Security Manager Contracts in Scotland

Security Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Security Manager daily rate in Scotland is £573 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 159 160
Rank change year-on-year +38 +1 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Security Manager 6 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 0.28% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.30% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 10
10th Percentile £538 £488 £453
25th Percentile £542 £525 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% +10.00% -3.99%
75th Percentile £601 £775 £572
90th Percentile £603 - £615
UK median daily rate £640 £618 £550
% change year-on-year +3.68% +12.27% +10.00%

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 2,681 3,374
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 95.24% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,919 2,400
10th Percentile £200 £231 £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 £556 £550
90th Percentile £654 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 44 52
10th Percentile £12.32 £12.86 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.06 £15.93 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.27 £22.13 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +9.71% -17.60% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.82 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.22 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in Scotland

Security Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Manager in Scotland

Security Manager
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 Security Manager 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 +45 5 £575 -23.33% 1
Glasgow +10 1 £570 +11.22% 6
Security Manager
UK

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Security Manager 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 Security Manager in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (50.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (50.00%) SDLC
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (33.33%) NCSC
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Identity
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

Security Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cloud Security
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 3 (50.00%) SDLC
2 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Identity
3 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) NCSC
3 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft