Application Security Contracts in West Yorkshire

Application Security (AppSec)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for Application Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Application Security over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 87 106
Rank change year-on-year +24 +19 -19
Contract jobs citing Application Security 8 10 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.83% 0.66% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.73% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile £605 £509 £426
25th Percentile £613 £525 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +12.20% -13.87%
75th Percentile - £625 £578
90th Percentile - £638 £653
Yorkshire median daily rate £624 £575 £590
% change year-on-year +8.43% -2.54% +9.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Application Security 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 West Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 838 1,379 1,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 86.48% 91.51% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 948 1,225
10th Percentile £300 £350 £286
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% +5.82%
75th Percentile £576 £625 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 19 48
10th Percentile £11.95 £12.00 £10.51
25th Percentile £12.15 £14.46 £12.75
Median hourly rate £12.53 £20.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -37.35% +6.95% -18.70%
75th Percentile £15.24 £44.88 £22.43
90th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £27.70
Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 £10.63 £18.60
% change year-on-year +27.00% -42.85% -6.73%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing Application Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in West Yorkshire

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Application Security in West Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Application Security in West Yorkshire

Application Security
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Security within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Leeds +25 7 £638 +10.87% 4
Application Security
Yorkshire

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 3 (37.50%) Legal
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Applications Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) AWS Architect
1 3 (37.50%) AWS Security Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (37.50%) Security Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 4 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 4 (50.00%) Offensive Security
1 4 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (50.00%) Red Team
2 3 (37.50%) Thought Leadership
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) C++
2 4 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CEH
1 4 (50.00%) CREST Certified
1 4 (50.00%) GIAC
1 4 (50.00%) GPEN
1 4 (50.00%) OSCP
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Qualys
1 1 (12.50%) Rapid7