Security Engineer Contracts in Scotland

Security Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Security Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 156 148
Rank change year-on-year +41 -8 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Security Engineer 12 14 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.55% 0.51% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.53% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 21
10th Percentile £493 £413 £431
25th Percentile £518 £461 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -6.52% +6.98%
75th Percentile £613 £569 £638
90th Percentile £648 £604 £688
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%

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 2,047 2,622 3,279
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 95.45% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,248 1,863 2,328
10th Percentile £200 £238 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £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 112 43 52
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.83 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.19 £14.38 £17.50
Median hourly rate £27.90 £21.75 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +28.25% -18.99% -30.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.89 £47.97
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.31 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Scotland

Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Engineer in Scotland

Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Engineer in Scotland

Security Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Engineer in Scotland

Security Engineer
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 Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 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
Glasgow +15 7 £575 +4.55% 5
Edinburgh +35 5 £500 +17.65%
Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Security Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (83.33%) Windows
3 9 (75.00%) Splunk
4 8 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 8 (66.67%) SCCM
4 8 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (58.33%) Agile
5 7 (58.33%) PowerShell
5 7 (58.33%) Unix
5 7 (58.33%) Python
5 7 (58.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 7 (58.33%) Disk Encryption
5 7 (58.33%) DevOps
6 6 (50.00%) Refactoring
7 5 (41.67%) Mac OS
7 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
8 4 (33.33%) Azure
8 4 (33.33%) AWS
9 3 (25.00%) Linux
9 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
10 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
10 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
10 2 (16.67%) Data Protection

Security Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (8.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Unix
3 5 (41.67%) Mac OS
4 3 (25.00%) Linux
5 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (8.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (58.33%) Agile
3 7 (58.33%) DevOps
3 7 (58.33%) Disk Encryption
3 7 (58.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 6 (50.00%) Refactoring
5 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
5 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
5 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security
6 1 (8.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 1 (8.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 1 (8.33%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (8.33%) Key Management
6 1 (8.33%) Static Application Security Testing
6 1 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) PowerShell
1 7 (58.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (8.33%) MCSE
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (8.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (66.67%) SCCM
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (8.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Splunk
2 8 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) F5
3 1 (8.33%) Qualys
3 1 (8.33%) Tripwire
3 1 (8.33%) VMware