Cybersecurity Engineer Contracts in Aberdeen

Cybersecurity Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeen

As of 23 August 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Cybersecurity Engineer daily rate in Aberdeen.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 3.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -24.14%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Aberdeen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Aberdeen. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Aberdeen with a recognized job title 29 27 30
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.67% 100.00% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 23
10th Percentile £173 £352 £130
25th Percentile £281 £453 £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £550 £190
Median % change year-on-year -19.09% +189.47% -53.09%
75th Percentile £500 £597 £494
90th Percentile - £638 £613
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.75 £17.21
Median % change year-on-year -31.56% +113.54% -2.88%
Scotland median hourly rate £19.60 £18.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +8.88% +1.58% -5.87%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Engineer in Aberdeen

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Cybersecurity Engineer 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 Aberdeen region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Flow Diagram
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Rockwell