Security Monitoring Contracts in Scotland

Security Monitoring
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 156 165
Rank change year-on-year +45 +9 -8
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 15 12 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.69% 0.43% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.47% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 7 4
10th Percentile £498 £413 £471
25th Percentile £508 £419 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £450 £533
Median % change year-on-year +14.44% -15.57% -1.98%
75th Percentile £538 £475 £600
90th Percentile £543 £515 £623
UK median daily rate £505 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -15.83% +4.35% +3.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,925 2,559 3,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.26% 92.55% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,163 1,839 2,293
10th Percentile £222 £260 £250
25th Percentile £373 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £575 £557 £550
90th Percentile £659 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 56 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.84 £12.04 £19.45
Median hourly rate £19.50 £16.86 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.69% -57.86% -0.01%
75th Percentile £50.88 £49.24 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.78 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 8 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
Edinburgh +37 10 £515 +14.44%
Glasgow - 2 - - 6
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
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 (6.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
General
1 14 (93.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Analyst
1 11 (73.33%) Security Analyst
2 9 (60.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Senior
3 5 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 5 (33.33%) Senior Security Analyst
4 3 (20.00%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (86.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (86.67%) Information Security
3 11 (73.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 10 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
4 10 (66.67%) Privileged Access Management
4 10 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 9 (60.00%) Business Impact Analysis
5 9 (60.00%) Impact Analysis
5 9 (60.00%) Incident Management
5 9 (60.00%) SIEM
5 9 (60.00%) Technical Analysis
5 9 (60.00%) Use Case
5 9 (60.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 4 (26.67%) Information Security Management
6 4 (26.67%) ISMS
6 4 (26.67%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (26.67%) Security Management
7 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) CISM
2 4 (26.67%) CGEIT
2 4 (26.67%) CISA
2 4 (26.67%) CISSP
2 4 (26.67%) CRISC
2 4 (26.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (93.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (60.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 4 (26.67%) NIST
4 2 (13.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) ForeScout
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft