Cloud Security Contracts in Edinburgh

Cloud Security
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 87 98
Rank change year-on-year +26 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 13 23 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.59% 1.79% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.79% 1.89% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 18
10th Percentile £581 £413 £528
25th Percentile - £424 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £456 £625
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -27.04% +19.05%
75th Percentile £731 £617 £675
90th Percentile £775 £699 £688
Scotland median daily rate £700 £488 £575
% change year-on-year +43.59% -15.22% +6.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Cloud 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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 725 1,219 1,845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.85% 94.94% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 865 1,275
10th Percentile £228 £250 £261
25th Percentile £410 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £568
90th Percentile £675 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 11 16
10th Percentile £13.66 £13.16 £16.27
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.94
Median hourly rate £21.02 £21.26 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -47.18% -26.11%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £54.50 £54.03
Scotland median hourly rate £18.79 £17.21 £40.00
% change year-on-year +9.18% -56.98% -

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in Edinburgh

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in Edinburgh

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in Edinburgh

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) AWS
2 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
3 3 (23.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 3 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (53.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 5 (38.46%) Security Manager
2 4 (30.77%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Security Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) OpenID
1 4 (30.77%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Product Ownership
2 3 (23.08%) PKI
2 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (38.46%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (30.77%) Incident Response
3 4 (30.77%) Roadmaps
3 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Identification
3 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (23.08%) Architectural Design
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) DevSecOps
4 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (23.08%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) SDLC
4 3 (23.08%) Secrets Management
4 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
4 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Azure Certification
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (15.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (23.08%) Ansible
2 3 (23.08%) Terraform
3 1 (7.69%) CASB
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (30.77%) Okta
1 4 (30.77%) Zscaler
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Splunk