OWASP Contracts in the Thames Valley

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring OWASP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited OWASP over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 143 166
Rank change year-on-year +20 +23 -28
Contract jobs citing OWASP 14 4 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.52% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.15% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile - - £600
25th Percentile - £425 £604
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £567 £620
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% -8.51% -0.80%
75th Percentile £650 £702 £642
90th Percentile - - £651
South East median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -2.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

OWASP 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,291 2,607 3,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.42% 90.62% 89.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,259 1,771 2,166
10th Percentile £224 £313 £250
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £699 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.79% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 67 89
10th Percentile £14.50 £17.00 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £25.23 £12.31
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +201.38% -17.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.59 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £67.39
South East median hourly rate £49.50 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.71% +133.33% -10.00%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for OWASP in the Thames Valley

OWASP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing OWASP in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for OWASP in the Thames Valley

OWASP
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OWASP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Berkshire -2 11 £650 +14.59% 1
Buckinghamshire - 3 £550 -
OWASP
South East

OWASP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Consultant
1 10 (71.43%) Security Consultant
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 4 (28.57%) Security Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Development Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Lead Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Operations Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Security Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Data Centre
2 3 (21.43%) IoT
3 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (85.71%) Vulnerability Management
2 11 (78.57%) Application Security
3 9 (64.29%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (64.29%) Information Security
3 9 (64.29%) Information Security Management
3 9 (64.29%) ITIL
3 9 (64.29%) Security Management
4 8 (57.14%) Conflict Resolution
4 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (50.00%) Budget Management
5 7 (50.00%) Budgeting
5 7 (50.00%) Capacity Management
5 7 (50.00%) Project Planning
5 7 (50.00%) Risk Management
5 7 (50.00%) Roadmaps
6 5 (35.71%) Security Testing
6 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
7 3 (21.43%) DevOps
7 3 (21.43%) DevSecOps
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) COBIT
1 9 (64.29%) GDPR
1 9 (64.29%) NIST