Security Posture Contracts in Scotland

Security Posture
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture 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 103 145 -
Rank change year-on-year +42 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 12 19 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.56% 0.71% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.77% 1.97% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 0
10th Percentile £461 £413 -
25th Percentile £497 £424 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £458 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% - -
75th Percentile £570 £547 -
90th Percentile £673 £591 -
UK median daily rate £564 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.91% -4.17% -4.00%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 679 964 1,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 31.68% 36.08% 36.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 650 856
10th Percentile £205 £209 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% - +14.71%
75th Percentile £561 £550 £564
90th Percentile £662 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 29 26
10th Percentile £12.68 - £16.56
25th Percentile £15.74 £10.63 £20.25
Median hourly rate £18.13 £14.50 £42.48
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -65.86% +1.13%
75th Percentile £29.59 £21.67 £54.38
90th Percentile £59.45 £48.93 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
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 Security Posture 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 +25 5 £538 +19.44%
Glasgow +16 3 £553 -3.83% 4
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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 3 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
1 1 (8.33%) LAN
1 1 (8.33%) MPLS
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
1 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (8.33%) WAN
1 1 (8.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Information Officer
3 2 (16.67%) Information Security Officer
3 2 (16.67%) Security Officer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Information Security Officer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Technical Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 3 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (8.33%) BYOD
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) IoT
3 1 (8.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 4 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (33.33%) Zero Trust
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (25.00%) Design Patterns
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security
4 3 (25.00%) Microservices
4 3 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (25.00%) SDLC
4 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) GCIH
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (25.00%) GDPR
2 3 (25.00%) NCSC
2 3 (25.00%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) NIST 800
3 2 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Nessus
1 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Atlassian
3 1 (8.33%) ForeScout
3 1 (8.33%) Fortinet