Security Testing Contracts in Scotland

Security Testing
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 164 151
Rank change year-on-year +42 -13 +3
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 9 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.41% 0.29% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.31% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 6
10th Percentile £473 £480 £394
25th Percentile £550 £525 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £535
Median % change year-on-year - +12.15% +1.90%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £588
90th Percentile £645 £763 £613
UK median daily rate £600 £588 £550
% change year-on-year +2.13% +6.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Testing 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 1,922 2,555 3,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.29% 92.54% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 1,831 2,264
10th Percentile £225 £260 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £471
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +10.71%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £550
90th Percentile £655 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 57 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.75 £12.30 £19.45
Median hourly rate £19.34 £16.50 £38.71
Median % change year-on-year +17.18% -57.38% -3.23%
75th Percentile £46.24 £47.73 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.93 £65.63 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Scotland

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in Scotland

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in Scotland over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in Scotland

Security Testing
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 Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 9 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 +37 9 £600 +9.09%
Security Testing
UK

Security Testing
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
1 3 (33.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 3 (33.33%) JMeter
1 3 (33.33%) LoadRunner
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
1 3 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Senior
2 1 (11.11%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) PKI
2 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Email Filtering
2 3 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 3 (33.33%) Secrets Management
2 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 3 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (33.33%) MCSE
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
4 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Ansible
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
1 3 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google