Cyber Defence Contracts in Scotland

Cyber Defence
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 159 175
Rank change year-on-year +29 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.22% 0.035% 0.028%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.69% 0.096% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £645 £735 £725
% change year-on-year -12.30% +1.44% +31.82%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Cyber Defence is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 728 1,042 1,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 32.56% 36.41% 33.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 712 815
10th Percentile £203 £250 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £675 £675 £625
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 23 24
10th Percentile £13.80 - £15.54
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £19.45
Median hourly rate £18.27 £12.30 £41.75
Median % change year-on-year +48.54% -70.54% -8.24%
75th Percentile £48.00 £28.81 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.30 £52.55 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +28.93% -16.69% +3.85%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Cyber Defence as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Defence in Scotland

Cyber Defence
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Defence in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Defence in Scotland

Cyber Defence
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 Cyber Defence within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Glasgow +10 3 - -
Edinburgh - 2 - -
Cyber Defence
UK

Cyber Defence
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Burp Suite
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Ethical Hacker
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Kali Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Purple Team
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) OSCP
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform