ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring ISO/IEC 27001 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISO/IEC 27001 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 75 125 138
Rank change year-on-year +50 +13 -4
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 40 39 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.87% 1.46% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.31% 7.29% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 32 25
10th Percentile £499 £454 £401
25th Percentile £510 £491 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £584 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% +11.24% +23.53%
75th Percentile £595 £652 £638
90th Percentile £648 £723 £688
UK median daily rate £575 £583 £550
% change year-on-year -1.29% +5.91% +4.76%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001 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%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
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 ISO/IEC 27001 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 +47 25 £538 -3.97% 1
Glasgow +1 9 £550 -8.33% 9
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 6
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
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 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 3 (7.50%) AWS
1 3 (7.50%) Azure
1 3 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) SCCP
2 2 (5.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 33 (82.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.00%) Banking
2 2 (5.00%) Finance
2 2 (5.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Senior
2 10 (25.00%) Analyst
2 10 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 9 (22.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (20.00%) Security Advisor
5 6 (15.00%) Lead
6 5 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (12.50%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (12.50%) Senior Security Analyst
7 3 (7.50%) Consultant
7 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (7.50%) Security Manager
8 2 (5.00%) Data Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Information Officer
8 2 (5.00%) Information Security Consultant
8 2 (5.00%) Information Security Officer
8 2 (5.00%) Security Consultant
8 2 (5.00%) Security Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Security Officer
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Information Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 24 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (15.00%) Security Posture
3 4 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (7.50%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (5.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Linux
1 2 (5.00%) Windows
1 2 (5.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (75.00%) Information Security
2 25 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 15 (37.50%) ISMS
5 14 (35.00%) Security Monitoring
6 13 (32.50%) Incident Management
7 12 (30.00%) Privileged Access Management
7 12 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
7 12 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 11 (27.50%) Risk Management
8 11 (27.50%) SIEM
9 10 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (22.50%) Business Impact Analysis
10 9 (22.50%) Business Process Analysis
10 9 (22.50%) Impact Analysis
10 9 (22.50%) Information Security Management
10 9 (22.50%) Security Management
10 9 (22.50%) Technical Analysis
10 9 (22.50%) Use Case
10 9 (22.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 16 (40.00%) CISSP
2 13 (32.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 9 (22.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 5 (12.50%) CISM
4 5 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 5 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 4 (10.00%) CGEIT
5 4 (10.00%) CISA
5 4 (10.00%) CLAS
5 4 (10.00%) CRISC
6 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
7 2 (5.00%) Degree
7 2 (5.00%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.50%) CCSP
8 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.00%) NIST
2 9 (22.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 8 (20.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 6 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (10.00%) GDPR
6 3 (7.50%) NIST 800
6 3 (7.50%) PCI DSS
7 2 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (5.00%) NCSC
8 1 (2.50%) GRC
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.00%) F5
2 2 (5.00%) Qualys
2 2 (5.00%) Splunk