Data Security Contracts in Scotland

Data Security
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Data Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Security over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 142 151
Rank change year-on-year +36 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing Data Security 21 24 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.97% 0.88% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.95% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 21 22
10th Percentile £284 £413 £189
25th Percentile £288 £450 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £500 £478
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +4.60% -13.09%
75th Percentile £466 £560 £609
90th Percentile £514 £570 £686
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,916 2,536 3,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.38% 92.55% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,814 2,263
10th Percentile £225 £261 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £473
Median % change year-on-year - +0.48% +11.23%
75th Percentile £575 £559 £550
90th Percentile £656 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 56 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.75 £12.04 £19.45
Median hourly rate £19.34 £16.25 £38.71
Median % change year-on-year +18.98% -58.02% -3.23%
75th Percentile £46.24 £49.24 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.93 £65.78 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
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 Data Security within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Glasgow +8 7 £325 -35.00% 1
Edinburgh +35 6 £560 +0.49% 1
Stirling - 3 £420 -
Perthshire +5 1 £450 -15.89%
Lanarkshire +2 1 £488 +6.85% 1
Data Security
UK

Data Security
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 2 (9.52%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) OCI
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (14.29%) SaaS
3 2 (9.52%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Firewall
1 3 (14.29%) NAS
1 3 (14.29%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Database
2 2 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle APEX
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 9 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (38.10%) Public Sector
4 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Banking
6 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 4 (19.05%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Oracle Forms Developer
4 2 (9.52%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Technical Leader
4 2 (9.52%) UAT Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Agile Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) HR Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) IT Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) IT Business Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle Specialist
5 1 (4.76%) Product Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Security Advisor
5 1 (4.76%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (4.76%) Linux
3 1 (4.76%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (38.10%) ERP
3 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 6 (28.57%) Analytics
5 5 (23.81%) RBAC
6 4 (19.05%) Decision-Making
7 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 3 (14.29%) Data Privacy
7 3 (14.29%) Incident Response
7 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (14.29%) ITIL
7 3 (14.29%) Proactive Management
7 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (9.52%) Agile
8 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
8 2 (9.52%) Project Management
8 2 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
8 2 (9.52%) System Testing
8 2 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PL/SQL
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (42.86%) Degree
2 7 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (9.52%) GDPR
1 2 (9.52%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (4.76%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco
2 3 (14.29%) Citrix
2 3 (14.29%) HP
2 3 (14.29%) Splunk
3 2 (9.52%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (9.52%) CyberArk
3 2 (9.52%) Rapid7
3 2 (9.52%) SAP
3 2 (9.52%) Workday
4 1 (4.76%) F5
4 1 (4.76%) IFS
4 1 (4.76%) Qualys