Security Posture Contracts in Scotland

Security Posture
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 142 -
Rank change year-on-year +24 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 7 18 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.33% 0.67% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.97% 1.83% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 0
10th Percentile £443 £413 -
25th Percentile £488 £415 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £457 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.82% - -
75th Percentile £588 £465 -
90th Percentile - £543 -
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 719 985 1,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 33.43% 36.44% 33.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 667 798
10th Percentile £200 £231 £263
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £551 £559
90th Percentile £651 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 25 21
10th Percentile £12.49 - £15.63
25th Percentile £16.25 £10.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £18.13 £13.16 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.77% -69.40% -5.49%
75th Percentile £35.00 £22.63 £52.50
90th Percentile £60.10 £51.34 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.54% -18.24% +4.05%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 16 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 +28 4 £575 +27.78% 2
South Lanarkshire - 2 £575 -
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (28.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 3 (42.86%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) MPLS
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Security Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Security Advisor
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Network Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Network Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
1 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
1 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) BYOD
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) IoT
2 1 (14.29%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Cloud Security
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
2 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
2 4 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Privileged Access Management
3 3 (42.86%) SDLC
3 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Identity
4 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Social Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Azure Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CISM
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) GCIH
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) NCSC
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (28.57%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) PMO
4 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Atlassian
3 1 (14.29%) ForeScout
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet