Cloud Security Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Cloud Security
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 66 80
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 +27
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 7 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.19% 0.31% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 0.34% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £435 £629 £575
25th Percentile £460 £634 £593
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £663 £634
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +4.54% +63.55%
75th Percentile £615 £684 £671
90th Percentile £644 £686 £688
Scotland median daily rate £505 £663 £650
% change year-on-year -23.77% +1.92% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 536 587 832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.47% 91.72% 92.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 310 492
10th Percentile £221 £228 £200
25th Percentile £406 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 25 10
10th Percentile £17.62 £16.86 £13.12
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £19.19 £23.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% +33.96% -14.33%
75th Percentile £45.00 £24.18 £31.97
90th Percentile £66.00 - £54.48
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cloud Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in Edinburgh

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 6 (85.71%) AWS
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (14.29%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Business Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Technical Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (14.29%) IT Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) PKI
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
1 3 (42.86%) Configuration Management
1 3 (42.86%) DevOps
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) DevSecOps
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) AI
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISA
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) COBIT
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
2 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Terraform
2 2 (28.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix
1 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
1 1 (14.29%) VMware