Cloud Security Contracts in Glasgow

Cloud Security
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 57 68
Rank change year-on-year -18 +11 -2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cloud Security 9 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.22% 0.58% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 0.64% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile - £575 -
25th Percentile £400 £613 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -42.14% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £587 £725 £650
90th Percentile £623 - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £650 £550
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Cloud 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 Glasgow.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 674 624 788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 91.20% 90.17% 92.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 440 530
10th Percentile £300 £250 £336
25th Percentile £362 £368 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -10.00% +6.27%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £588 £638 £675
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.22% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 22 28
10th Percentile £15.73 £15.80 £11.86
25th Percentile £16.84 £19.59 £12.88
Median hourly rate £18.64 £40.94 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.48% +182.34% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.95 - £50.49
90th Percentile £35.60 £62.00 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.59 £19.06
% change year-on-year +2.09% +2.81% -1.65%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in Glasgow

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Cloud Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Glasgow over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in Glasgow

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) Banking
3 5 (55.56%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (22.22%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (22.22%) Financial Institution
6 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Security Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Cloud Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Programme Manager
3 1 (11.11%) AWS Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) DevSecOps
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (44.44%) DevOps
3 4 (44.44%) Generative AI
4 3 (33.33%) Data Security
5 2 (22.22%) Application Security
5 2 (22.22%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (22.22%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
6 1 (11.11%) SOAR
6 1 (11.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) AWS Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CISA
3 1 (11.11%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) CRISC
3 1 (11.11%) GIAC
3 1 (11.11%) OSCP
3 1 (11.11%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Ansible
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Rapid7
1 1 (11.11%) Splunk