Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Contracts in Scotland

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in Scotland is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 - 153
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.060% - 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £700
75th Percentile - - £725
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £492 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +16.67%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 1,516 1,754 2,423
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 94.05% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1,069 1,609
10th Percentile £230 £200 £232
25th Percentile £358 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -5.26% +1.60%
75th Percentile £530 £540 £550
90th Percentile £581 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 81 60
10th Percentile £16.02 £12.38 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.90 £14.73 £13.98
Median hourly rate £19.60 £18.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +8.88% +1.58% -8.54%
75th Percentile £25.97 £34.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £61.13 £52.50 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.38% +63.55%

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant in Scotland

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Scotland

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
DemandTrendContract 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 Consultant within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow - 1 £400 -
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
UK

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Senior Cybersecurity Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google