Security Operations Contracts in Glasgow

Security Operations (SecOps)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 71 86
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 -11
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 9 6 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.17% 0.71% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.76% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £504 £478 £788
25th Percentile £533 - £798
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £572 £500 £856
Median % change year-on-year +14.40% -41.61% +185.42%
75th Percentile £625 - £923
90th Percentile £648 - £939
Scotland median daily rate £548 £500 £455
% change year-on-year +9.50% +9.89% +1.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Security Operations 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 720 786 832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 93.51% 92.47% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 501 602
10th Percentile £308 £275 £350
25th Percentile £394 £385 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £590
90th Percentile £600 £650 £700
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 38 31
10th Percentile £16.75 £12.11 -
25th Percentile £16.79 £16.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.83 £27.88 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% +95.63% -61.93%
75th Percentile £45.08 £50.55 £29.38
90th Percentile £75.24 £66.25 £58.75
Scotland median hourly rate £20.94 £19.34 £16.25
% change year-on-year +8.30% +18.98% -58.02%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Glasgow

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Glasgow

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Glasgow over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Glasgow

Security Operations
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 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (11.11%) Sumo Logic
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
1 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Security Solutions Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) JSON
1 4 (44.44%) REST
1 4 (44.44%) SOAP
1 4 (44.44%) Web Services
1 4 (44.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) IT Asset Management
2 4 (44.44%) ITSM
2 4 (44.44%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 3 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 3 (33.33%) Service Management
3 3 (33.33%) TOGAF
4 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 2 (22.22%) Coaching
4 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) SIEM
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Detection
4 2 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
5 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CISSP
2 3 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (11.11%) CASP
3 1 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) GCIA
3 1 (11.11%) GCIH
3 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) GRC
2 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) ServiceNow
2 3 (33.33%) Qualys
3 1 (11.11%) ArcSight
3 1 (11.11%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (11.11%) Rapid7