ISO/IEC 27001 Contracts in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for ISO/IEC 27001 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ISO/IEC 27001 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 124 116
Rank change year-on-year +38 -8 +15
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 45 40 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.04% 1.40% 1.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.82% 7.04% 7.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 33 35
10th Percentile £508 £454 £308
25th Percentile £511 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £608 £700 £638
90th Percentile £702 £765 £683
UK median daily rate £575 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% +8.91%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 416 568 689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.85% 19.90% 19.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 481 507
10th Percentile £193 £213 £213
25th Percentile £340 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +2.41%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £625 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 3 13
10th Percentile £15.32 £26.25 £15.53
25th Percentile £16.18 £34.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.27 £47.73 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.72% +44.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £51.28 £50.74 £43.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £52.55 £52.60
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%

ISO/IEC 27001
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing ISO/IEC 27001 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISO/IEC 27001 in Scotland

ISO/IEC 27001
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 ISO/IEC 27001 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 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
Edinburgh +56 24 £550 -4.35% 2
Glasgow -12 12 £656 +9.33% 11
South Lanarkshire - 6 £575 - 1
Aberdeen - 1 - - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 2
ISO/IEC 27001
UK

ISO/IEC 27001
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (6.67%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.56%) AWS
1 7 (15.56%) Azure
2 4 (8.89%) GCP
3 3 (6.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 3 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.89%) SCCP
2 2 (4.44%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 35 (77.78%) Public Sector
2 4 (8.89%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (28.89%) Analyst
1 13 (28.89%) Security Advisor
2 12 (26.67%) Security Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 11 (24.44%) Senior
4 6 (13.33%) Lead
5 5 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (11.11%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) Architect
6 4 (8.89%) Security Architect
6 4 (8.89%) Security Technical Architect
6 4 (8.89%) Technical Architect
7 3 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (6.67%) Security Manager
8 1 (2.22%) Consultant
8 1 (2.22%) Information Security Consultant
8 1 (2.22%) Lead Architect
8 1 (2.22%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.22%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 23 (51.11%) Management Information System
2 6 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 5 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.22%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (57.78%) Information Security
3 18 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
4 17 (37.78%) Risk Management
5 14 (31.11%) Security Monitoring
5 14 (31.11%) Vulnerability Management
6 13 (28.89%) Incident Management
6 13 (28.89%) ISMS
7 12 (26.67%) Privileged Access Management
7 12 (26.67%) Technical Analysis
7 12 (26.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 11 (24.44%) Security Architecture
9 10 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
10 9 (20.00%) Business Impact Analysis
10 9 (20.00%) Business Process Analysis
10 9 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
10 9 (20.00%) SIEM
10 9 (20.00%) Use Case
10 9 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 8 (17.78%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (35.56%) CISSP
2 13 (28.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 11 (24.44%) Security Cleared
4 9 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 9 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 6 (13.33%) CISM
6 5 (11.11%) CISA
6 5 (11.11%) CRISC
7 4 (8.89%) CGEIT
7 4 (8.89%) CLAS
8 3 (6.67%) Azure Certification
9 2 (4.44%) DV Cleared
10 1 (2.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (2.22%) CCSP
10 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (2.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (40.00%) NIST
2 13 (28.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (22.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 8 (17.78%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (8.89%) NCSC
6 3 (6.67%) PCI DSS
7 2 (4.44%) GDPR
7 2 (4.44%) GRC
7 2 (4.44%) PMO
8 1 (2.22%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.22%) Google
3 1 (2.22%) OneTrust