Cyber Threat Contracts in Edinburgh

Cyber Threats
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 68 103
Rank change year-on-year +9 +35 -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 8 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.28% 0.49% 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.35% 1.47% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £441 £439 -
25th Percentile £456 £452 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £481 £375
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% +28.33% -
75th Percentile £538 £514 £388
90th Percentile £545 £528 -
Scotland median daily rate £475 £550 £375
% change year-on-year -13.64% +46.67% -28.57%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 239 273 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.24% 33.50% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 147 327
10th Percentile £208 £334 £242
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £510 £479
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% +6.47% -4.20%
75th Percentile £554 £600 £538
90th Percentile £638 £675 £625
Scotland median daily rate £467 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 3
10th Percentile - £14.88 £21.34
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £21.47
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.57 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -5.08% -54.38%
75th Percentile £24.38 £60.19 £37.71
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.75 £47.33
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
% change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in Edinburgh

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in Edinburgh

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in Edinburgh

Cyber Threat
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (75.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) SSL
General
1 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Security Specialist
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Operational Security Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) PKI
1 4 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (75.00%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
2 6 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
3 5 (62.50%) Security Operations
4 4 (50.00%) Email Filtering
4 4 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
5 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
6 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 2 (25.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 2 (25.00%) ITIL
6 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Security Testing
6 2 (25.00%) Service Management
6 2 (25.00%) Static Application Security Testing
7 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
7 1 (12.50%) People Management
7 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (25.00%) MCSE
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft