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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 124 126
Rank change year-on-year +39 +2 +2
Contract jobs citing ISO/IEC 27001 42 43 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.93% 1.53% 1.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.37% 7.58% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 34 33
10th Percentile £508 £454 £379
25th Percentile £510 £472 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £597 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% +19.30% +17.65%
75th Percentile £598 £689 £638
90th Percentile £615 £760 £685
UK median daily rate £575 £591 £550
% change year-on-year -2.64% +7.38% +7.32%

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 405 567 697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.65% 20.14% 19.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 475 516
10th Percentile £183 £208 £216
25th Percentile £313 £400 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +2.41%
75th Percentile £523 £550 £538
90th Percentile £606 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 14
10th Percentile £15.32 £16.41 £15.54
25th Percentile £16.18 £19.28 £20.25
Median hourly rate £18.27 £34.74 £35.22
Median % change year-on-year -47.41% -1.35% +46.73%
75th Percentile £51.28 £49.24 £43.25
90th Percentile £60.75 £51.94 £52.03
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -40.56% +27.27% +30.95%

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 4 May 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 4 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 +57 23 £538 -6.52% 2
Glasgow -6 10 £340 -43.28% 8
South Lanarkshire - 6 £575 - 1
Aberdeen - 1 - - 2
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 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.14%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 3 (7.14%) AWS
1 3 (7.14%) Azure
1 3 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) SCCP
2 2 (4.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 32 (76.19%) Public Sector
2 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Banking
4 1 (2.38%) Finance
4 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) Analyst
1 13 (30.95%) Security Advisor
2 12 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 11 (26.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 10 (23.81%) Senior
5 6 (14.29%) Lead
6 5 (11.90%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (11.90%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (11.90%) Senior Security Analyst
7 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (7.14%) Security Manager
8 1 (2.38%) Data Engineer
8 1 (2.38%) Information Security Advisor
8 1 (2.38%) Information Security Consultant
8 1 (2.38%) Lead Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Lead Security Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Security Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Security Engineer
8 1 (2.38%) Security Technical Architect
8 1 (2.38%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 23 (54.76%) Management Information System
2 6 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (11.90%) Product Ownership
3 5 (11.90%) Security Posture
4 2 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
1 1 (2.38%) Windows
1 1 (2.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (61.90%) Information Security
3 18 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
4 15 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 14 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
6 13 (30.95%) Incident Management
6 13 (30.95%) ISMS
7 12 (28.57%) Privileged Access Management
7 12 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 10 (23.81%) Penetration Testing
8 10 (23.81%) Security Architecture
8 10 (23.81%) SIEM
9 9 (21.43%) Business Impact Analysis
9 9 (21.43%) Business Process Analysis
9 9 (21.43%) Impact Analysis
9 9 (21.43%) Technical Analysis
9 9 (21.43%) Use Case
9 9 (21.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 8 (19.05%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) CISSP
2 13 (30.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 11 (26.19%) Security Cleared
4 9 (21.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 9 (21.43%) SC Cleared
5 6 (14.29%) CISM
6 5 (11.90%) CISA
6 5 (11.90%) CRISC
7 4 (9.52%) CGEIT
7 4 (9.52%) CLAS
8 3 (7.14%) Azure Certification
9 2 (4.76%) DV Cleared
10 1 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (2.38%) CCSP
10 1 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (2.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (38.10%) NIST
2 13 (30.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (21.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 7 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (9.52%) NCSC
6 3 (7.14%) PCI DSS
7 2 (4.76%) GDPR
7 2 (4.76%) GRC
7 2 (4.76%) PMO
8 1 (2.38%) COBIT
8 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.38%) F5
3 1 (2.38%) OneTrust
3 1 (2.38%) Qualys
3 1 (2.38%) Splunk