Security Architecture Contracts in Scotland

Security Architecture
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Security Architecture skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Architecture 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 108 105 147
Rank change year-on-year -3 +42 +16
Contract jobs citing Security Architecture 8 24 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.49% 1.08% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 1.22% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 10
10th Percentile - £583 £507
25th Percentile £509 £638 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £526 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -22.15% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £547 £700 £706
90th Percentile £571 £724 £740
UK median daily rate £675 £700 £688
% change year-on-year -3.57% +1.82% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £83.20 - -
UK median hourly rate £73.60 £87.46 £74.00
% change year-on-year -15.85% +18.19% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Architecture 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%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Scotland

Security Architecture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Architecture in Scotland

Security Architecture
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 Architecture 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
Glasgow 0 5 £517 -26.14% 3
Edinburgh -5 2 £555 -17.85% 7
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (37.50%) Designer
3 3 (37.50%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (12.50%) CISSP Architect
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (12.50%) Lead
5 1 (12.50%) Lead Designer
5 1 (12.50%) Security Designer
5 1 (12.50%) Security Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) TOGAF
3 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
3 3 (37.50%) Zero Trust
4 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 1 (12.50%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 1 (12.50%) Compliance Management
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Assurance
5 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (37.50%) CISM
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CRISC
3 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) GRC
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Qualys
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) CyberArk
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) VMware