Risk Assessment Contracts in Scotland

Risk Assessment
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Risk Assessment skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Risk Assessment over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 148 165
Rank change year-on-year +53 +17 -37
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 28 16 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.31% 0.59% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 0.64% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 5
10th Percentile £450 £414 £341
25th Percentile £456 £450 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £505 £575
90th Percentile £638 £564 £605
UK median daily rate £550 £606 £575
% change year-on-year -9.28% +5.43% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Risk Assessment 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 1,884 2,495 3,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.04% 92.48% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,766 2,240
10th Percentile £219 £260 £250
25th Percentile £369 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 55 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.92 £11.25 £17.67
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £50.74 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £67.13 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Risk Assessment in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Risk Assessment in Scotland

Risk Assessment
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 Risk Assessment within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 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
Edinburgh +47 12 £525 +8.64% 3
Glasgow +9 4 - - 6
Aberdeen - 4 £625 - 12
South Lanarkshire - 2 - - 1
Perthshire +9 1 £500 -
West Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 7
Risk Assessment
UK

Risk Assessment
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) Azure
2 8 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.14%) Amazon S3
4 2 (7.14%) Amazon SageMaker
4 2 (7.14%) AWS
4 2 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (7.14%) OpenShift
4 2 (7.14%) Rekognition
4 2 (7.14%) Serverless
4 2 (7.14%) Textract
5 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (32.14%) Firewall
2 5 (17.86%) SSL
3 1 (3.57%) GPRS
3 1 (3.57%) LTE
3 1 (3.57%) Network Security
3 1 (3.57%) SDH
3 1 (3.57%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Amazon Aurora
1 2 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
General
1 16 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Electronics
4 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 6 (21.43%) Security Specialist
2 5 (17.86%) Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Security Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Lead
4 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Security Advisor
5 2 (7.14%) Developer
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) SOC Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
6 1 (3.57%) IT Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) IT Security Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Telecoms Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) AWS CDK
2 1 (3.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (17.86%) Operational Technology
3 5 (17.86%) PKI
4 1 (3.57%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.57%) FMCG
4 1 (3.57%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.57%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Windows
1 5 (17.86%) Windows Server
2 4 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (60.71%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (42.86%) Agile
2 12 (42.86%) Threat Modelling
3 10 (35.71%) Information Security
4 9 (32.14%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (32.14%) Security Operations
5 8 (28.57%) ITIL
6 7 (25.00%) ISMS
7 5 (17.86%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
7 5 (17.86%) Email Filtering
7 5 (17.86%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (17.86%) Security Testing
7 5 (17.86%) Static Application Security Testing
8 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
8 4 (14.29%) Information Security Management
8 4 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 4 (14.29%) Security Management
8 4 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
9 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) Java
1 2 (7.14%) Python
1 2 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Degree
2 8 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (25.00%) CISSP
3 7 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 7 (25.00%) MCSE
3 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
5 4 (14.29%) CGEIT
5 4 (14.29%) CISA
5 4 (14.29%) CISM
5 4 (14.29%) CRISC
6 3 (10.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (14.29%) NIST
3 3 (10.71%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (7.14%) Accessibility
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
1 5 (17.86%) Hyper-V
2 2 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) SCCM
2 2 (7.14%) Grafana
2 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft