Data Security Contracts in Scotland

Data Security
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 108 138
Rank change year-on-year +35 +30 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Security 45 21 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.77% 0.95% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 1.07% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 22
10th Percentile £459 £284 £413
25th Percentile £463 £288 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £420 £500
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -16.00% +4.60%
75th Percentile £631 £456 £555
90th Percentile £713 £494 £570
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £25.36 - -
25th Percentile £25.52 - -
Median hourly rate £26.93 - -
75th Percentile £28.22 - -
90th Percentile £28.32 - -
UK median hourly rate £26.93 £40.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -32.69% +107.79% -12.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Security in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Security in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
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 Data Security within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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 +30 36 £528 +62.61% 3
Edinburgh +8 8 £590 +12.65% 10
Data Security
UK

Data Security
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 3 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.67%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe XD
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.22%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 19 (42.22%) Cloud Computing
2 15 (33.33%) Azure
3 9 (20.00%) AWS
4 4 (8.89%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (6.67%) Google Analytics
5 3 (6.67%) Google Data Studio
5 3 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.67%) SaaS
6 2 (4.44%) Amazon S3
6 2 (4.44%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.22%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (2.22%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 1 (2.22%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.22%) Figma
7 1 (2.22%) GCP
7 1 (2.22%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Internet
1 1 (2.22%) Intranet
1 1 (2.22%) NAS
1 1 (2.22%) Network Security
1 1 (2.22%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Power BI
1 3 (6.67%) SQL Server
1 3 (6.67%) Tableau
2 2 (4.44%) OLAP
3 1 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.22%) DynamoDB
3 1 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.22%) Metadata
3 1 (2.22%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.22%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle Database
3 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) JIRA
2 2 (4.44%) Git
3 1 (2.22%) Cypress.io
3 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 24 (53.33%) Finance
3 14 (31.11%) Banking
4 12 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (24.44%) Investment Banking
6 9 (20.00%) Public Sector
7 5 (11.11%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.44%) Publishing
9 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (26.67%) Architect
2 9 (20.00%) Analyst
2 9 (20.00%) Python Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Developer
3 8 (17.78%) JavaScript Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Senior
4 6 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (11.11%) Business Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) Data Architect
7 3 (6.67%) Data Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Lead
7 3 (6.67%) Performance Analyst
7 3 (6.67%) Programme Manager
7 3 (6.67%) Senior Architect
7 3 (6.67%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.67%) ServiceNow Architect
8 2 (4.44%) Senior Service Designer
8 2 (4.44%) Service Designer
8 2 (4.44%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) Node.js
2 2 (4.44%) React
3 1 (2.22%) AWS CDK
3 1 (2.22%) CSS
3 1 (2.22%) HTML
3 1 (2.22%) RESTful
3 1 (2.22%) Spring
3 1 (2.22%) TypeORM
3 1 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (48.89%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 7 (15.56%) Cloud Native
4 4 (8.89%) CMDB
4 4 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.22%) Derivative
6 1 (2.22%) Equities
6 1 (2.22%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.22%) NHS
6 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Unix
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
1 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (57.78%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (35.56%) Decision-Making
3 15 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 15 (33.33%) Community of Practice
4 14 (31.11%) Agile
4 14 (31.11%) Risk Management
5 13 (28.89%) Critical Thinking
6 11 (24.44%) Data Science
6 11 (24.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 11 (24.44%) Experimental Design
6 11 (24.44%) Machine Learning
6 11 (24.44%) Natural Language Processing
6 11 (24.44%) Statistical Analysis
7 10 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (20.00%) Task Automation
9 8 (17.78%) Data Architecture
9 8 (17.78%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (15.56%) Analytics
10 7 (15.56%) Event-Driven
10 7 (15.56%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 19 (42.22%) Python
2 15 (33.33%) Java
3 13 (28.89%) JavaScript
4 12 (26.67%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) AWS Certification
1 5 (11.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 5 (11.11%) Azure Certification
1 5 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (2.22%) CISM
2 1 (2.22%) CISSP
2 1 (2.22%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (2.22%) ISACA
2 1 (2.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 5 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 5 (11.11%) GDPR
2 4 (8.89%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (4.44%) WCAG
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.22%) CASB
2 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.22%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.89%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.67%) Google
4 2 (4.44%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.22%) Adobe
5 1 (2.22%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.22%) Forcepoint
5 1 (2.22%) Oracle
5 1 (2.22%) Reuters
5 1 (2.22%) Veritas