Security Posture Contracts in Scotland

Security Posture
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 147 166
Rank change year-on-year +22 +19 -8
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 6 17 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% 0.60% 0.028%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% 1.64% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 17 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £455 £432
Median % change year-on-year +26.37% +5.32% -20.18%
75th Percentile £588 £461 £448
90th Percentile - £496 -
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 721 1,036 1,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 32.67% 36.30% 33.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 711 819
10th Percentile £204 £250 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £557 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 23 23
10th Percentile £13.75 - £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £18.90
Median hourly rate £18.14 £12.30 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.44% -71.40% -5.49%
75th Percentile £38.25 £28.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.38 £52.55 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
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 Posture 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 +36 4 £575 +30.68% 1
South Lanarkshire - 2 £575 - 1
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) MPLS
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Security Advisor
3 1 (16.67%) Network Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) BYOD
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (50.00%) SDLC
3 3 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (33.33%) Digital Identity
4 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) NCSC
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (33.33%) NIST
3 2 (33.33%) PMO
4 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Atlassian
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet