Cyber Essentials PLUS
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Cyber Essentials PLUS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials PLUS 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 | 110 | 143 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +33 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS | 5 | 21 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.23% | 0.79% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 1.29% | 3.93% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £466 | £500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £472 | £503 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £535 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.84% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £497 | £560 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £499 | £577 | - |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £545 | £467 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.17% | +16.60% | -7.52% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland
Cyber Essentials PLUS falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Scotland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 388 | 535 | 677 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 18.11% | 20.02% | 19.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 249 | 430 | 510 |
| 10th Percentile | £182 | £181 | £225 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £395 | £338 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £475 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.79% | +5.56% | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | £538 | £545 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £600 | £625 |
| UK median daily rate | £510 | £525 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +1.94% | +8.42% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 24 | 4 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.56 | £12.28 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.52 | £14.17 | £16.09 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.98 | £18.13 | £29.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.35% | -39.00% | +32.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £19.79 | £28.90 | £44.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.75 | £40.20 | £56.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £23.80 | £37.75 | £27.73 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.95% | +36.13% | +32.05% |
Cyber Essentials PLUS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials PLUS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials PLUS in Scotland.
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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 Essentials PLUS 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 | +19 | 4 | £488 | -8.84% | 1 |
| Cyber Essentials PLUS UK |
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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: