Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Cybersecurity
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 11.11% - 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% - 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £650
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £550 £539
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.09% +2.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Lanarkshire

Cybersecurity 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 South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8 26 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 88.89% 89.66% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 55
10th Percentile £530 £441 £250
25th Percentile £538 £450 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £660
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -24.24% +65.00%
75th Percentile £563 £750 £700
90th Percentile £570 £769 -
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £479
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.05% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £19.99 £20.94 £19.06
% change year-on-year -4.55% +9.88% +1.63%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in South Lanarkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Lanarkshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
East Kilbride - 1 £550 -
Cybersecurity
Scotland

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Lanarkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Advisor
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared