Risk Assessment Contracts in Scotland

Risk Assessment
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Risk Assessment skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 106 147
Rank change year-on-year +10 +41 +14
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 20 23 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.23% 1.04% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.17% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 13
10th Percentile £368 £456 £403
25th Percentile £427 £500 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.39% +27.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £538 £630 £488
90th Percentile £539 £638 £506
UK median daily rate £525 £563 £613
% change year-on-year -6.67% -8.16% +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £14.54 £70.50
% change year-on-year +322.94% -79.38% +18.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Risk Assessment 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 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
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 Risk Assessment within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +10 12 £463 -17.41% 9
Glasgow +7 8 £465 - 11
Risk Assessment
UK

Risk Assessment
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 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Power Platform
2 6 (30.00%) Azure
3 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) ADSL
2 1 (5.00%) LAN
2 1 (5.00%) PSTN
2 1 (5.00%) SDH
2 1 (5.00%) SSL
2 1 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Electronics
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Security Specialist
2 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Engineering Specialist
5 1 (5.00%) Information Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Integration Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Project Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Risk Officer
5 1 (5.00%) Security Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.00%) Support Technician
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Telephony Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (20.00%) PKI
2 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Client/Server
4 1 (5.00%) CMDB
4 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
1 4 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Agile
1 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (30.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (20.00%) Change Management
3 4 (20.00%) Email Filtering
3 4 (20.00%) ITIL
3 4 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Project Management
3 4 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (15.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (15.00%) Problem Management
4 3 (15.00%) Service Management
4 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (10.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (10.00%) Operational Stability
5 2 (10.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 4 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (10.00%) CISSP
3 2 (10.00%) MCSE
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.00%) CEH
4 1 (5.00%) CISM
4 1 (5.00%) CRISC
4 1 (5.00%) GCIH
4 1 (5.00%) HNC
4 1 (5.00%) ISACA
4 1 (5.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (5.00%) OSCP
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) NIST
2 1 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) SCCM
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Genesys
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Nokia
2 1 (5.00%) Qualys