Information Security Contracts in Glasgow

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security 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 62 66 58
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 0
Contract jobs citing Information Security 17 16 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.13% 1.82% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 1.99% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 25
10th Percentile £264 - £432
25th Percentile £356 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £507 £583 £650
90th Percentile £574 £713 £680
Scotland median daily rate £477 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -13.27% +1.01% +8.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £16.36 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Information 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.

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%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

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

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
1 5 (29.41%) Entra ID
2 3 (17.65%) PaaS
2 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
2 3 (17.65%) SaaS
3 2 (11.76%) IaaS
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (41.18%) Finance
4 5 (29.41%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Security Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 3 (17.65%) Systems Administrator
3 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Information Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Security Designer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) LDAP
1 3 (17.65%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Security Posture
1 3 (17.65%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (5.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (41.18%) Unix
2 5 (29.41%) Linux
2 5 (29.41%) Windows
3 3 (17.65%) Mac OS
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (47.06%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (23.53%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (23.53%) Process Improvement
3 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
3 4 (23.53%) User Experience
3 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL
4 3 (17.65%) Line Management
4 3 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Storage Management
4 3 (17.65%) Task Automation
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.76%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
1 3 (17.65%) Python
1 3 (17.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) CISM
2 4 (23.53%) CISSP
3 3 (17.65%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (11.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (11.76%) CRISC
5 1 (5.88%) CCSP
5 1 (5.88%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (5.88%) Degree
5 1 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (5.88%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (17.65%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) RACF
2 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (17.65%) Docker
2 3 (17.65%) Hyper-V
2 3 (17.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) CASB
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) CyberArk
3 3 (17.65%) Qualys
4 1 (5.88%) Atlassian
4 1 (5.88%) Forcepoint