Information Security Contracts in Aberdeen

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Aberdeen

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Information Security 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 13.79% - 6.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.81% - 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £573 - -
25th Percentile £588 - £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £470
75th Percentile £638 - £475
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £550 £545 £500
% change year-on-year +1.01% +8.90% -4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

Information Security 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 Aberdeen with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27 22 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 93.10% 68.75% 73.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 14
10th Percentile £155 £178 £178
25th Percentile £256 £355 £232
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £488 £380
Median % change year-on-year -20.51% +28.29% -24.00%
75th Percentile £591 £542 £475
90th Percentile £634 £629 £654
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £17.00 £17.47 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £40.00
% change year-on-year +9.11% -55.69% -0.01%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Aberdeen

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Aberdeen.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Aberdeen

Information Security
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 3 (75.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) SOC Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Inventory Control
2 3 (75.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) IT Audit
3 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) OneTrust