Information Security Contracts in Glasgow

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Glasgow

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 61 65
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -6
Contract jobs citing Information Security 8 27 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.98% 3.00% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 3.18% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 26 18
10th Percentile - £458 £210
25th Percentile £463 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £604 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.82% +10.00% +6.10%
75th Percentile £725 £650 £538
90th Percentile £800 £700 £573
Scotland median daily rate £575 £550 £515
% change year-on-year +4.55% +6.80% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.50 -
Scotland median hourly rate - £14.50 £12.05
% change year-on-year - +20.33% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Information 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 Glasgow with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 754 850 858
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 92.18% 94.34% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 594 650
10th Percentile £275 £350 £268
25th Percentile £376 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +6.82%
75th Percentile £561 £582 £538
90th Percentile £618 £684 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 34 19
10th Percentile £11.94 - £20.05
25th Percentile £16.00 £10.63 £23.83
Median hourly rate £36.22 £13.88 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +161.05% -62.93% +87.15%
75th Percentile £54.69 £22.50 £45.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £58.75 £56.55
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) SCCP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Lead
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Information Security Management
2 3 (37.50%) ISMS
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Security Management
3 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (25.00%) Server Virtualisation
3 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
1 3 (37.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) CGEIT
2 2 (25.00%) CISA
2 2 (25.00%) CISM
2 2 (25.00%) CRISC
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CLAS
3 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Atlassian
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix