Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring OWASP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 104 | 113 | 143 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | +30 | +21 |
| Contract jobs citing OWASP | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.81% | 0.16% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.89% | 0.19% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £443 | £387 | £516 |
| 25th Percentile | £459 | £396 | £520 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £420 | £555 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.07% | -24.32% | +0.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £434 | £598 |
| 90th Percentile | £629 | £436 | £607 |
| UK median daily rate | £575 | £600 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.17% | - | +4.35% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland
OWASP 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 | 1,459 | 1,617 | 2,247 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 91.24% | 86.42% | 91.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 807 | 984 | 1,462 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £213 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £391 | £363 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £450 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.33% | -5.26% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £603 | £675 | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.78% | -1.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 104 | 46 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.84 | £12.30 | £12.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.87 | £14.63 | £13.43 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.00 | £20.94 | £19.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.48% | +6.88% | -8.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.15 | £24.18 | £58.96 |
| 90th Percentile | £37.00 | £51.50 | £75.03 |
| UK median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £43.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.51% | - | +48.28% |
OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing OWASP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
OWASP
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing OWASP.
OWASP
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OWASP in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
OWASP
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 OWASP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 | - | 13 | £488 | - | 5 |
| OWASP UK |
|||||
OWASP
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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||