Cybersecurity Specialist Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Cybersecurity Specialist
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Cybersecurity Specialist daily rate in Glasgow is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 66 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Specialist 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.14% 0.14% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.16% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £381 £675 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £750 -
Median % change year-on-year -48.33% - -
75th Percentile £394 £825 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £388 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -26.19% +5.00% -2.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Glasgow with a recognized job title 694 633 761
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 91.74% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 435 519
10th Percentile £263 £236 £325
25th Percentile £363 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £580
90th Percentile £613 £669 £690
Scotland median daily rate £461 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.50% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 18
10th Percentile - £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £14.51 £12.49
Median hourly rate £23.75 £19.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.24% +35.10% -61.26%
75th Percentile £32.12 £26.76 £18.49
90th Percentile £58.50 £43.27 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -

Cybersecurity Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Cybersecurity Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Specialist job vacancies in Glasgow

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, Cybersecurity Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Cybersecurity Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (100.00%) Search Processing Language
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) TAXII
1 1 (100.00%) STIX
1 1 (100.00%) YARA
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

Cybersecurity Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) STIX
1 1 (100.00%) TAXII
1 1 (100.00%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Search Processing Language
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk