Cloud Security Posture Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Cloud Security Posture
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 - 142
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.062% - 0.081%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% - 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £444
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £602 £518 £500
% change year-on-year +16.28% +3.50% -25.37%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Cloud Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 635 602 902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 39.15% 34.13% 36.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 322 557
10th Percentile £181 £192 £250
25th Percentile £350 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £549 £588
90th Percentile £600 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 28 25
10th Percentile £15.03 £17.17 £15.42
25th Percentile £16.51 £19.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £26.62 £23.59 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year +12.84% +22.99% -8.67%
75th Percentile £61.25 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £33.08 £60.90
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -22.26% -21.35% +34.85%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Cloud Security Posture job vacancy trend in Scotland

Cloud Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cloud Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Cloud Security Posture

Cloud Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Posture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Cloud Security Posture
UK

Cloud Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Technical Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management