Threat Modelling Contracts in Scotland

Threat Modelling
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Threat Modelling skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Modelling 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 102 106 143
Rank change year-on-year +4 +37 +16
Contract jobs citing Threat Modelling 14 23 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.86% 1.04% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.17% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 11 13
10th Percentile £449 £513 £525
25th Percentile £495 £563 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.91% -4.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £541 £601 £650
90th Percentile £591 £608 £768
UK median daily rate £625 £608 £658
% change year-on-year +2.80% -7.60% +3.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Threat Modelling falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Threat Modelling
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Threat Modelling as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Modelling in Scotland

Threat Modelling
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Threat Modelling in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Threat Modelling in Scotland

Threat Modelling
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Threat Modelling in Scotland

Threat Modelling
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 Threat Modelling 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
Edinburgh -1 7 £525 -8.70% 3
Glasgow +3 5 £526 -12.91% 3
Threat Modelling
UK

Threat Modelling
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 4 (28.57%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (42.86%) Power Platform
3 5 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (21.43%) IaaS
4 3 (21.43%) PaaS
4 3 (21.43%) SaaS
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
2 2 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.14%) Internet
3 1 (7.14%) MQTT
3 1 (7.14%) SSL
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Xcode
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
1 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Security Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 4 (28.57%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (14.29%) Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 1 (7.14%) Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) SwiftUI
1 3 (21.43%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (42.86%) PKI
2 5 (35.71%) Security Posture
3 3 (21.43%) Credit Risk
3 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (21.43%) iPad
3 3 (21.43%) iPhone
3 3 (21.43%) Mobile App
3 3 (21.43%) Virtual Team
4 1 (7.14%) Cyberattack
4 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (7.14%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (7.14%) IoT
4 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
4 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 1 (7.14%) SCADA
4 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 3 (21.43%) Android
3 3 (21.43%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (64.29%) Agile
3 6 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (35.71%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Data Protection
5 4 (28.57%) Email Filtering
5 4 (28.57%) Information Security
5 4 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
5 4 (28.57%) Risk Management
5 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
6 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
6 3 (21.43%) Customer Experience
6 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
6 3 (21.43%) Mobile Development
6 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Prototyping
6 3 (21.43%) Push Notifications
6 3 (21.43%) Remediation Plan
6 3 (21.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 3 (21.43%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Objective-C
1 3 (21.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (14.29%) CISM
2 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (14.29%) CRISC
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (14.29%) MCSE
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CCSP
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (7.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (28.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) CyberArk