Security Operations Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Operations (SecOps)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 95 104
Rank change year-on-year +36 +9 +4
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 13 14 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.58% 1.10% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 1.16% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 10
10th Percentile £447 - £342
25th Percentile £472 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -12.20% +13.89%
75th Percentile £538 £455 £625
90th Percentile £563 £461 £654
Scotland median daily rate £500 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +9.89% +1.11% -8.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 718 1,205 1,810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.35% 94.96% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 861 1,245
10th Percentile £219 £250 £263
25th Percentile £400 £405 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £570
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 16
10th Percentile £13.48 £13.16 £16.27
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.94
Median hourly rate £22.59 £21.26 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +6.23% -47.18% -26.11%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £54.50 £54.03
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £16.86 £40.00
% change year-on-year +15.69% -57.86% -0.01%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (23.08%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Power Platform
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (23.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (23.08%) AWS
4 3 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) SSL
General
1 9 (69.23%) Public Sector
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 4 (30.77%) Security Specialist
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Security Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Security Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Security Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (30.77%) PKI
3 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
1 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) Threat Modelling
3 6 (46.15%) ITIL
3 6 (46.15%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (30.77%) Email Filtering
5 4 (30.77%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
6 3 (23.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (23.08%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
6 3 (23.08%) Privileged Access Management
6 3 (23.08%) SDLC
6 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Static Application Security Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (15.38%) Change Management
7 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
1 6 (46.15%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (46.15%) MCSE
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (23.08%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (15.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
1 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Splunk
2 1 (7.69%) VMware