Information Security Jobs in Edinburgh
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Information Security skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Information Security over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Security (INFOSEC)
Rank 76 79 64
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -15
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 16 13 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.471% 0.939% 2.683%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.944% 1.288% 3.400%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 34
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £56,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -20.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £37,750 £33,950
10% offered a salary of more than £79,500 £53,250 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 823 1009 1206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 75.64% 72.85% 78.93%
Number of salaries quoted 480 703 851
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,850 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Information Security
Scotland

Information Security
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Information Security across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Edinburgh Information Security Jobs Demand Trend

Information Security
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Information Security across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Information Security Salary Trend

Information Security
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Information Security across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh Information Security Salary Histogram

Information Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Information Security also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Information Security.

1 26 (50.98%) Finance
2 19 (37.25%) CISSP
3 15 (29.41%) CISM
4 13 (25.49%) Management Information System
4 13 (25.49%) Project Management
5 12 (23.53%) Network Security
5 12 (23.53%) CISA
6 11 (21.57%) Firewall
7 8 (15.69%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (15.69%) Cisco
7 8 (15.69%) CCNA
7 8 (15.69%) Degree
8 7 (13.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (13.73%) ITIL
8 7 (13.73%) Security Management
9 6 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (11.76%) PRINCE2
9 6 (11.76%) Banking
9 6 (11.76%) SIEM
10 5 (9.804%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (9.804%) Information Management
10 5 (9.804%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (9.804%) Business Development
10 5 (9.804%) Microsoft
10 5 (9.804%) Juniper
11 4 (7.843%) CheckPoint
11 4 (7.843%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (7.843%) CCDA
11 4 (7.843%) MCP
11 4 (7.843%) MCSE

Information Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Information Security also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Information Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.961%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (1.961%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.53%) Network Security
2 11 (21.57%) Firewall
3 3 (5.882%) Unified Communications
3 3 (5.882%) Wireless
4 2 (3.922%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.922%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.961%) Wireless Security
5 1 (1.961%) VLAN
5 1 (1.961%) Internet
5 1 (1.961%) VPN
5 1 (1.961%) DNS
5 1 (1.961%) LDAP
5 1 (1.961%) X.500
5 1 (1.961%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.922%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.922%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (50.98%) Finance
2 6 (11.76%) Banking
3 3 (5.882%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.922%) Retail
5 1 (1.961%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.961%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.961%) Legal
5 1 (1.961%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Analyst
1 13 (25.49%) Security Analyst
2 6 (11.76%) Consultant
2 6 (11.76%) Security Consultant
2 6 (11.76%) IT Security Analyst
3 5 (9.804%) Head of IT
3 5 (9.804%) Security Manager
4 3 (5.882%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) Risk Manager
4 3 (5.882%) Network Engineer
5 2 (3.922%) Architect
5 2 (3.922%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (3.922%) Information Security Officer
5 2 (3.922%) Security Officer
5 2 (3.922%) Software Manager
5 2 (3.922%) Senior Security Consultant
5 2 (3.922%) Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.49%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.843%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.961%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.961%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.922%) UNIX
2 1 (1.961%) Windows
2 1 (1.961%) AIX
2 1 (1.961%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (25.49%) Project Management
2 7 (13.73%) ITIL
2 7 (13.73%) Security Management
3 6 (11.76%) PRINCE2
3 6 (11.76%) SIEM
4 5 (9.804%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (9.804%) Information Management
4 5 (9.804%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (9.804%) Business Development
5 4 (7.843%) Business Continuity
5 4 (7.843%) Information Governance
5 4 (7.843%) SAP Security
6 3 (5.882%) Digital Forensics
6 3 (5.882%) Security Architecture
6 3 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (5.882%) Change Control
6 3 (5.882%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (5.882%) Network Design
6 3 (5.882%) Risk Management
6 3 (5.882%) Practice Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.922%) C#
1 2 (3.922%) SQL
2 1 (1.961%) Java
Qualifications
1 19 (37.25%) CISSP
2 15 (29.41%) CISM
3 12 (23.53%) CISA
4 8 (15.69%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (15.69%) CCNA
4 8 (15.69%) Degree
5 4 (7.843%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (7.843%) CCDA
5 4 (7.843%) MCP
5 4 (7.843%) MCSE
5 4 (7.843%) MCSA
5 4 (7.843%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.843%) DV Cleared
5 4 (7.843%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.843%) Security+ Certification
6 3 (5.882%) CCSA
6 3 (5.882%) SSCP
7 2 (3.922%) QiCA
7 2 (3.922%) GIAC
8 1 (1.961%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (11.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (7.843%) COBIT
3 4 (7.843%) PCI DSS
4 2 (3.922%) COSO
4 2 (3.922%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.961%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.961%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (3.922%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Cisco
2 5 (9.804%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.804%) Juniper
3 4 (7.843%) CheckPoint
3 4 (7.843%) SAP
3 4 (7.843%) F5
4 2 (3.922%) Symantec
4 2 (3.922%) Qualys
4 2 (3.922%) ArcSight
4 2 (3.922%) Tufin
5 1 (1.961%) Blue Coat
5 1 (1.961%) Dell
Senior Infrastructure Security Analyst
Edinburgh, Scotland
The job falls under the Security Events Management team and provides specialised security skills, research and analysis for planning, organising and managing corporate-wide security functions.This job...
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Information Security Analyst
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly regarded financial services organisation in Edinburgh, is seeking an Information Security Analyst to join their growing team. The job falls under the Security Events...
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Information Security (IS) Technology Specialist
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You'll be required to manage the assessment of compliance by all of the Group’s Technology Service Providers (TSP) and major third party service providers with the...
RBS
Posted: 14 May 2013
Information Security Senior Analyst
Edinburgh, Scotland
My client, a highly regarded financial services organisation, is seeking an Information Security Senior Analyst to join their Edinburgh based team. The job requires previous Information Security Analysis...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
IT Audit Manager - Edinburgh
Edinburgh & Lothians
Highly motivated applicants with experience of Risk Management and Technology Audit are of particular interest... CISA or QiCA qualified. Business product and information security knowledge Technology audit experience.
Change Recruitment Group
Salary: Excellent salary and benefits package
Posted: 21 May 2013
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