Cybersecurity Contracts in Glasgow

Cybersecurity
Scotland > Glasgow

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 42 50 51
Rank change year-on-year +8 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 37 37 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 4.11% 4.06% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 4.30% 3.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 32 30
10th Percentile £440 £413 £423
25th Percentile £506 £415 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £556
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -14.61% +27.14%
75th Percentile £681 £606 £617
90th Percentile £700 £718 £672
Scotland median daily rate £575 £461 £570
% change year-on-year +24.66% -19.08% +26.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Cybersecurity 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 Glasgow with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 828 860 941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 92.00% 94.30% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 530 625 713
10th Percentile £285 £325 £257
25th Percentile £400 £410 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £538
90th Percentile £675 £713 £600
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 27 12
10th Percentile £13.75 - £17.85
25th Percentile £16.00 £10.63 £21.00
Median hourly rate £21.13 £13.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +56.50% -58.97% +31.61%
75th Percentile £44.14 £35.00 £44.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £59.47 £49.39
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £18.11 £31.50
% change year-on-year +7.68% -42.51% -27.59%

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 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 3 (8.11%) IBM HTTP Server
1 3 (8.11%) WebSphere
1 3 (8.11%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (8.11%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.62%) AWS
2 7 (18.92%) Azure
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 3 (8.11%) AWS Direct Connect
4 3 (8.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (8.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (8.11%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.70%) GCP
5 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) HTTP
2 2 (5.41%) Firewall
3 1 (2.70%) Network Security
3 1 (2.70%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) IBM UrbanCode
2 1 (2.70%) Burp Suite
General
1 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.92%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Banking
4 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Architect
2 7 (18.92%) Security Engineer
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Windows Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (13.51%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Security Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Security Architect
6 3 (8.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (8.11%) Middleware Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Security Advisor
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Middleware Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Security Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) J2EE
1 3 (8.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
1 4 (10.81%) Operational Technology
1 4 (10.81%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.03%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Unix
3 5 (13.51%) Mac OS
4 3 (8.11%) Linux
5 1 (2.70%) Kali Linux
5 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Agile
2 10 (27.03%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (21.62%) DevOps
3 8 (21.62%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 7 (18.92%) Disk Encryption
4 7 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (18.92%) Risk Management
5 6 (16.22%) Refactoring
6 5 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.51%) IT Strategy
6 5 (13.51%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (13.51%) TOGAF
6 5 (13.51%) Waterfall
7 4 (10.81%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (10.81%) Information Security
7 4 (10.81%) Security Architecture
7 4 (10.81%) Security Operations
7 4 (10.81%) Technology Strategy
8 3 (8.11%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (8.11%) ISMS
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.03%) Python
2 9 (24.32%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
1 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 6 (16.22%) CISSP
3 4 (10.81%) CISM
4 3 (8.11%) AWS Certification
4 3 (8.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 3 (8.11%) CISA
4 3 (8.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (5.41%) CGEIT
5 2 (5.41%) CRISC
5 2 (5.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.70%) CCNA
6 1 (2.70%) CCNP
6 1 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.70%) CLAS
6 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (2.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (24.32%) NIST
3 6 (16.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.70%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (2.70%) NCSC
4 1 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (18.92%) SCCM
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) Splunk
3 3 (8.11%) IBM
3 3 (8.11%) Oracle
4 2 (5.41%) Qualys
4 2 (5.41%) VMware
5 1 (2.70%) Cisco
5 1 (2.70%) Red Hat