Security Specialist Contracts in Scotland

Security Specialist
UK > Scotland

The median Security Specialist daily rate in Scotland is £481 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 160 165
Rank change year-on-year +37 +5 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 9 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.40% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.26% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £439 £446 £459
25th Percentile £452 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £514 £575 £503
90th Percentile £528 £583 £550
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £533
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.98% +2.60%

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 2,108 2,707 3,399
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 95.12% 96.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,292 1,944 2,410
10th Percentile £200 £250 £212
25th Percentile £377 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £545
90th Percentile £663 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 44 55
10th Percentile £12.50 £12.86 £12.35
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.43 £25.82
Median % change year-on-year +18.93% +14.00% -35.46%
75th Percentile £60.38 £61.16 £47.98
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.50 £54.09
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Scotland

Security Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Specialist in Scotland

Security Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Security Specialist in Scotland

Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 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 +31 6 £481 -3.75%
East Lothian - 2 - - 1
Security Specialist
UK

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Security Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (44.44%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) MCSE
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 3 (33.33%) SCCM
3 3 (33.33%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (33.33%) PKI
3 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) SSL
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (33.33%) Email Filtering
3 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 3 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing

Security Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (44.44%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) SSL
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (33.33%) PKI
3 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
2 4 (44.44%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (33.33%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Email Filtering
3 3 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Security
4 2 (22.22%) Information Security
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (44.44%) MCSE
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (11.11%) CISA
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
1 1 (11.11%) Splunk