SIEM Contracts in Scotland

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for SIEM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SIEM 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 107 150 148
Rank change year-on-year +43 -2 -21
Contract jobs citing SIEM 16 14 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.75% 0.52% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.56% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 15
10th Percentile £438 - £408
25th Percentile £508 £550 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +4.35% +0.44%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £638
90th Percentile £760 £725 £683
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

SIEM 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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for SIEM in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for SIEM in Scotland

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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 SIEM 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 +42 10 £515 -6.36% 3
Glasgow +5 2 £650 +8.33% 9
Fife - 2 £365 -
Perthshire - 1 - -
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SIEM
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 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) SNMP
2 1 (6.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (62.50%) Public Sector
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
1 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 9 (56.25%) Security Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Senior
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Security Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) Integration Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Security Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) SOC Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Technology Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (6.25%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 10 (62.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
2 2 (12.50%) SCADA
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 1 (6.25%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (62.50%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (56.25%) Business Impact Analysis
2 9 (56.25%) Impact Analysis
2 9 (56.25%) Incident Management
2 9 (56.25%) Information Security
2 9 (56.25%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (56.25%) Privileged Access Management
2 9 (56.25%) Security Monitoring
2 9 (56.25%) Technical Analysis
2 9 (56.25%) Use Case
2 9 (56.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 9 (56.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 3 (18.75%) Change Management
3 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) Data Integration
4 2 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Management
4 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (56.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (18.75%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (6.25%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Nagios
1 2 (12.50%) OpenView
2 1 (6.25%) Ansible
2 1 (6.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco
1 2 (12.50%) Fortinet
1 2 (12.50%) SolarWinds
1 2 (12.50%) Splunk
2 1 (6.25%) AlienVault
2 1 (6.25%) F5
2 1 (6.25%) Qualys
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