Security Hardening Contract Job Trends in Scotland
Security Hardening
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland citing Security Hardening skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 131 | - | 113 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +17 |
| Contract jobs citing Security Hardening | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Scotland | 0.17% | - | 0.11% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.20% | - | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £469 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £494 | - | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -18.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £555 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £642 | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £575 | £545 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.50% | -5.22% | +2.77% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland
Security Hardening falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Scotland.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 2,014 | 1,434 | 1,537 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | 85.41% | 89.74% | 86.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,064 | 805 | 891 |
| 10th Percentile | £257 | £244 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £388 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £465 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.08% | +3.33% | -5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £556 | £538 | £537 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | £621 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -2.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 139 | 99 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £14.94 | £13.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.73 | £17.87 | £17.46 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.75 | £20.00 | £22.88 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.25% | -12.57% | +17.31% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.80 | £25.15 | £24.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.45 | £41.32 | £40.90 |
| UK median hourly rate | £34.94 | £25.15 | £36.08 |
| % change year-on-year | +38.91% | -30.30% | -17.81% |
Security Hardening Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Hardening relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
Security Hardening Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Security Hardening.
Security Hardening Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Hardening in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.
Security Hardening 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 Hardening within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 October 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | - | 2 | £488 | - | 1 |
| Highlands | - | 1 | £500 | - | |
| Aberdeen | - | 1 | £700 | - | |
| Security Hardening UK |
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Security Hardening Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stakeholder Management | 75.0% | 3 |
| 1 | Vulnerability Management | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Change Management | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Disaster Recovery | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Infrastructure Transformation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Patch Management | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Root Cause Analysis | 50.0% | 2 |
| 3 | Vulnerability Remediation | 50.0% | 2 |
| 9 | Asset Management | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Business Continuity | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Collaborative Working | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Continuous Improvement | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Cyber Resilience | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Cybersecurity | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | High Availability | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Identity Access Management | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Incident Response | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Infrastructure Engineering | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | Infrastructure Monitoring | 25.0% | 1 |
| 9 | ITIL | 25.0% | 1 |