Computer Security Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Edinburgh

Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Computer Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 9 Jun 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	81
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Computer Security	0	0	13
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh	-	-	0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	-	-	1.09%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	-	-	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	725	837	1,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh	68.53%	96.99%	85.54%
Number of salaries quoted	457	360	949
10^th Percentile	£29,000	£26,250	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£35,750	£37,000	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£57,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-3.51%	-5.00%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£80,000	£73,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£98,474	£96,731
Scotland median annual salary	£45,000	£52,500	£52,500
% change year-on-year	-14.29%	-	-8.70%

Computer Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.