Security Posture Contracts in Scotland

Security Posture
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture 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 104 123 146
Rank change year-on-year +19 +23 -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 12 6 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.74% 0.27% 0.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.94% 0.82% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 17
10th Percentile £287 - -
25th Percentile £425 £563 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £455
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +26.37% -
75th Percentile £535 £588 £461
90th Percentile £540 - £496
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -11.15%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 618 732 1,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 38.03% 33.02% 36.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 426 712
10th Percentile £221 £203 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £560
90th Percentile £600 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 36 23
10th Percentile - £13.75 -
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £10.63
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.14 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.31% +47.44% -71.40%
75th Percentile £24.66 £38.25 £28.81
90th Percentile £42.00 £60.38 £52.55
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
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 Posture 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 - 7 £463 - 2
Edinburgh +6 5 £525 -8.70% 1
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) IaaS
3 2 (16.67%) PaaS
3 2 (16.67%) SaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Network Security
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (8.33%) LAN
3 1 (8.33%) MPLS
3 1 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
1 2 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Law
5 1 (8.33%) Legal
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
1 4 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Security Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Report Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) CyberArk Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Information Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (33.33%) PKI
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (8.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) Information Security
2 5 (41.67%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Analytics
4 3 (25.00%) Cryptography
4 3 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 2 (16.67%) Email Filtering
5 2 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
5 2 (16.67%) Scorecard
5 2 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) CISM
2 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) CCSP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (8.33%) CRISC
3 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 1 (8.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (8.33%) Ansible
3 1 (8.33%) CASB
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (8.33%) Progress Chef
3 1 (8.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Aruba
2 1 (8.33%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco
2 1 (8.33%) CyberArk
2 1 (8.33%) Forcepoint
2 1 (8.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (8.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds