Security Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Security Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Security Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 148 158
Rank change year-on-year +49 +10 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Security Analyst 29 19 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.33% 0.68% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 0.71% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 8
10th Percentile £505 £410 £260
25th Percentile £508 £413 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £429 £343
Median % change year-on-year +22.38% +25.26% -14.38%
75th Percentile £625 £444 £503
90th Percentile £750 £455 £644
UK median daily rate £525 £529 £500
% change year-on-year -0.71% +5.75% +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £12.50 £70.25 £65.80
% change year-on-year -82.21% +6.76% +31.60%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,070 2,677 3,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 95.30% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 1,920 2,387
10th Percentile £200 £232 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 52
10th Percentile £12.33 £12.90 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.13 £15.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.26 £21.75 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -18.99% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.13 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Scotland

Security Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Analyst in Scotland

Security Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Analyst in Scotland

Security Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Analyst in Scotland

Security Analyst
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 Security Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 +48 19 £525 +23.53% 1
Glasgow +5 5 £500 +16.41% 5
Highlands - 3 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 £575 -
Security Analyst
UK

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Security Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 22 (75.86%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (44.83%) Public Sector
3 12 (41.38%) Information Security
3 12 (41.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (37.93%) Incident Management
4 11 (37.93%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (37.93%) Security Monitoring
5 10 (34.48%) Management Information System
6 9 (31.03%) SIEM
6 9 (31.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 9 (31.03%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (31.03%) Use Case
6 9 (31.03%) Privileged Access Management
6 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
6 9 (31.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 9 (31.03%) Technical Analysis
6 9 (31.03%) Impact Analysis
6 9 (31.03%) Business Impact Analysis
6 9 (31.03%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
7 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
8 6 (20.69%) Banking
9 5 (17.24%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (17.24%) Security Operations
9 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
10 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
10 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
10 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
10 4 (13.79%) QA
10 4 (13.79%) SailPoint

Security Analyst Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Apache
2 1 (3.45%) EPiServer
2 1 (3.45%) IIS
2 1 (3.45%) Tomcat
2 1 (3.45%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
1 4 (13.79%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) BIG-IP
1 1 (3.45%) DNS
1 1 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) Internet
1 1 (3.45%) Network Security
1 1 (3.45%) SAN
1 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (44.83%) Public Sector
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Banking
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Police
5 1 (3.45%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.45%) .NET
2 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
3 3 (10.34%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (3.45%) PKI
4 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (75.86%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (41.38%) Information Security
3 11 (37.93%) Incident Management
3 11 (37.93%) Security Monitoring
3 11 (37.93%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (31.03%) Business Impact Analysis
4 9 (31.03%) Impact Analysis
4 9 (31.03%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (31.03%) Privileged Access Management
4 9 (31.03%) SIEM
4 9 (31.03%) Technical Analysis
4 9 (31.03%) Use Case
4 9 (31.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 9 (31.03%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 5 (17.24%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (17.24%) Security Operations
6 4 (13.79%) Remediation Plan
7 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
7 3 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.90%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Java
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
1 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) CISM
2 3 (10.34%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) CISSP
3 2 (6.90%) Degree
4 1 (3.45%) CGEIT
4 1 (3.45%) CISA
4 1 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) CRISC
4 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) GCIH
4 1 (3.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (41.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (31.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 4 (13.79%) QA
4 3 (10.34%) NIST
5 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.90%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Ansible
1 1 (3.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) CyberArk
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) CA
2 1 (3.45%) F5
2 1 (3.45%) ForeScout
2 1 (3.45%) Qualys
2 1 (3.45%) Splunk