Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 159 165
Rank change year-on-year +51 +6 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 20 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.91% 0.28% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.30% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 3
10th Percentile £508 - £330
25th Percentile £510 - £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £430 £575
Median % change year-on-year +22.09% -25.22% +48.39%
75th Percentile £750 - £681
90th Percentile - - £738
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,070 2,677 3,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 95.30% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 1,920 2,387
10th Percentile £200 £232 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 52
10th Percentile £12.33 £12.90 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.13 £15.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.26 £21.75 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -18.99% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.13 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland

Cybersecurity Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland

Cybersecurity Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland

Cybersecurity Analyst
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 Cybersecurity Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 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
Edinburgh +51 16 £525 - 1
Glasgow +4 3 - - 3
South Lanarkshire - 1 £575 -
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Cybersecurity Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (55.00%) Public Sector
2 11 (55.00%) Incident Management
2 11 (55.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (45.00%) Use Case
3 9 (45.00%) SIEM
3 9 (45.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (45.00%) Information Security
3 9 (45.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 9 (45.00%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (45.00%) Management Information System
3 9 (45.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 9 (45.00%) Technical Analysis
3 9 (45.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 9 (45.00%) Security Monitoring
3 9 (45.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 9 (45.00%) Impact Analysis
3 9 (45.00%) Business Impact Analysis
4 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (30.00%) Banking
5 4 (20.00%) QA
5 4 (20.00%) SailPoint
5 4 (20.00%) Azure
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 4 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
5 4 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (20.00%) CyberArk

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
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 4 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Azure
1 4 (20.00%) Entra ID
General
1 11 (55.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (30.00%) Banking
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (55.00%) Incident Management
3 9 (45.00%) Business Impact Analysis
3 9 (45.00%) Impact Analysis
3 9 (45.00%) Information Security
3 9 (45.00%) Penetration Testing
3 9 (45.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 9 (45.00%) Security Monitoring
3 9 (45.00%) SIEM
3 9 (45.00%) Technical Analysis
3 9 (45.00%) Use Case
3 9 (45.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 9 (45.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (45.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 4 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
5 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (10.00%) Malware Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (55.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (45.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 4 (20.00%) QA
4 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) CyberArk
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Splunk