Security Management Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management 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 71 103
Rank change year-on-year +7 +32 +20
Contract jobs citing Security Management 3 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.48% 0.12% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.14% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £491 - £538
25th Percentile £534 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% +2.22% -2.17%
75th Percentile £684 £588 £592
90th Percentile £724 - £634
Scotland median daily rate £502 £350 £600
% change year-on-year +43.35% -41.67% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Security Management 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%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in Edinburgh

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Security Management in Edinburgh

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in Edinburgh

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in Edinburgh

Security Management
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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
1 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architect
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps Architect
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Manager
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CMDB
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) COBIT
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow