Ethical Hacking Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Ethical Hacking
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 115 113
Rank change year-on-year -26 -2 +31
Contract jobs citing Ethical Hacking 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.042% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £360 - £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £580 £775
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% -25.16% +66.67%
75th Percentile £380 - £788
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 £580 £575
% change year-on-year +7.76% +0.87% -8.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Ethical Hacking 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 2,005 1,458 1,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 84.14% 90.95% 86.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,057 801 964
10th Percentile £263 £263 £205
25th Percentile £377 £399 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +4.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £564 £538 £538
90th Percentile £674 £613 £660
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 103 47
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.57 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £17.87 £14.07
Median hourly rate £16.86 £19.97 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year -15.57% +1.94% +3.49%
75th Percentile £35.40 £25.15 £24.18
90th Percentile £62.88 £38.00 £43.12
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.27
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.49% -0.55%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ethical Hacking relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Ethical Hacking job vacancy trend in Scotland

Ethical Hacking
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Ethical Hacking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Ethical Hacking

Ethical Hacking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Metasploit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Kali Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus