Vulnerability Management Contracts in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 138 170
Rank change year-on-year +24 +32 -35
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 21 22 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.94% 0.77% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.83% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 6
10th Percentile £481 £413 £441
25th Percentile £500 £414 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £455 £548
Median % change year-on-year +12.64% -16.89% +6.83%
75th Percentile £538 £471 £647
90th Percentile £566 £550 £670
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £564
% change year-on-year -4.35% +1.94% +12.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Vulnerability Management 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 1,980 2,651 3,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.55% 92.63% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,210 1,904 2,315
10th Percentile £238 £263 £242
25th Percentile £400 £406 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 56 50
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.99
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.04 £17.58
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -43.75% -27.59%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.94 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.03 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
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 Vulnerability Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 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 +31 11 £515 +14.44%
Glasgow +15 8 £500 -9.09% 2
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 1 £590 -
Vulnerability Management
UK

Vulnerability Management
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 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) Network Security
2 1 (4.76%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Power BI
General
1 11 (52.38%) Public Sector
2 5 (23.81%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Analyst
2 10 (47.62%) Security Analyst
3 9 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (38.10%) Senior
5 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Analyst
5 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
6 5 (23.81%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (23.81%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (23.81%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Information Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Information Security Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Security Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Information Security
2 14 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (47.62%) Incident Management
3 10 (47.62%) Use Case
4 9 (42.86%) Business Impact Analysis
4 9 (42.86%) Impact Analysis
4 9 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (42.86%) Privileged Access Management
4 9 (42.86%) Security Monitoring
4 9 (42.86%) SIEM
4 9 (42.86%) Technical Analysis
4 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 5 (23.81%) Incident Response
5 5 (23.81%) Security Operations
6 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (9.52%) ISMS
8 2 (9.52%) Secure Coding
8 2 (9.52%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) CISSP
2 6 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (9.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (9.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
4 1 (4.76%) CISA
4 1 (4.76%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (42.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (9.52%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) CASB
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Qualys
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Splunk