IT Security Analyst Contracts in Scotland

IT Security Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median IT Security Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 165 173
Rank change year-on-year +40 +8 -12
Contract jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.046% 0.071% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.075% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £416 -
25th Percentile £413 £422 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £288
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +52.17% -
75th Percentile £438 £447 £294
90th Percentile - £449 -
UK median daily rate £650 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +44.44% -5.26% +5.56%

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 2,054 2,677 3,368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 95.30% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,920 2,393
10th Percentile £200 £232 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £580 £554 £550
90th Percentile £654 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 45 52
10th Percentile £12.32 £12.90 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.29 £21.75 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -18.99% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.13 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in Scotland

IT Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for IT Security Analyst in Scotland

IT Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Security Analyst in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for IT Security Analyst in Scotland

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, IT Security Analyst 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 IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) ForeScout
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture

IT Security Analyst 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ForeScout