Cyber Threat Contracts in Edinburgh

Cyber Threats
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 94 126
Rank change year-on-year +29 +32 -10
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 7 9 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.79% 0.76% 0.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.44% 2.10% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 £413 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £625
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -32.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £538 £438 £638
90th Percentile £553 - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -2.75%

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

Cyber Threat 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 287 428 746
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 32.54% 36.09% 39.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 290 514
10th Percentile £233 £163 £363
25th Percentile £400 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% -4.20% +12.36%
75th Percentile £599 £538 £575
90th Percentile £673 £613 £673
Scotland median daily rate £453 £488 £488
% change year-on-year -7.08% - +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 4 8
10th Percentile £13.25 £18.78 £17.78
25th Percentile £16.25 £20.38 £19.48
Median hourly rate £18.13 £21.47 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.54% -51.22% -3.30%
75th Percentile £24.18 £29.69 £49.69
90th Percentile £60.75 £44.13 £53.48
Scotland median hourly rate £18.13 £14.50 £42.48
% change year-on-year +25.03% -65.86% +1.13%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in Edinburgh

Cyber Threat
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Cyber Threat in Edinburgh

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 3 (42.86%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Power Platform
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) SSL
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
General
1 7 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 4 (57.14%) Security Specialist
2 3 (42.86%) Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 7 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (42.86%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Email Filtering
2 3 (42.86%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (42.86%) Security Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Static Application Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) MCSE
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft