Qualys Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Qualys
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring knowledge or experience of Qualys products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Qualys over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Qualys, Inc.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 109 147
Rank change year-on-year -2 +38 +39
Contract jobs citing Qualys 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.25% 0.22% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.55% 0.55% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £221 £603 -
25th Percentile £228 £663 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £249 £775 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.90% - -
75th Percentile £261 £788 -
90th Percentile £263 - -
UK median daily rate £483 £500 £556
% change year-on-year -3.40% -10.11% +2.49%

All Vendors
Scotland

Qualys falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 730 728 987
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 45.91% 39.22% 39.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 446 625
10th Percentile £227 £164 £207
25th Percentile £369 £313 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £563 £550
90th Percentile £621 £700 £645
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 39 29
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.48 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.07 £12.50
Median hourly rate £19.23 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +7.22% -
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £58.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £46.23 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.21 £43.79
% change year-on-year -16.74% -31.03% +83.16%

Qualys
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Qualys in Scotland

Qualys
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Qualys.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Qualys

Qualys
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 Qualys within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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 +2 2 - - 2
Glasgow - 2 £249 -
Qualys
UK

Qualys
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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Email Filtering
3 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) GCIH
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow