Security Management Contracts in Scotland

Security Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Management 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 107 116 140
Rank change year-on-year +9 +24 +14
Contract jobs citing Security Management 9 13 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.55% 0.59% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.66% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 19
10th Percentile £444 - £520
25th Percentile £463 £324 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £350 £600
Median % change year-on-year +43.35% -41.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £648 £581 £666
90th Percentile £719 £595 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Management 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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Management in Scotland

Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Management in Scotland

Security Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Management in Scotland

Security Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Management in Scotland

Security Management
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 Management 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 £475 +38.18% 2
Edinburgh +7 3 £613 +6.52% 1
Security Management
UK

Security Management
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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
2 1 (11.11%) Intranet
2 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) MPLS
2 1 (11.11%) MQTT
2 1 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Finance
4 3 (33.33%) Banking
5 2 (22.22%) Investment Banking
5 2 (22.22%) Publishing
6 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Law
6 1 (11.11%) Legal
6 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Architect
2 4 (44.44%) Data Architect
3 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow Architect
4 2 (22.22%) Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps Architect
5 1 (11.11%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Operational Security Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Operations Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Security Architect
5 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (44.44%) CMDB
2 4 (44.44%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
4 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
4 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (11.11%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (11.11%) IoT
4 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
4 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
4 1 (11.11%) SCADA
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Data Security
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Data Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) Data Design
2 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (44.44%) IT Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) ITSM
2 4 (44.44%) Programme Management
2 4 (44.44%) Service Management
2 4 (44.44%) Technology Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Time Management
3 3 (33.33%) Change Control
3 3 (33.33%) Data Management
3 3 (33.33%) Process Management
3 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CISM
1 2 (22.22%) CISSP
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CCSP
2 1 (11.11%) CEH
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (11.11%) OSCP
2 1 (11.11%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (11.11%) COBIT
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) NCSC
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) CASB
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Aruba
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Forcepoint
3 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
3 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
3 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds