ISMS Contracts in Scotland

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring ISMS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ISMS over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 140 170
Rank change year-on-year +31 +30 +1
Contract jobs citing ISMS 6 2 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.34% 0.085% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.093% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £531 £519 -
25th Percentile - £523 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £539 £700
Median % change year-on-year +2.09% -23.04% +80.65%
75th Percentile £552 £548 -
90th Percentile £664 £548 £745
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

ISMS falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,536 2,152 3,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.05% 91.61% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 890 1,366 2,155
10th Percentile £212 £237 £300
25th Percentile £356 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £537 £572 £570
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 51 65
10th Percentile £13.33 £12.13 £12.52
25th Percentile £17.46 £13.22 £14.22
Median hourly rate £22.88 £19.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +17.31% +4.00% -6.09%
75th Percentile £24.18 £57.72 £39.75
90th Percentile £40.90 £78.00 £57.65
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £43.86 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.92% +25.31% +66.67%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing ISMS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for ISMS in Scotland

ISMS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ISMS in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for ISMS in Scotland

ISMS
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ISMS in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ISMS in Scotland

ISMS
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 ISMS within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Edinburgh +15 3 £550 +2.09% 1
Glasgow - 3 £550 - 2
ISMS
UK

ISMS
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
General
1 5 (83.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Security Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Information Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Information Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security Management
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) Security Management
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Active Listening
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Architecture Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Bill of Materials
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
1 4 (66.67%) NIST 800
2 2 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft