Risk Assessment Contracts in Scotland

Risk Assessment
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 150 168
Rank change year-on-year +63 +18 -32
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 28 14 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.31% 0.52% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 0.57% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 6
10th Percentile £450 £416 £222
25th Percentile £472 £450 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £483 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% -12.14% +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £528 £613
90th Percentile £635 £588 £638
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.21% +4.39% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Risk Assessment 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,857 2,457 3,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.65% 91.95% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,716 2,260
10th Percentile £221 £258 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 57 54
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.07 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £43.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.63 £57.05
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Risk Assessment as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
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 Risk Assessment within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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 +40 11 £525 +8.64% 2
Glasgow +14 4 - - 9
Aberdeen - 4 £625 - 5
South Lanarkshire - 2 - - 1
Perthshire +9 1 £500 -
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 5
Fife - 1 - -
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Risk Assessment
UK

Risk Assessment
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:

Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 7 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.57%) Amazon S3
4 1 (3.57%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.57%) OpenShift
4 1 (3.57%) Rekognition
4 1 (3.57%) Serverless
4 1 (3.57%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (14.29%) SSL
3 1 (3.57%) GPRS
3 1 (3.57%) LTE
3 1 (3.57%) Network Security
3 1 (3.57%) SDH
3 1 (3.57%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Amazon Aurora
1 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
General
1 14 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Electronics
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Retail Banking
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 5 (17.86%) Security Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Security Specialist
3 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Lead
4 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Security Advisor
5 2 (7.14%) Coordinator
5 2 (7.14%) SOC Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Developer
6 1 (3.57%) IT Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) IT Security Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Senior
6 1 (3.57%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Telecoms Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) .NET
1 1 (3.57%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 7 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (17.86%) Operational Technology
3 4 (14.29%) PKI
4 3 (10.71%) FMCG
5 1 (3.57%) Credit Risk
5 1 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
1 4 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (39.29%) Threat Modelling
3 10 (35.71%) Agile
3 10 (35.71%) Information Security
4 8 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (28.57%) Security Operations
5 7 (25.00%) ISMS
5 7 (25.00%) ITIL
6 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 4 (14.29%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 4 (14.29%) Email Filtering
6 4 (14.29%) Information Security Management
6 4 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 4 (14.29%) Security Management
6 4 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
6 4 (14.29%) Security Testing
6 4 (14.29%) Static Application Security Testing
7 3 (10.71%) Critical Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) Java
1 1 (3.57%) Python
1 1 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) Degree
2 7 (25.00%) CISSP
2 7 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 7 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (21.43%) MCSE
3 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
5 4 (14.29%) CGEIT
5 4 (14.29%) CISA
5 4 (14.29%) CISM
5 4 (14.29%) CRISC
6 3 (10.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.29%) NIST
3 2 (7.14%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 4 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (3.57%) Grafana
2 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft