Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Inverness

Cybersecurity
Highlands > Inverness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Inverness requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Inverness 9.52% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £485 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £566 - -
90th Percentile £581 - -
Highlands median daily rate £550 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Inverness

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 Inverness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 93 15 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Inverness 88.57% 78.95% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 3 1
10th Percentile £427 £306 -
25th Percentile £450 £327 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £375 £110
Median % change year-on-year +29.33% +240.91% -
75th Percentile £566 £413 -
90th Percentile £700 £428 -
Highlands median daily rate £482 £375 £110
% change year-on-year +28.53% +240.91% -26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £16.11 - -
Highlands median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 -
% change year-on-year -46.52% - -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Inverness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Inverness.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Inverness

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Inverness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Inverness 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:

General
1 4 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Incident Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Management Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Security Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Security Incident Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (20.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Service Management
1 9 (90.00%) SIAM
2 7 (70.00%) Performance Metrics
2 7 (70.00%) Validation
3 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
4 5 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 5 (50.00%) ITIL
4 5 (50.00%) Major Incident Management
5 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
6 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (30.00%) Dashboard Development
6 3 (30.00%) Information Security
6 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (30.00%) Security Testing
6 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
7 2 (20.00%) ISMS
7 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) SLA
2 3 (30.00%) GRC
2 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (30.00%) NCSC
2 3 (30.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow