Dynamic Application Security Testing Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Dynamic Application Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Dynamic Application Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 571 659
Rank change year-on-year +192 +88 +116
Permanent jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing 18 21 14
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.062% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.068% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 8
10th Percentile £72,500 - £79,625
25th Percentile - - £81,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -33.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile - £91,991 £98,125
90th Percentile £77,500 £99,694 £101,258
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -25.71% +9.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Dynamic Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Dynamic Application Security Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Dynamic Application Security Testing.

Dynamic Application Security Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Dynamic Application Security Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) AWS
2 9 (50.00%) Azure
3 8 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (44.44%) GitHub
3 8 (44.44%) GitHub Actions
3 8 (44.44%) IaaS
3 8 (44.44%) PaaS
3 8 (44.44%) SaaS
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (5.56%) Datadog
4 1 (5.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 14 (77.78%) SonarQube
2 7 (38.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 7 (38.89%) Jenkins
2 7 (38.89%) JIRA
3 6 (33.33%) AppScan
4 1 (5.56%) Bitbucket
4 1 (5.56%) GitLab
4 1 (5.56%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (5.56%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Environment And Release Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Environment Manager
2 3 (16.67%) JIRA Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Release Manager
3 1 (5.56%) Applications Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Consultant
3 1 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) ARM Templates
1 8 (44.44%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (5.56%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 14 (77.78%) Management Information System
2 8 (44.44%) Onboarding
3 3 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 17 (94.44%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (83.33%) DevOps
4 11 (61.11%) Software Engineering
5 9 (50.00%) Application Security
5 9 (50.00%) DevSecOps
6 8 (44.44%) Containerisation
6 8 (44.44%) Continuous Delivery
6 8 (44.44%) Deployment Automation
6 8 (44.44%) Functional Testing
6 8 (44.44%) Mentoring
6 8 (44.44%) Non-Functional Testing
6 8 (44.44%) Performance Analysis
6 8 (44.44%) Project Management
6 8 (44.44%) Release Management
6 8 (44.44%) Test Automation
7 6 (33.33%) Design Patterns
7 6 (33.33%) RAD
8 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 2 (11.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Go
1 1 (5.56%) Groovy
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (5.56%) CASP
3 1 (5.56%) CISM
3 1 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (5.56%) CREST Certified
3 1 (5.56%) CSSLP
3 1 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) GIAC
3 1 (5.56%) GWAPT
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) NCSC
2 6 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (5.56%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (66.67%) Ansible
2 11 (61.11%) Kubernetes
3 8 (44.44%) Terraform
4 6 (33.33%) Progress Chef
4 6 (33.33%) Puppet
5 1 (5.56%) Grafana
5 1 (5.56%) HP Fortify
5 1 (5.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Atlassian
2 2 (11.11%) Splunk
3 1 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.56%) Darktrace
3 1 (5.56%) Dynatrace
3 1 (5.56%) McAfee