Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Contracts in Scotland

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Cybersecurity Analyst daily rate in Scotland is £515 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £508 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £515 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -10.43% +9.52% -12.50%

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 2,083 2,704 3,379
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 95.28% 96.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,263 1,938 2,393
10th Percentile £200 £231 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £455
Median % change year-on-year - +4.40% +7.06%
75th Percentile £583 £555 £550
90th Percentile £662 £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 52
10th Percentile £12.33 £12.86 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.13 £15.93 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.29 £22.13 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +9.79% -17.60% -30.71%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.82 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.22 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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 - 6 £515 -
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 5 (83.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 5 (83.33%) Security Monitoring
2 5 (83.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 5 (83.33%) Impact Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Business Impact Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Technical Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Use Case
2 5 (83.33%) SIEM
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
2 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Splunk
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (16.67%) Security Operations

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 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 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Business Impact Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Impact Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Incident Management
2 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (83.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 5 (83.33%) Security Monitoring
2 5 (83.33%) SIEM
2 5 (83.33%) Technical Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) Use Case
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Splunk