Dynamic Application Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.037% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.051% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - -
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £78,000 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year +35.65% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,888 2,630 5,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 72.73% 93.23% 84.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,510 1,196 4,068
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,375
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Dynamic Application Security Testing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Dynamic Application Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Dynamic Application Security Testing

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Berkshire - 2 £57,500 -
Dynamic Application Security Testing
South East

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA