Data Security Contracts in Edinburgh

Data Security
Scotland > Edinburgh

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 96 122
Rank change year-on-year +29 +26 -6
Contract jobs citing Data Security 7 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.80% 0.75% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.80% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 12
10th Percentile £505 £428 £132
25th Percentile £540 £450 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £668 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +21.36% - -31.25%
75th Percentile £788 £575 £678
90th Percentile - £665 £688
Scotland median daily rate £420 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -16.00% -2.91% -9.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data Security 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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 739 1,123 1,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.85% 94.05% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 782 1,227
10th Percentile £215 £225 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £483
Median % change year-on-year - -1.55% +13.53%
75th Percentile £557 £538 £570
90th Percentile £655 £601 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 12
10th Percentile £13.30 £11.83 £15.29
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £19.49 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -13.18% -58.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.57 £48.75
90th Percentile - £37.71 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Data Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Edinburgh

Data Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Security in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Data Security in Edinburgh

Data Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Security in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Security in Edinburgh

Data Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) OCI
2 3 (42.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Data Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) UAT Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) HR Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Functional Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Security Advisor
2 1 (14.29%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Analytics
2 4 (57.14%) RBAC
3 3 (42.86%) ERP
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) Key Management
4 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 2 (28.57%) Static Application Security Testing
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (28.57%) Zero Trust
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) F5
2 2 (28.57%) Qualys
2 2 (28.57%) Splunk