Security Posture Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Security Posture
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in South Lanarkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Lanarkshire 4.17% - 3.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.69% - 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £600 £425 £516
% change year-on-year +41.18% -17.56% +13.05%

All Generic Skills
South Lanarkshire

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in South Lanarkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13 0 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 54.17% - 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 14
10th Percentile £675 - £437
25th Percentile £713 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £750
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.38%
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.17% -5.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £30.00 £19.97 £18.07
% change year-on-year +50.23% +10.55% -5.81%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in South Lanarkshire

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in South Lanarkshire

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 22 July 2026. 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 - - 1
Security Posture
Scotland

Security Posture
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Chief Security Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST