Security Testing Contracts in Edinburgh

Security Testing
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Testing over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 97 119
Rank change year-on-year +33 +22 -19
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 8 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.99% 0.54% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.57% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 4
10th Percentile £466 £480 £479
25th Percentile £525 £525 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £750 £535
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +40.19% +1.90%
75th Percentile £628 £775 £588
90th Percentile £647 £813 -
Scotland median daily rate £600 £600 £535
% change year-on-year - +12.15% +1.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Security Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 714 1,230 1,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.04% 95.20% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 880 1,260
10th Percentile £233 £260 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £557
90th Percentile £674 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 13 19
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.07 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.13
Median hourly rate £21.02 £21.26 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -35.58% -39.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £51.25
90th Percentile - £64.90 £53.86
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £31.50
% change year-on-year +9.11% -43.75% -27.59%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Edinburgh

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in Edinburgh

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in Edinburgh

Security Testing
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 (37.50%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
1 3 (37.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JMeter
1 3 (37.50%) LoadRunner
1 3 (37.50%) Selenium
2 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Public Sector
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
1 3 (37.50%) Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) PKI
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (37.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (37.50%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (37.50%) Scalability Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Static Application Security Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Test Management
2 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (37.50%) MCSE
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) SCCM
2 2 (25.00%) Ansible
2 2 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
2 Security Testing jobs in Scotland