Information Security Contracts in Glasgow

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Glasgow

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 61 60
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -8
Contract jobs citing Information Security 18 26 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.00% 2.85% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 3.02% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 22
10th Percentile - £432 £219
25th Percentile £463 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +8.99%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £538
90th Percentile £701 £680 £583
Scotland median daily rate £550 £545 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% +8.90% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £16.36 - £12.05

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Information Security 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 Glasgow with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 828 860 941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 92.00% 94.30% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 625 713
10th Percentile £285 £325 £257
25th Percentile £400 £410 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £538
90th Percentile £675 £713 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 12
10th Percentile £13.75 - £17.85
25th Percentile £16.00 £10.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £21.13 £13.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +56.50% -58.97% +31.61%
75th Percentile £44.14 £35.00 £44.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £59.47 £49.39
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £18.11 £31.50
% change year-on-year +7.68% -42.51% -27.59%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Glasgow over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
1 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (5.56%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 8 (44.44%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Billing
5 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Vulnerability Analyst
2 6 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Senior
4 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Security Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Lead
6 1 (5.56%) Applications Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Information Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) JIRA Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
2 3 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (5.56%) Android
3 1 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Vulnerability Management
2 6 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 5 (27.78%) Security Management
4 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 4 (22.22%) Information Security Management
5 3 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) ISMS
5 3 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 3 (16.67%) Server Virtualisation
5 3 (16.67%) Software Deployment
6 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
7 1 (5.56%) Customer Service
7 1 (5.56%) Design Patterns
7 1 (5.56%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Java
1 1 (5.56%) Perl
1 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) CISSP
2 8 (44.44%) CISM
3 3 (16.67%) CISA
3 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 3 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) CGEIT
4 2 (11.11%) CRISC
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.56%) CLAS
5 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (22.22%) NIST
3 1 (5.56%) COBIT
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.56%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Qualys
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.56%) Atlassian