Data Security Contracts in Edinburgh

Data Security
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Security 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 67 106
Rank change year-on-year +8 +39 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Security 8 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.28% 0.61% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 0.69% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £474 £489 £473
25th Percentile £510 £501 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £524 £557
Median % change year-on-year +12.65% -6.01% +17.32%
75th Percentile £620 £543 £613
90th Percentile £627 £553 £680
Scotland median daily rate £528 £420 £500
% change year-on-year +25.83% -16.00% +4.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.32 - -
Median hourly rate £27.35 - -
75th Percentile £28.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £26.93 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data 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 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Edinburgh

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Data Security in Edinburgh

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in Edinburgh

Data 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (37.50%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Google Analytics
1 3 (37.50%) Google Data Studio
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon Cognito
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon OpenSearch
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) AWS CodePipeline
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
3 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (12.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Tableau
2 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (12.50%) DynamoDB
3 1 (12.50%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (12.50%) Metadata
3 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
3 1 (12.50%) OLAP
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
3 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Lead
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Data Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) AWS CDK
1 1 (12.50%) React
1 1 (12.50%) Spring
1 1 (12.50%) TypeORM
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) CMDB
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Derivative
1 1 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Equities
1 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Data Architecture
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Digital Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Data Management
4 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Measurement
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Scrum
4 2 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (25.00%) Time Management
4 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Bloomberg
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Reuters
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow