Cybersecurity Contracts in Glasgow

Cybersecurity
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity 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 35 45 48
Rank change year-on-year +10 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 49 37 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 6.14% 4.22% 3.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.56% 4.59% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 23 30
10th Percentile £283 £440 £413
25th Percentile £416 £506 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £575 £467
Median % change year-on-year -13.74% +23.26% -15.18%
75th Percentile £550 £681 £550
90th Percentile £605 £700 £714
Scotland median daily rate £500 £575 £460
% change year-on-year -13.04% +25.00% -18.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £83.20 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Cybersecurity 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 747 806 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 93.61% 91.90% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 515 629
10th Percentile £311 £280 £325
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £603 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 40 27
10th Percentile £16.18 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.83 £21.13 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +56.50% -66.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.14 £35.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.75 £59.47
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Glasgow

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Glasgow

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

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

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Glasgow

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Glasgow

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.04%) JBoss
1 1 (2.04%) WebLogic
1 1 (2.04%) WebSphere
1 1 (2.04%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.16%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) Azure
2 8 (16.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.16%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.12%) AWS
4 3 (6.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (6.12%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.08%) IaaS
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (4.08%) PaaS
5 2 (4.08%) SaaS
6 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.04%) OpenShift
6 1 (2.04%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Network Security
2 1 (2.04%) NAS
2 1 (2.04%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.20%) Power BI
1 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.08%) Tableau
3 1 (2.04%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
3 1 (2.04%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Git
2 3 (6.12%) Xcode
3 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 29 (59.18%) Finance
2 26 (53.06%) Social Skills
3 15 (30.61%) Banking
4 14 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (12.24%) Investment Banking
6 5 (10.20%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.08%) Back Office
8 2 (4.08%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.08%) Military
9 1 (2.04%) Legal
9 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Analyst
2 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 6 (12.24%) Developer
2 6 (12.24%) Security Analyst
3 5 (10.20%) Architect
3 5 (10.20%) Security Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
4 4 (8.16%) Security Project Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 3 (6.12%) Mobile Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Programme Manager
5 3 (6.12%) Python Developer
5 3 (6.12%) Report Analyst
5 3 (6.12%) Security Architect
5 3 (6.12%) Senior
6 2 (4.08%) Solutions Designer
6 2 (4.08%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) AngularJS
1 3 (6.12%) CSS
1 3 (6.12%) Express.js
1 3 (6.12%) FastAPI
1 3 (6.12%) HTML
1 3 (6.12%) Node.js
1 3 (6.12%) pytest
1 3 (6.12%) REST
1 3 (6.12%) SwiftUI
1 3 (6.12%) UIKit
2 2 (4.08%) .NET
3 1 (2.04%) IBM Integration Bus
3 1 (2.04%) J2EE
3 1 (2.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Security Posture
2 4 (8.16%) Data Centre
2 4 (8.16%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.16%) Virtual Team
3 3 (6.12%) Credit Risk
3 3 (6.12%) iPad
3 3 (6.12%) iPhone
3 3 (6.12%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.12%) PMI
4 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (4.08%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.08%) Social Media
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.04%) Insider Threat
5 1 (2.04%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.33%) Windows
2 7 (14.29%) Linux
3 5 (10.20%) Unix
4 3 (6.12%) Android
4 3 (6.12%) Apple iOS
4 3 (6.12%) Mac OS
4 3 (6.12%) Windows Server
5 2 (4.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Agile
2 14 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (22.45%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (20.41%) CI/CD
5 8 (16.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 8 (16.33%) Information Security
5 8 (16.33%) Project Management
5 8 (16.33%) Risk Management
6 7 (14.29%) Decision-Making
6 7 (14.29%) DevOps
6 7 (14.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 6 (12.24%) BCP
7 6 (12.24%) Business Continuity
7 6 (12.24%) Business Continuity Planning
7 6 (12.24%) Roadmaps
7 6 (12.24%) Security Operations
7 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (12.24%) Test Automation
7 6 (12.24%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (10.20%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) Python
2 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.12%) Objective-C
2 3 (6.12%) Swift
2 3 (6.12%) TypeScript
3 2 (4.08%) C#
3 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) CISM
2 8 (16.33%) CISSP
3 7 (14.29%) Degree
4 3 (6.12%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (6.12%) CRISC
4 3 (6.12%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (2.04%) CCSP
6 1 (2.04%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (2.04%) ISACA
6 1 (2.04%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) Disclosure Scotland
1 4 (8.16%) NIST
1 4 (8.16%) QA
2 3 (6.12%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (6.12%) GRC
2 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Docker
2 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.08%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) Terraform
2 4 (8.16%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.08%) Ansible
3 2 (4.08%) CASB
3 2 (4.08%) Podman
3 2 (4.08%) Progress Chef
3 2 (4.08%) Puppet
3 2 (4.08%) RSA Archer
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.04%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.04%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (2.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 5 (10.20%) Oracle
3 5 (10.20%) Qualys
4 4 (8.16%) CyberArk
5 2 (4.08%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (4.08%) Netskope
5 2 (4.08%) Proofpoint
5 2 (4.08%) Splunk
5 2 (4.08%) Sun
5 2 (4.08%) Symantec
6 1 (2.04%) Ariba
6 1 (2.04%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.04%) Dynatrace
6 1 (2.04%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.04%) IBM
6 1 (2.04%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.04%) Veritas