Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £287, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 105 154
Rank change year-on-year -5 +49 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 7 20 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% 0.93% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.98% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 0
10th Percentile £241 £508 -
25th Percentile £271 £510 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £287 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.33% - -
75th Percentile £436 £750 -
90th Percentile £511 - -
UK median daily rate £486 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -11.59% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,551 2,032 2,578
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 94.47% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 883 1,250 1,820
10th Percentile £257 £200 £231
25th Percentile £368 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 113 43
10th Percentile £15.68 £12.30 £12.83
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.25 £14.38
Median hourly rate £19.37 £24.29 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.28% +11.68% -27.32%
75th Percentile £24.50 £60.00 £59.79
90th Percentile £40.63 £66.00 £68.50
UK median hourly rate £28.15 £36.58 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.03% -18.72% +87.50%

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 17 May 2025.

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 17 May 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
Glasgow -3 5 £287 -
Edinburgh -8 1 - -
Renfrewshire - 1 £525 - 2
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, 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 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Power BI
2 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) CISSP
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Linux
3 3 (42.86%) Python
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
3 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) ArcSight
4 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Scorecard
4 2 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (28.57%) Azure
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) OSINT
4 2 (28.57%) Tableau
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Degree

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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Power BI
2 2 (28.57%) Tableau
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (28.57%) OSINT
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Scorecard
4 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Use Case
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) Open Source
5 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CASP
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (14.29%) GCIA
3 1 (14.29%) GCIH
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ArcSight
1 2 (28.57%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk