Cybersecurity Contracts in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 36 66
Rank change year-on-year 0 +30 +13
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 26 41 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 4.11% 4.73% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 5.55% 3.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 22
10th Percentile £428 £450 £356
25th Percentile £459 £469 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +2.44% -4.21%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £553
90th Percentile £578 £679 £599
Scotland median daily rate £500 £564 £525
% change year-on-year -11.35% +7.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £13.21 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £13.21 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Cybersecurity 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 601 739 1,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.09% 85.33% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 411 725
10th Percentile £250 £213 £213
25th Percentile £406 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £533 £550 £538
90th Percentile £599 £650 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 25 5
10th Percentile £16.85 £13.23 £16.40
25th Percentile - £15.10 £21.26
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.38 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.85% -56.76% +89.31%
75th Percentile £37.09 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.00 £56.50 £59.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £20.29 £18.33
% change year-on-year -1.40% +10.70% -51.04%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) Apache
1 3 (11.54%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.85%) IIS
2 1 (3.85%) nginx
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 10 (38.46%) Azure
2 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (19.23%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
4 3 (11.54%) AWS
5 1 (3.85%) GCP
5 1 (3.85%) IaaS
5 1 (3.85%) iPaaS
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (3.85%) PaaS
5 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (34.62%) Firewall
2 2 (7.69%) Network Security
3 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.85%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Git
2 2 (7.69%) JIRA
2 2 (7.69%) Subversion
General
1 14 (53.85%) Public Sector
2 9 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (15.38%) Finance
5 2 (7.69%) Banking
5 2 (7.69%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Legal
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Developer
1 6 (23.08%) Lead
2 4 (15.38%) Security Specialist
3 3 (11.54%) Analyst
3 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (11.54%) Security Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) .NET Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Architect
4 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (7.69%) iOS Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Lead Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Lead Software Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.69%) Security Analyst
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (7.69%) Software Developer
4 2 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.85%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) Middleware
2 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 3 (11.54%) .NET Core
2 3 (11.54%) .NET Framework
2 3 (11.54%) ActiveMQ
2 3 (11.54%) Ajax
2 3 (11.54%) AngularJS
2 3 (11.54%) CSS
2 3 (11.54%) Entity Framework
2 3 (11.54%) HTML
2 3 (11.54%) JMS
2 3 (11.54%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (11.54%) SOAP
3 2 (7.69%) Core Data
3 2 (7.69%) Spring Boot
3 2 (7.69%) Spring Security
3 2 (7.69%) Spring Web Flow
3 2 (7.69%) Thymeleaf
3 2 (7.69%) Web Services
3 2 (7.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) PKI
2 6 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.69%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.69%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.85%) PropTech
4 1 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
1 4 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 3 (11.54%) AIX
3 2 (7.69%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Agile
2 8 (30.77%) Security Operations
3 6 (23.08%) Email Filtering
3 6 (23.08%) Incident Response
3 6 (23.08%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (19.23%) Case Management
4 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
4 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (19.23%) OWASP
4 5 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (15.38%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 4 (15.38%) Security Testing
5 4 (15.38%) Static Application Security Testing
5 4 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
6 3 (11.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (11.54%) Deployment Diagram
6 3 (11.54%) ITIL
6 3 (11.54%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (11.54%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) SQL
2 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
2 5 (19.23%) PL/SQL
3 3 (11.54%) Java
4 2 (7.69%) Objective-C
4 2 (7.69%) Python
4 2 (7.69%) Swift
5 1 (3.85%) Bash
5 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.85%) VB
5 1 (3.85%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (7.69%) CISSP
3 2 (7.69%) CRISC
3 2 (7.69%) MCSE
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.85%) CEH
4 1 (3.85%) CISM
4 1 (3.85%) GCFA
4 1 (3.85%) GCIH
4 1 (3.85%) OSCP
4 1 (3.85%) SANS
4 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) Disclosure Scotland
2 5 (19.23%) NCSC
3 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) GDPR
3 1 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
2 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (15.38%) SCCM
2 1 (3.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) VMware
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.85%) Qualys
3 1 (3.85%) Red Hat