Security Operations Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Operations (SecOps)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations 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 58 61 98
Rank change year-on-year +3 +37 +9
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 9 11 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.44% 1.35% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.53% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile £439 £444 £413
25th Percentile £450 £463 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £458
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +9.29% +1.67%
75th Percentile £503 £538 £588
90th Percentile £531 £568 £775
Scotland median daily rate £510 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -0.49% +2.50% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Security Operations 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 Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
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 3 (33.33%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (11.11%) SSL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 3 (33.33%) Retail Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Security Specialist
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Operational Security Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Operations Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Security Specialist
4 1 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (33.33%) PKI
3 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
3 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
4 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (22.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (44.44%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Email Filtering
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 3 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (33.33%) SIEM
4 2 (22.22%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (22.22%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Security Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (22.22%) MCSE
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CISSP
3 1 (11.11%) GCFA
3 1 (11.11%) GCIH
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Splunk