ISMS Contracts in Scotland

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > Scotland

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 159 164
Rank change year-on-year +44 +5 -14
Contract jobs citing ISMS 14 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.64% 0.28% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.30% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 9
10th Percentile - £543 £423
25th Percentile £563 £550 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £597 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% +19.30% -2.44%
75th Percentile £607 £650 £538
90th Percentile £608 - £598
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

ISMS 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 1,954 2,625 3,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.74% 92.49% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,182 1,886 2,317
10th Percentile £225 £260 £244
25th Percentile £400 £406 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £559 £550
90th Percentile £672 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in Scotland

ISMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for ISMS in Scotland

ISMS
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 ISMS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Edinburgh +47 7 £595 +3.48% 1
Glasgow +7 3 £604 +0.67%
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
ISMS
UK

ISMS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) SCCP
2 2 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 13 (92.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Security Advisor
2 5 (35.71%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Advisor
4 1 (7.14%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Information Security
2 10 (71.43%) Business Process Analysis
2 10 (71.43%) Threat Modelling
3 8 (57.14%) Business Continuity
4 7 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (42.86%) Information Security Management
5 6 (42.86%) Internal Audit
5 6 (42.86%) Security Management
6 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
7 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
7 4 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
8 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
8 3 (21.43%) Service Delivery
9 2 (14.29%) Secure Coding
9 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
9 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
10 1 (7.14%) Information Security Governance
10 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
10 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) CISSP
1 13 (92.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 9 (64.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 4 (28.57%) CGEIT
3 4 (28.57%) CISA
3 4 (28.57%) CISM
3 4 (28.57%) CLAS
3 4 (28.57%) CRISC
4 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
4 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (92.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (28.57%) NIST
3 2 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (7.14%) GRC