Information Security Management Contracts in Scotland

Information Security Management
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Information Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security Management over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 144 166
Rank change year-on-year +26 +22 -20
Contract jobs citing Information Security Management 6 17 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 0.64% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.69% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 16 10
10th Percentile £566 £513 £470
25th Percentile £572 £550 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -4.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £601 £667 £650
90th Percentile £604 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Information Security Management 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,868 2,467 3,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.37% 92.36% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 1,726 2,238
10th Percentile £219 £250 £250
25th Percentile £363 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £564 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 52
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.09
25th Percentile £15.24 £11.25 £17.67
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%
75th Percentile £40.94 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.98
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in Scotland

Information Security Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Information Security Management in Scotland

Information Security Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Glasgow +9 3 £604 +0.67% 1
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
Edinburgh +24 1 £575 -
Information Security Management
UK

Information Security Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) SCCP
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Security Advisor
2 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
1 6 (100.00%) ISMS
1 6 (100.00%) Security Management
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (33.33%) Business Process Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Internal Audit
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
6 1 (16.67%) Business Case
6 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
6 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
6 1 (16.67%) Secure Coding
6 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
1 5 (83.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 4 (66.67%) CGEIT
2 4 (66.67%) CISA
2 4 (66.67%) CISM
2 4 (66.67%) CRISC
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) CLAS
4 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) NIST