Cyber Essentials Contracts in Scotland

Cyber Essentials
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Cyber Essentials skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 137 173
Rank change year-on-year +25 +36 -19
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials 17 29 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.78% 1.03% 0.085%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.14% 5.11% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 25 1
10th Percentile £227 £500 -
25th Percentile £463 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.17% -1.00% +31.74%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £640 £618 -
UK median daily rate £500 £545 £500
% change year-on-year -8.26% +9.00% +6.95%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

Cyber Essentials is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance 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 quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 411 567 697
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 18.77% 20.11% 19.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 477 517
10th Percentile £186 £208 £216
25th Percentile £313 £400 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% +2.41%
75th Percentile £534 £550 £538
90th Percentile £608 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 14
10th Percentile £15.32 £16.41 £15.54
25th Percentile £16.18 £19.28 £20.25
Median hourly rate £18.27 £34.74 £35.22
Median % change year-on-year -47.41% -1.35% +46.73%
75th Percentile £51.28 £49.24 £43.25
90th Percentile £60.75 £51.94 £52.03
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.56% +26.13% +32.14%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in Scotland

Cyber Essentials
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Cyber Essentials in Scotland

Cyber Essentials
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Essentials in Scotland

Cyber Essentials
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 Essentials within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +7 7 £77 -87.74% 2
Edinburgh +21 5 £500 -5.21% 1
South Lanarkshire - 4 £575 -
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (17.65%) MS Visio
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Public Sector
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Security Advisor
2 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Security Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Lead Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Security Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Security Technical Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (29.41%) Product Ownership
3 2 (11.76%) Security Posture
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (52.94%) Security Architecture
3 8 (47.06%) Risk Management
4 7 (41.18%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (35.29%) Cyber Intelligence
5 6 (35.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 6 (35.29%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (23.53%) Information Security
6 4 (23.53%) Social Engineering
7 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
7 3 (17.65%) Design Patterns
7 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.76%) ITIL
8 2 (11.76%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (11.76%) Security Operations
9 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
9 1 (5.88%) Kalman Filter
9 1 (5.88%) Risk Analysis
9 1 (5.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Security Cleared
2 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (11.76%) MCSE
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.88%) CISSP
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (76.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (58.82%) NIST
3 4 (23.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (17.65%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (17.65%) PCI DSS
5 2 (11.76%) NCSC
5 2 (11.76%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Atlassian
3 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.88%) VMware