Static Application Security Testing Contracts in London

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Static Application Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Static Application Security Testing over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 424 562
Rank change year-on-year +101 +138 -96
Contract jobs citing Static Application Security Testing 67 53 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.38% 0.21% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.23% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 33 23
10th Percentile £503 £465 £530
25th Percentile £600 £500 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £731
90th Percentile £823 £835 £744
England median daily rate £650 £650 £650
% change year-on-year - - +15.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Static Application Security Testing 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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,450 23,106 35,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.36% 90.87% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,083 16,714 26,163
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 262 405
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.21 £35.08
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% +11.79% +7.35%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Static Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Static Application Security Testing in London

Static Application Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Static Application Security Testing in London

Static Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Static Application Security Testing in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Static Application Security Testing in London

Static Application Security Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Static Application Security Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
East London +3 11 £650 -18.75%
Central London +35 1 £900 +46.94% 1
Static Application Security Testing
England

Static Application Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (2.99%) Confluence
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.49%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 19 (28.36%) Azure
2 13 (19.40%) AWS
3 9 (13.43%) GCP
4 4 (5.97%) Miro
5 1 (1.49%) Azure AKS
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.49%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.49%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) Firewall
2 1 (1.49%) HTTP
2 1 (1.49%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.49%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.49%) MySQL
1 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (11.94%) Jenkins
2 5 (7.46%) GitLab
3 3 (4.48%) Burp Suite
4 2 (2.99%) JIRA
5 1 (1.49%) Git
5 1 (1.49%) Selenium
General
1 43 (64.18%) Finance
2 11 (16.42%) Financial Institution
3 7 (10.45%) Banking
3 7 (10.45%) Social Skills
4 6 (8.96%) Front Office
5 4 (5.97%) Retail
6 3 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 20 (29.85%) Project Manager
1 20 (29.85%) Security Manager
1 20 (29.85%) Security Project Manager
2 17 (25.37%) Architect
2 17 (25.37%) Security Architect
3 14 (20.90%) Applications Architect
4 13 (19.40%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 13 (19.40%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 13 (19.40%) Security Engineer
5 8 (11.94%) CISSP Manager
6 7 (10.45%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Contracts Manager
7 6 (8.96%) Information Architect
7 6 (8.96%) Information Security Architect
7 6 (8.96%) IT Manager
7 6 (8.96%) IT Project Manager
7 6 (8.96%) IT Security Manager
7 6 (8.96%) IT Security Project Manager
7 6 (8.96%) IT Services Manager
7 6 (8.96%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.97%) GraphQL
1 4 (5.97%) Java EE
1 4 (5.97%) REST
1 4 (5.97%) SOAP
1 4 (5.97%) Spring
1 4 (5.97%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.49%) AWS CDK
2 1 (1.49%) JSON
2 1 (1.49%) RESTful
2 1 (1.49%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.91%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (4.48%) PMI
2 3 (4.48%) Security Posture
3 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.49%) IoT
3 1 (1.49%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Linux
1 1 (1.49%) Unix
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (92.54%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 37 (55.22%) Application Security
3 27 (40.30%) Security Testing
4 22 (32.84%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (31.34%) CI/CD
5 21 (31.34%) Vulnerability Management
6 19 (28.36%) Information Security
6 19 (28.36%) Interactive Application Security Testing
6 19 (28.36%) Threat Modelling
7 18 (26.87%) DevSecOps
8 17 (25.37%) Project Management
9 15 (22.39%) DevOps
10 14 (20.90%) Project Delivery
11 10 (14.93%) Agile
11 10 (14.93%) Software Engineering
12 8 (11.94%) Penetration Testing
12 8 (11.94%) Secure Coding
12 8 (11.94%) Test Automation
13 7 (10.45%) SDLC
13 7 (10.45%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.42%) Java
2 7 (10.45%) C++
3 5 (7.46%) Bash
3 5 (7.46%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (31.34%) CISSP
2 20 (29.85%) CISM
3 17 (25.37%) CISA
4 3 (4.48%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.99%) CRISC
6 1 (1.49%) CCNP
6 1 (1.49%) CEH
6 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.49%) Degree
6 1 (1.49%) GCIA
6 1 (1.49%) GCIH
6 1 (1.49%) GIAC
6 1 (1.49%) GSEC
6 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (10.45%) QA
2 4 (5.97%) GDPR
3 3 (4.48%) HIPAA
3 3 (4.48%) NIST
3 3 (4.48%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (5.97%) Docker
1 4 (5.97%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (14.93%) Kubernetes
1 10 (14.93%) Terraform
2 5 (7.46%) Ansible
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.49%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.97%) Checkmarx
2 4 (5.97%) Veracode
3 3 (4.48%) Qualys
4 1 (1.49%) ArcSight
4 1 (1.49%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.49%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.49%) Okta
4 1 (1.49%) Splunk
4 1 (1.49%) VMware