Security Officer Contracts in Scotland

Security Officer
UK > Scotland

The median Security Officer daily rate in Scotland is £167 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 159 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Officer 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.035% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.037% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £157 - -
25th Percentile £160 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £167 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year -68.16% - -
75th Percentile £172 £538 -
90th Percentile £173 - -
UK median daily rate £533 £650 £513
% change year-on-year -18.00% +26.83% +9.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,117 2,724 3,382
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 95.18% 96.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,950 2,398
10th Percentile £202 £243 £211
25th Percentile £375 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year - +3.83% +7.65%
75th Percentile £588 £551 £549
90th Percentile £675 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 46 55
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.94 £12.35
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.34 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.25 £23.18 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +43.44% -10.21% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.17 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.09
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in Scotland

Security Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Officer in Scotland

Security Officer
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 Officer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 - 2 £167 - 1
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
Security Officer
UK

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Security Officer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) CISA
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Business Case
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills

Security Officer Skill Set
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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (25.00%) Security Management
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CISA
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP