Dynamic Application Security Testing Contracts in Scotland

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Dynamic Application Security Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Dynamic Application Security Testing 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 125 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £464 - -
25th Percentile £514 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 - -
75th Percentile £702 - -
90th Percentile £753 - -
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £625
% change year-on-year +4.00% - +6.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Dynamic Application Security Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,942 2,610 3,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.68% 92.55% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 1,872 2,340
10th Percentile £228 £260 £244
25th Percentile £399 £406 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Dynamic Application Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Dynamic Application Security Testing in Scotland

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Dynamic Application Security Testing in Scotland

Dynamic Application Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Dynamic Application Security Testing in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Dynamic Application Security Testing in Scotland

Dynamic Application Security Testing
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 Dynamic Application Security Testing 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
Edinburgh - 4 £606 -
Dynamic Application Security Testing
UK

Dynamic Application Security Testing
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (75.00%) Email Filtering
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Key Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) F5
1 1 (25.00%) Qualys
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk