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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 111 139
Rank change year-on-year +2 +28 +21
Contract jobs citing Security Management 6 11 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.37% 0.53% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.60% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 19
10th Percentile £446 - £520
25th Percentile £477 £324 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £344 £600
Median % change year-on-year +53.74% -42.71% +14.29%
75th Percentile £608 £528 £666
90th Percentile £656 £597 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £588 £600
% change year-on-year -6.38% -2.08% +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 1,516 1,841 2,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.70% 87.88% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 871 1,140 1,739
10th Percentile £263 £219 £260
25th Percentile £374 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - -
75th Percentile £538 £575 £550
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 92 55
10th Percentile £15.90 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.92 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.50 £15.99
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% +21.95% -57.28%
75th Percentile £25.15 £42.71 £50.74
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £67.13
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.71% -2.58% +44.08%

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 23 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 23 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 -6 4 £489 +44.96% 4
Edinburgh +10 1 - - 8
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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 1 (16.67%) Intranet
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) MPLS
2 1 (16.67%) MQTT
2 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Publishing
4 1 (16.67%) Law
4 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Architect
1 4 (66.67%) Data Architect
2 3 (50.00%) ServiceNow Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) CMDB
1 4 (66.67%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (16.67%) IoT
2 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) SCADA
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 4 (66.67%) Data Architecture
2 4 (66.67%) Data Design
2 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 4 (66.67%) Data Security
2 4 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Programme Management
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 4 (66.67%) Time Management
3 3 (50.00%) Change Control
3 3 (50.00%) Data Management
3 3 (50.00%) Process Management
3 3 (50.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (16.67%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Prime
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Aruba
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds