Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends in Dundee

Cyber Threats
Scotland > Dundee

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Dundee. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dundee 25.00% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -6.67% -0.44% +7.62%

All Generic Skills
Dundee

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Dundee.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2 4 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dundee 50.00% 44.44% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 7
10th Percentile £319 - £290
25th Percentile £330 - £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £356 £190 £613
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -68.98% +44.12%
75th Percentile £380 £195 £631
90th Percentile £388 £198 £689
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +5.26%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Dundee

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Threat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dundee.

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Dundee

Cyber Threat
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dundee by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft