Security Monitoring Contracts in Scotland

Security Monitoring
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring 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 114 112 149
Rank change year-on-year -2 +37 +15
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 2 17 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.12% 0.77% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.87% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 8
10th Percentile - £508 £413
25th Percentile £463 £509 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -15.57%
75th Percentile £488 £609 £550
90th Percentile - £675 £775
UK median daily rate £544 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +3.57% -12.50% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Monitoring 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 Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in Scotland

Security Monitoring
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Monitoring in Scotland

Security Monitoring
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 Monitoring 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 -1 1 £475 -26.92% 7
Edinburgh -4 1 - - 4
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
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 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Application Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SIAM
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (50.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk