Cyber Threat Contracts in Scotland

Cyber Threats
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 156 174
Rank change year-on-year +39 +18 -13
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 10 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.47% 0.45% 0.059%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.46% 1.22% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 2
10th Percentile £441 £454 £523
25th Percentile £450 £516 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% -4.35% -2.75%
75th Percentile £538 £556 £613
90th Percentile £550 £566 £628
UK median daily rate £583 £593 £625
% change year-on-year -1.73% -5.08% +19.05%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Cyber Threat is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 684 982 1,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 31.90% 36.42% 35.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 661 838
10th Percentile £200 £200 £284
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £488 £485
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +0.52% +14.12%
75th Percentile £560 £550 £560
90th Percentile £651 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 27 25
10th Percentile £12.68 - £16.38
25th Percentile £15.74 £10.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.13 £13.16 £41.95
Median % change year-on-year +37.77% -68.63% +30.08%
75th Percentile £29.59 £22.15 £52.50
90th Percentile £59.45 £50.14 £56.80
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in Scotland

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in Scotland

Cyber Threat
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Edinburgh +30 8 £488 +14.71%
Glasgow +14 2 - - 4
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (10.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 7 (70.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) SSL
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (90.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 5 (50.00%) Security Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Security Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Security Advisor
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 8 (80.00%) Penetration Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Risk Assessment
2 8 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 4 (40.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Email Filtering
3 4 (40.00%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 4 (40.00%) Static Application Security Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
6 1 (10.00%) Social Engineering
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (70.00%) Degree
2 7 (70.00%) MCSE
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (40.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft