Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends 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 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 62 68
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +26
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 7 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.95% 0.64% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.54% 1.67% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £258 £466 £441
25th Percentile £289 £480 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £506 £488
Median % change year-on-year -34.57% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £397 £530 £538
90th Percentile £481 £542 £550
Scotland median daily rate £350 £518 £488
% change year-on-year -32.37% +6.15% -11.36%

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 276 239 280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.45% 38.12% 34.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 116 159
10th Percentile £250 £206 £268
25th Percentile £410 £413 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +4.38%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £600
90th Percentile £686 £638 £660
Scotland median daily rate £475 £463 £458
% change year-on-year +2.59% +1.20% -6.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 16 17
10th Percentile £17.23 - £12.75
25th Percentile £29.17 £17.30 £16.25
Median hourly rate £67.00 £22.00 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +204.55% +21.35% -16.34%
75th Percentile £73.50 £25.59 £35.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £47.15 £60.75
Scotland median hourly rate £18.28 £22.00 £18.13
% change year-on-year -16.91% +21.35% +42.42%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cyber Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in Edinburgh

Cyber Threat
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
3 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Intranet
2 1 (14.29%) SSL
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Security Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) PKI
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Email Filtering
4 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Register
4 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) MCSE
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CEH
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (28.57%) Splunk
2 2 (28.57%) Tenable