Vulnerability Management Contracts in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Vulnerability Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Vulnerability Management over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 142 169
Rank change year-on-year +39 +27 -35
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Management 26 24 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.19% 0.85% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 0.92% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 7
10th Percentile £463 £413 £465
25th Percentile £500 £414 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £456 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.94% -8.80% -2.44%
75th Percentile £538 £492 £644
90th Percentile £597 £563 £666
UK median daily rate £550 £563 £572
% change year-on-year -2.22% -1.59% +14.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Vulnerability Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,942 2,610 3,293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.68% 92.55% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,171 1,872 2,340
10th Percentile £228 £260 £244
25th Percentile £399 £406 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £550
90th Percentile £663 £650 £624
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 55 47
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.32
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.78 £20.38
Median hourly rate £18.79 £17.21 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.18% -56.98% -
75th Percentile £40.94 £50.74 £49.15
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.94 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Vulnerability Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Vulnerability Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Management in Scotland

Vulnerability Management
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 Vulnerability Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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 +34 15 £520 +15.56%
Glasgow +12 8 £500 -9.09% 1
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 £590 -
Vulnerability Management
UK

Vulnerability Management
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 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) AWS
2 4 (15.38%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 3 (11.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 3 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (3.85%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) SCCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (57.69%) Public Sector
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (65.38%) Analyst
2 11 (42.31%) Security Analyst
3 9 (34.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (30.77%) Senior
5 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Analyst
5 6 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
6 5 (19.23%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (19.23%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
6 5 (19.23%) Senior Security Analyst
7 3 (11.54%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 3 (11.54%) Security Manager
8 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
9 1 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
9 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 1 (3.85%) Data Engineer
9 1 (3.85%) Information Analyst
9 1 (3.85%) Information Security Analyst
9 1 (3.85%) IT Analyst
9 1 (3.85%) IT Security Analyst
9 1 (3.85%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 11 (42.31%) Management Information System
2 4 (15.38%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (65.38%) Information Security
3 12 (46.15%) Privileged Access Management
3 12 (46.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 11 (42.31%) Security Monitoring
5 10 (38.46%) Incident Management
5 10 (38.46%) Incident Response
5 10 (38.46%) Penetration Testing
5 10 (38.46%) SIEM
5 10 (38.46%) Use Case
6 9 (34.62%) Business Impact Analysis
6 9 (34.62%) Impact Analysis
6 9 (34.62%) Security Operations
6 9 (34.62%) Technical Analysis
6 9 (34.62%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
8 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (15.38%) Threat Modelling
9 3 (11.54%) Agile
9 3 (11.54%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) CISSP
2 7 (26.92%) CISM
3 3 (11.54%) Azure Certification
4 2 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (3.85%) CISA
5 1 (3.85%) CLAS
5 1 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.85%) Degree
5 1 (3.85%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (57.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (34.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (11.54%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (7.69%) NCSC
5 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.85%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) CASB
1 1 (3.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Qualys
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.69%) Splunk
4 1 (3.85%) F5
4 1 (3.85%) ForeScout