Security Specialist Contracts in Scotland

Security Specialist
UK > Scotland

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Scotland is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 158 170
Rank change year-on-year +60 +12 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 17 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.79% 0.22% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.24% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £465 £444 £459
25th Percentile £488 £446 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £825 £513 £638
90th Percentile £840 £550 -
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,029 2,543 3,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 95.17% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,767 2,315
10th Percentile £200 £230 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £632 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 50 52
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.71 £16.35
25th Percentile £15.73 £14.25 £17.86
Median hourly rate £19.34 £18.84 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -49.67% +16.97%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.78 £55.98
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Scotland

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in Scotland

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Specialist in Scotland

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in Scotland

Security Specialist
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 Specialist 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 +34 8 £525 +5.00% 1
East Lothian - 5 - -
Glasgow - 3 £775 - 1
Security Specialist
UK

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (41.18%) Public Sector
3 6 (35.29%) Azure
3 6 (35.29%) Windows
4 5 (29.41%) Firewall
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
4 5 (29.41%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (29.41%) Agile
4 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (29.41%) PKI
4 5 (29.41%) Security Testing
4 5 (29.41%) Computer Security
4 5 (29.41%) Threat Modelling
4 5 (29.41%) Security Operations
4 5 (29.41%) Power Platform
5 4 (23.53%) Windows Server
5 4 (23.53%) Email Filtering
5 4 (23.53%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (23.53%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (23.53%) Hyper-V
5 4 (23.53%) SCCM
5 4 (23.53%) ITIL
5 4 (23.53%) Degree
5 4 (23.53%) Information Security
5 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
5 4 (23.53%) MCSE
5 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (23.53%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (23.53%) Static Application Security Testing

Security Specialist Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (35.29%) Azure
3 5 (29.41%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.88%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (5.88%) Amazon Macie
4 1 (5.88%) AWS
4 1 (5.88%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (5.88%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) SSL
3 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (41.18%) Public Sector
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Retail Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) PKI
2 4 (23.53%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) Computer Security
2 5 (29.41%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (29.41%) Risk Assessment
2 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
2 5 (29.41%) Security Operations
2 5 (29.41%) Security Testing
2 5 (29.41%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (23.53%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 4 (23.53%) Email Filtering
3 4 (23.53%) Information Security
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 4 (23.53%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (23.53%) Static Application Security Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (5.88%) Privileged Access Management
6 1 (5.88%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
1 4 (23.53%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (23.53%) MCSE
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) CISA
3 1 (5.88%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
1 4 (23.53%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) SCCM
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Citrix
2 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
2 1 (5.88%) Splunk
2 1 (5.88%) Zscaler