Information Security Contracts in Edinburgh

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information 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 64 45 88
Rank change year-on-year -19 +43 +7
Contract jobs citing Information Security 3 27 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.48% 3.31% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 3.75% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 20 21
10th Percentile £551 £505 -
25th Percentile £576 £509 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £617 £543 £465
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% +16.67% -11.43%
75th Percentile £659 £608 £554
90th Percentile £683 £641 £593
Scotland median daily rate £477 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -13.27% +1.01% +8.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Information 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%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Edinburgh

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Edinburgh

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Edinburgh

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Edinburgh

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) IaaS
1 1 (33.33%) PaaS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Information Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Principal Data Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) People Management
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Hitachi
1 1 (33.33%) Pega
1 1 (33.33%) SAP