Secure Coding Contracts in England

Secure Code Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Secure Coding skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Secure Coding over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 446 579 609
Rank change year-on-year +133 +30 -81
Contract jobs citing Secure Coding 85 67 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.15% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 48 122
10th Percentile £450 £410 £405
25th Percentile £550 £525 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% +18.56%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £660
90th Percentile £706 £752 £825
UK median daily rate £650 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +13.04% - +16.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £73.80
25th Percentile - - £74.25
Median hourly rate - - £77.50
75th Percentile - - £80.25
90th Percentile - - £80.40
UK median hourly rate - - £77.50
% change year-on-year - - +55.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Secure Coding is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,426 43,648 64,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.34% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,611 30,630 45,872
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 1,533 1,757
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.13 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

Secure Coding
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Secure Coding as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Secure Coding in England.

Daily rate trend for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Secure Coding in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Secure Coding in England.

Hourly rate trend for Secure Coding in England

Secure Coding
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Secure Coding within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
London +106 41 £650 +2.97% 31
South West +21 15 £650 +62.50% 4
North of England +35 14 £622 +10.48% 3
South East +29 14 £675 +17.39% 16
Yorkshire - 11 £625 -
North West +11 3 £463 -17.85% 1
East of England +10 1 £675 - 3
Secure Coding
UK

Secure Coding
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (12.94%) Confluence
2 2 (2.35%) Apache
2 2 (2.35%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 40 (47.06%) AWS
2 31 (36.47%) Azure
3 15 (17.65%) GitHub
4 12 (14.12%) GCP
5 9 (10.59%) Kong
6 8 (9.41%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (8.24%) Azure Functions
7 7 (8.24%) Serverless
8 6 (7.06%) Apigee
8 6 (7.06%) Azure API Management
8 6 (7.06%) Azure Batch
8 6 (7.06%) Azure Key Vault
8 6 (7.06%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (7.06%) Azure Service Bus
8 6 (7.06%) Azure Storage
8 6 (7.06%) Power Automate
8 6 (7.06%) Power Platform
8 6 (7.06%) PowerApps
9 4 (4.71%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (4.71%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.65%) Firewall
2 11 (12.94%) TCP/IP
3 10 (11.76%) DNS
3 10 (11.76%) HTTP
4 9 (10.59%) VPN
5 6 (7.06%) Network Security
6 4 (4.71%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (3.53%) BIG-IP
7 3 (3.53%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 3 (3.53%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (3.53%) SSL
8 1 (1.18%) DHCP
8 1 (1.18%) HTTPS
8 1 (1.18%) Kerberos
8 1 (1.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (21.18%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (16.47%) Oracle Database
3 13 (15.29%) Oracle Database 11g
4 10 (11.76%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (8.24%) SQL Server
6 6 (7.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (7.06%) Big Data
6 6 (7.06%) Data Lake
6 6 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (7.06%) OLTP
7 5 (5.88%) GIS
7 5 (5.88%) Spatial Data
8 4 (4.71%) MySQL
9 3 (3.53%) MongoDB
10 2 (2.35%) NoSQL
10 2 (2.35%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (1.18%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (1.18%) CouchDB
11 1 (1.18%) Oracle Exadata
11 1 (1.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 21 (24.71%) Git
2 14 (16.47%) Jenkins
3 11 (12.94%) JIRA
4 10 (11.76%) CircleCI
4 10 (11.76%) Travis CI
5 9 (10.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 9 (10.59%) GitLab
6 6 (7.06%) Visual Studio Team System
7 2 (2.35%) Android Studio
8 1 (1.18%) Darcs
8 1 (1.18%) Gradle
8 1 (1.18%) Jaeger
8 1 (1.18%) Maven
8 1 (1.18%) Mercurial
8 1 (1.18%) Mockito
8 1 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (23.53%) Finance
2 16 (18.82%) Social Skills
3 12 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (12.94%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.06%) Banking
6 5 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.53%) Electronics
7 3 (3.53%) Marketing
7 3 (3.53%) Retail
7 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.35%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.18%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (54.12%) Developer
2 14 (16.47%) Full Stack Developer
3 13 (15.29%) PostgreSQL Developer
4 12 (14.12%) Architect
4 12 (14.12%) Security Architect
5 10 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 10 (11.76%) Security Engineer
6 7 (8.24%) Applications Architect
7 6 (7.06%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) DevOps Automation Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) GIS Developer
9 4 (4.71%) JavaScript Developer
9 4 (4.71%) Operations Engineer
9 4 (4.71%) Software Developer
10 3 (3.53%) Applications Developer
10 3 (3.53%) Applications Engineer
10 3 (3.53%) Consultant
10 3 (3.53%) Lead
10 3 (3.53%) Python Developer
10 3 (3.53%) Spatial Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.00%) XML
2 16 (18.82%) AngularJS
2 16 (18.82%) JSON
3 14 (16.47%) React
4 12 (14.12%) Spring
5 10 (11.76%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (11.76%) YAML
6 8 (9.41%) Web Services
7 6 (7.06%) .NET
7 6 (7.06%) ARM Templates
7 6 (7.06%) HTML
8 5 (5.88%) CSS
9 4 (4.71%) AWS CDK
9 4 (4.71%) REST
9 4 (4.71%) RESTful
10 3 (3.53%) Flask
11 2 (2.35%) Android SDK
11 2 (2.35%) Node.js
11 2 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (2.35%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.59%) Data Structures
2 6 (7.06%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.71%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.53%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.35%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (2.35%) Web 2.0
6 1 (1.18%) CBDC
6 1 (1.18%) Digital Currency
6 1 (1.18%) PKI
6 1 (1.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.71%) Android
2 3 (3.53%) Windows
3 2 (2.35%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.35%) Linux
4 1 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (60.00%) DevOps
2 34 (40.00%) Agile
3 28 (32.94%) Clean Code
4 26 (30.59%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (29.41%) Unit Testing
6 21 (24.71%) Project Management
7 20 (23.53%) Migration
8 19 (22.35%) Data Migration
9 18 (21.18%) Scrum
10 16 (18.82%) DevSecOps
10 16 (18.82%) Software Engineering
11 15 (17.65%) Architectural Design
11 15 (17.65%) Change Management
11 15 (17.65%) CI/CD
11 15 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (16.47%) Containerisation
12 14 (16.47%) Full Stack Development
12 14 (16.47%) Information Security
12 14 (16.47%) Programme Management
12 14 (16.47%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 36 (42.35%) Python
2 30 (35.29%) Java
3 19 (22.35%) JavaScript
3 19 (22.35%) PowerShell
4 15 (17.65%) SQL
5 13 (15.29%) PL/SQL
6 12 (14.12%) C
7 9 (10.59%) Bash
7 9 (10.59%) C#
8 7 (8.24%) C++
9 3 (3.53%) ActionScript
10 2 (2.35%) Go
10 2 (2.35%) Kotlin
11 1 (1.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 32 (37.65%) Security Cleared
2 20 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.24%) CISSP
3 7 (8.24%) Degree
3 7 (8.24%) DV Cleared
4 5 (5.88%) CEH
4 5 (5.88%) CISM
4 5 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.53%) CSSLP
5 3 (3.53%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.35%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.18%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.18%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (1.18%) CISA
7 1 (1.18%) GCIA
7 1 (1.18%) GCIH
7 1 (1.18%) GIAC
7 1 (1.18%) GSEC
7 1 (1.18%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (29.41%) QA
2 8 (9.41%) NIST
3 7 (8.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (3.53%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (3.53%) GPG13
4 3 (3.53%) NCSC
4 3 (3.53%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.35%) COBIT
5 2 (2.35%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 16 (18.82%) Docker
2 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (24.71%) Terraform
2 16 (18.82%) Kubernetes
3 14 (16.47%) Grafana
3 14 (16.47%) Prometheus
4 11 (12.94%) Ansible
5 10 (11.76%) Kibana
5 10 (11.76%) logstash
5 10 (11.76%) Progress Chef
5 10 (11.76%) Puppet
6 9 (10.59%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (2.35%) Nessus
8 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (20.00%) Oracle
2 10 (11.76%) Splunk
3 7 (8.24%) Microsoft
4 6 (7.06%) Qualys
5 5 (5.88%) ESRI
6 4 (4.71%) SAP
7 3 (3.53%) F5
8 2 (2.35%) Checkmarx
8 2 (2.35%) Google
8 2 (2.35%) Rapid7
8 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.35%) Veracode
9 1 (1.18%) Atlassian
9 1 (1.18%) VMware