Cyber Essentials Contracts in Glasgow

Cyber Essentials
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials 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 73 75 79
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +1
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 6 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.75% 0.80% 0.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.26% 6.09% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £410 - £573
25th Percentile £425 £70 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £77 £625
Median % change year-on-year +519.86% -87.74% +13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £83 £644
90th Percentile - - £648
Scotland median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £83.20 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Glasgow

Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 114 115 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 14.29% 13.11% 17.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 80 128
10th Percentile £290 £206 £325
25th Percentile £372 £306 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £444 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -1.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £541 £500 £575
90th Percentile £600 £589 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £31.05 - -
25th Percentile £39.74 - -
Median hourly rate £54.85 £15.42 £47.73
Median % change year-on-year +255.71% -67.69% +19.35%
75th Percentile £69.34 £15.71 -
90th Percentile £77.66 £15.88 -
Scotland median hourly rate £27.35 £18.27 £47.73
% change year-on-year +49.70% -61.72% +44.64%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in Glasgow

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in Glasgow

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in Glasgow

Cyber Essentials
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 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Administrator
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) LDAP
1 3 (50.00%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (50.00%) Unix
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
1 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (50.00%) Line Management
2 3 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (50.00%) Task Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cryptography
4 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) ISMS
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (16.67%) CRISC
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) Docker
1 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Forcepoint
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow