Chief Information Security Officer Contracts in Scotland

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
UK > Scotland

The median Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) daily rate in Scotland is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Information Security Officer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £750 £800 £1,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -20.00% +42.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,128 2,737 3,457
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 95.13% 96.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,308 1,971 2,466
10th Percentile £200 £250 £208
25th Percentile £377 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +6.19%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £541
90th Percentile £673 £650 £619
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 44 57
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.86 £12.56
25th Percentile £16.31 £17.29 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £23.18 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +50.99% -10.21% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.56 £61.16 £47.96
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £53.97
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.88
% change year-on-year -22.22% +96.68% -0.52%

Chief Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Chief Information Security Officer in Scotland

Chief Information Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Chief Information Security Officer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Chief Information Security Officer in Scotland

Chief Information Security Officer
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 Chief Information Security Officer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
Edinburgh - 1 £675 -
Chief Information Security Officer
UK

Chief Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, Chief Information Security Officer 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 Chief Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management

Chief Information Security Officer 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISA
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP