Application Security Contracts

Application Security (AppSec)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 340 272 339
Rank change year-on-year -68 +67 +11
Contract jobs citing Application Security 265 531 683
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.61% 0.95% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 1.06% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 398 476
10th Percentile £484 £482 £425
25th Percentile £543 £543 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £647 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% +7.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £688
90th Percentile £793 £836 £781
UK excluding London median daily rate £643 £650 £588
% change year-on-year -1.15% +10.54% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £42.00
25th Percentile - - £45.00
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £63.50
90th Percentile - - £71.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £77.00
% change year-on-year - - +258.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,078 50,015 79,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.30% 89.70% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,703 34,589 56,207
10th Percentile £300 £325 £349
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £646
90th Percentile £750 £750 £741
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,565 1,687 1,878
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +10.45%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Application Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Application Security in the UK

Application Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Application Security in the UK

Application Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Security over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Application Security in the UK

Application Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Application Security.

Hourly rate trend for Application Security in the UK

Application Security
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England -51 227 £625 -3.85% 88
London -56 136 £600 -14.29% 34
Work from Home +21 91 £600 -7.69% 40
UK excluding London +1 91 £643 -1.15% 48
North of England +17 37 £650 +7.26% 17
South East +1 24 £600 -14.29% 11
North West +18 18 £676 +11.55% 12
Yorkshire +20 16 £624 +8.43% 5
South West +26 15 £613 -12.50% 5
Scotland +38 8 £623 +42.29% 1
Midlands -24 7 £650 +7.26% 10
West Midlands -22 6 £650 +9.24% 9
Wales +18 2 £666 +40.26%
North East +2 2 £625 -26.23%
East Midlands +3 1 £567 -6.44% 1
East of England +3 1 - - 3

Application Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (2.26%) Confluence
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.38%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.38%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 83 (31.32%) AWS
2 72 (27.17%) Azure
3 46 (17.36%) GCP
4 19 (7.17%) SaaS
5 16 (6.04%) Serverless
6 15 (5.66%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (4.91%) IaaS
7 13 (4.91%) PaaS
8 11 (4.15%) GitHub
9 10 (3.77%) Entra ID
9 10 (3.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.26%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.89%) CloudFront
11 5 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.89%) WhatsApp
12 4 (1.51%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.51%) Slack
13 3 (1.13%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 40 (15.09%) Firewall
2 34 (12.83%) Network Security
3 13 (4.91%) HTTPS
4 11 (4.15%) DNS
4 11 (4.15%) VPN
5 10 (3.77%) Wireless
6 9 (3.40%) Internet
7 7 (2.64%) BIG-IP
8 6 (2.26%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (1.89%) HTTP
9 5 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (1.89%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.89%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.89%) WAN
10 4 (1.51%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (1.13%) DHCP
11 3 (1.13%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 3 (1.13%) NGFW
11 3 (1.13%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (1.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.53%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.40%) MySQL
3 4 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.51%) Metadata
3 4 (1.51%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.51%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (1.13%) Data Vault
4 3 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.38%) DB2
6 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.66%) Jenkins
2 14 (5.28%) Git
2 14 (5.28%) Sonatype Nexus
3 12 (4.53%) JIRA
4 11 (4.15%) Burp Suite
5 9 (3.40%) GitLab
6 8 (3.02%) Robot Framework
7 6 (2.26%) Gradle
7 6 (2.26%) Maven
8 4 (1.51%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (1.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (1.13%) CircleCI
9 3 (1.13%) SonarQube
9 3 (1.13%) Travis CI
9 3 (1.13%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.75%) Appium
10 2 (0.75%) AppScan
10 2 (0.75%) git-flow
10 2 (0.75%) Subversion
10 2 (0.75%) XCUITest
General
1 75 (28.30%) Finance
2 43 (16.23%) Social Skills
3 35 (13.21%) Banking
4 28 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.91%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.53%) Retail
7 11 (4.15%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (4.15%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.26%) Financial Institution
8 6 (2.26%) Front Office
9 5 (1.89%) Legal
10 4 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Automotive
11 2 (0.75%) Publishing
12 1 (0.38%) Arabic Language
12 1 (0.38%) Back Office
12 1 (0.38%) Electronics
12 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 107 (40.38%) Architect
2 70 (26.42%) Security Architect
3 36 (13.58%) Consultant
4 35 (13.21%) Security Consultant
5 34 (12.83%) Security Engineer
6 33 (12.45%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (7.92%) Applications Engineer
8 20 (7.55%) Applications Architect
9 19 (7.17%) Senior
10 16 (6.04%) DevSecOps Architect
11 15 (5.66%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (4.15%) Analyst
13 10 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 10 (3.77%) Penetration Tester
13 10 (3.77%) Security Manager
13 10 (3.77%) Senior Architect
13 10 (3.77%) Tester
14 9 (3.40%) Cloud Architect
14 9 (3.40%) Senior Security Architect
15 8 (3.02%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.79%) SailPoint
2 9 (3.40%) OAuth
3 7 (2.64%) SAML
4 6 (2.26%) .NET
4 6 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (1.89%) CSS
5 5 (1.89%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (1.89%) HTML
5 5 (1.89%) HTML5
5 5 (1.89%) JSON
5 5 (1.89%) Kafka
5 5 (1.89%) OAuth2
6 4 (1.51%) XML
6 4 (1.51%) YAML
7 3 (1.13%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.13%) OpenID
7 3 (1.13%) REST
7 3 (1.13%) RESTful
7 3 (1.13%) Web Services
8 2 (0.75%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.43%) Mobile App
2 16 (6.04%) PKI
3 15 (5.66%) IoT
4 14 (5.28%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.53%) Data Centre
5 12 (4.53%) Product Ownership
6 11 (4.15%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.02%) Hedge funds
7 8 (3.02%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.26%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.51%) CMDB
11 3 (1.13%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.13%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.13%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.38%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.72%) Windows
2 29 (10.94%) Linux
3 16 (6.04%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.91%) Unix
4 13 (4.91%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (1.89%) CentOS
5 5 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.75%) Android
6 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (31.70%) CI/CD
1 84 (31.70%) Cloud Security
2 74 (27.92%) DevOps
3 73 (27.55%) Cybersecurity
4 71 (26.79%) DevSecOps
5 65 (24.53%) Agile
6 59 (22.26%) Information Security
7 52 (19.62%) SDLC
8 51 (19.25%) Identity Access Management
9 50 (18.87%) Security Testing
10 46 (17.36%) Deployment Automation
10 46 (17.36%) Static Application Security Testing
11 45 (16.98%) Threat Modelling
12 41 (15.47%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
12 41 (15.47%) Penetration Testing
12 41 (15.47%) Security Architecture
13 39 (14.72%) Vulnerability Management
14 37 (13.96%) OWASP
15 30 (11.32%) Infrastructure as Code
15 30 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 46 (17.36%) Python
2 28 (10.57%) PowerShell
3 18 (6.79%) C++
4 16 (6.04%) Bash
5 14 (5.28%) Shell Script
6 12 (4.53%) JavaScript
7 11 (4.15%) Java
8 9 (3.40%) SQL
9 8 (3.02%) Ruby
10 6 (2.26%) Groovy
10 6 (2.26%) PHP
11 5 (1.89%) C#
11 5 (1.89%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.51%) C
12 4 (1.51%) Go
13 3 (1.13%) ActionScript
13 3 (1.13%) Perl
14 2 (0.75%) Swift
14 2 (0.75%) VBScript
15 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (11.32%) CISSP
2 26 (9.81%) CISM
3 23 (8.68%) Security Cleared
4 19 (7.17%) Degree
5 18 (6.79%) AWS Certification
6 16 (6.04%) CISA
7 15 (5.66%) SC Cleared
8 11 (4.15%) CEH
8 11 (4.15%) GIAC
8 11 (4.15%) OSCP
9 9 (3.40%) CREST Certified
10 8 (3.02%) GPEN
11 7 (2.64%) ISACA
11 7 (2.64%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.64%) MBA
12 5 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.89%) DV Cleared
12 5 (1.89%) SANS
13 4 (1.51%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (16.60%) NIST
2 17 (6.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (5.28%) GDPR
3 14 (5.28%) QA
4 11 (4.15%) COBIT
5 8 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (2.64%) PCI DSS
6 7 (2.64%) RMADS
7 4 (1.51%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.75%) GRC
8 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.38%) GLBA
9 1 (0.38%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (9.43%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.92%) Docker
3 8 (3.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (15.09%) Terraform
2 32 (12.08%) Ansible
3 19 (7.17%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.15%) Puppet
5 6 (2.26%) Grafana
5 6 (2.26%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.89%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.13%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (1.13%) Graylog
7 3 (1.13%) HP Fortify
7 3 (1.13%) Kibana
7 3 (1.13%) logstash
7 3 (1.13%) Nagios
7 3 (1.13%) Nessus
7 3 (1.13%) Thomson Reuters DACS
8 2 (0.75%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.75%) SCCM
8 2 (0.75%) WebInspect
9 1 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.38%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 35 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.17%) CyberArk
3 18 (6.79%) BeyondTrust
3 18 (6.79%) ServiceNow
4 13 (4.91%) F5
5 12 (4.53%) Cisco
5 12 (4.53%) Splunk
6 8 (3.02%) Checkmarx
6 8 (3.02%) Veracode
6 8 (3.02%) VMware
7 7 (2.64%) Fortinet
7 7 (2.64%) SAP
8 6 (2.26%) Juniper
8 6 (2.26%) Palo Alto
8 6 (2.26%) Qualys
9 5 (1.89%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.51%) CheckPoint
10 4 (1.51%) Unisys
11 3 (1.13%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.13%) Rapid7