Security Operations Contracts in Scotland

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations 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 107 147 139
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 24 17 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.09% 0.60% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.64% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 13 16
10th Percentile £463 £413 £300
25th Percentile £500 £450 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +11.11% -8.86%
75th Percentile £678 £775 £594
90th Percentile £700 £889 £644
UK median daily rate £600 £613 £600
% change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Operations 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 1,956 2,645 3,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.68% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,903 2,321
10th Percentile £230 £261 £244
25th Percentile £400 £407 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £554 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 55 49
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.78 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -46.30% -21.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £54.13 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Scotland

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Scotland

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Scotland

Security Operations
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 Operations 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 +41 11 £500 +9.29% 2
Glasgow +10 10 £500 -41.61% 8
Perthshire +10 1 £700 -6.67%
South Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
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:

Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) Azure
2 7 (29.17%) Power Platform
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.50%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (12.50%) AWS
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.17%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) GitLab
General
1 8 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Finance
3 4 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Analyst
2 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 4 (16.67%) Security Specialist
3 4 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Security Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Security Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Security Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Senior
6 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
6 1 (4.17%) Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Operational Technology
2 4 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (16.67%) PKI
3 3 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
1 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.17%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (45.83%) Agile
3 8 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (29.17%) Incident Response
4 7 (29.17%) Information Security
5 6 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
5 6 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (20.83%) ITIL
6 5 (20.83%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.83%) TOGAF
7 4 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (16.67%) Email Filtering
7 4 (16.67%) IT Strategy
7 4 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (16.67%) SDLC
7 4 (16.67%) SIEM
7 4 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) Java
1 1 (4.17%) Perl
1 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.17%) Python
1 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (25.00%) Degree
2 5 (20.83%) CISSP
2 5 (20.83%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (20.83%) MCSE
2 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (16.67%) CISM
4 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (8.33%) NCSC
4 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Qualys
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Splunk
3 1 (4.17%) VMware