Network Security Contracts in Scotland

Network Security
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 106 134
Rank change year-on-year +9 +28 +19
Contract jobs citing Network Security 24 12 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.38% 0.59% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.50% 5.56% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 22
10th Percentile £392 £395 £340
25th Percentile £403 £403 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £453 £494
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% -8.35% -4.31%
75th Percentile £511 £555 £550
90th Percentile £571 £591 £575
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 192 216 368
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 11.08% 10.58% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 131 233
10th Percentile £200 £178 £160
25th Percentile £356 £229 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £420 £463
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -9.19% -
75th Percentile £519 £575 £550
90th Percentile £550 £634 £613
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 25
10th Percentile - £12.50 -
25th Percentile - £14.63 £10.63
Median hourly rate £17.30 £18.27 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +3.10% -65.22%
75th Percentile £18.73 £28.38 £35.00
90th Percentile £33.35 £60.75 £59.03
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.63% +14.29% +21.74%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Scotland

Network Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Network Security in Scotland

Network Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Security in Scotland

Network Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Security in Scotland

Network 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 Network Security within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 July 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
Edinburgh +11 9 £492 +18.55% 6
Glasgow -9 8 £405 -29.90% 5
Aberdeen - 5 £456 - 1
Network Security
UK

Network 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (45.83%) Azure
2 9 (37.50%) AWS
3 2 (8.33%) IaaS
3 2 (8.33%) PaaS
3 2 (8.33%) SaaS
3 2 (8.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) Firewall
2 15 (62.50%) VPN
3 11 (45.83%) WAN
4 9 (37.50%) BGP
4 9 (37.50%) OSPF
5 8 (33.33%) Wireless
6 7 (29.17%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (29.17%) LAN
7 6 (25.00%) SD-WAN
8 5 (20.83%) EIGRP
8 5 (20.83%) IPsec
9 4 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
9 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
10 2 (8.33%) Unified Communications
10 2 (8.33%) VLAN
10 2 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (4.17%) DHCP
11 1 (4.17%) DNS
11 1 (4.17%) WLAN
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Legal
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) Banking
5 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Network Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Senior
3 4 (16.67%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) IT Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Deployment Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Field Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Information Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Network Field Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Network Security Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Network Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 2 (8.33%) PKI
4 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Linux
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
2 4 (16.67%) Unix
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.83%) High Availability
2 5 (20.83%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
3 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (16.67%) Identity Management
3 4 (16.67%) Information Security
3 4 (16.67%) Network Design
4 3 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 3 (12.50%) Migration
4 3 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 2 (8.33%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (8.33%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (8.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) Perl
1 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (37.50%) CCNP
3 6 (25.00%) Degree
4 4 (16.67%) CISSP
5 3 (12.50%) AWS Certification
5 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
5 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (8.33%) CCNA
6 2 (8.33%) CISM
6 2 (8.33%) CRISC
6 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) CCSP
7 1 (4.17%) CEH
7 1 (4.17%) CISA
7 1 (4.17%) GIAC
7 1 (4.17%) OSCP
7 1 (4.17%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.17%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Cisco
2 11 (45.83%) Palo Alto
3 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
4 4 (16.67%) F5
4 4 (16.67%) Juniper
5 2 (8.33%) Meraki
5 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.17%) Citrix
6 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.17%) Riverbed
6 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.17%) VMware