Information Security Jobs in Edinburgh

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 97 91
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 +6
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 30 57 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.97% 2.67% 3.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 2.78% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 16 40 30
10th Percentile £21,000 £46,513 £34,310
25th Percentile £36,250 £61,500 £46,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -43.57% +16.67% +21.21%
75th Percentile £66,250 £85,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,750 - £78,094
Scotland median annual salary £51,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -26.43% +27.27% +12.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,371 2,049 2,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 90.14% 96.15% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 962 1,195 1,368
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £68,813
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,654 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.94% +9.82% +5.00%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Edinburgh

Information Security
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Information Security in Edinburgh

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Edinburgh

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 15 (50.00%) SaaS
2 6 (20.00%) Azure
3 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (13.33%) Mimecast
5 2 (6.67%) AWS
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
General
1 19 (63.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (46.67%) Military
3 4 (13.33%) Legal
3 4 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Law
5 2 (6.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Analyst
2 14 (46.67%) Support Analyst
2 14 (46.67%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Procurement Officer
4 3 (10.00%) Security Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Information Security Specialist
5 2 (6.67%) IT Architect
5 2 (6.67%) IT Security Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (6.67%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Security Specialist
5 2 (6.67%) Security Tester
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Penetration Tester
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Security Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Tester
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Testing Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Testing Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) OAuth
1 2 (6.67%) OpenID
1 2 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 20 (66.67%) Windows
2 15 (50.00%) Linux
3 14 (46.67%) Mac OS X
3 14 (46.67%) Unix
4 4 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 4 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (53.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 16 (53.33%) Incident Management
2 16 (53.33%) Incident Response
2 16 (53.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 15 (50.00%) Security Operations
4 14 (46.67%) Actionable Insight
4 14 (46.67%) Customer Service
4 14 (46.67%) DevOps
4 14 (46.67%) ITIL
4 14 (46.67%) Malware Analysis
4 14 (46.67%) Open Source
4 14 (46.67%) Resource Management
4 14 (46.67%) Service Delivery
4 14 (46.67%) Situational Awareness
5 6 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 5 (16.67%) Security Management
7 4 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
8 3 (10.00%) Data Entry
8 3 (10.00%) Fintech
Qualifications
1 16 (53.33%) CISSP
2 15 (50.00%) Degree
3 14 (46.67%) CISM
3 14 (46.67%) GCIA
3 14 (46.67%) GCIH
3 14 (46.67%) GREM
4 2 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (6.67%) CCSP
4 2 (6.67%) CISA
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (13.33%) GDPR
2 4 (13.33%) NIST
3 3 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (10.00%) ISO 9001
3 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (3.33%) COBIT
4 1 (3.33%) ISO 31000
4 1 (3.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.33%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (13.33%) SCCM
3 2 (6.67%) CASB
3 2 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 19 (63.33%) Dell
2 5 (16.67%) HP
2 5 (16.67%) VMware
3 4 (13.33%) Aderant
3 4 (13.33%) iManage
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.00%) Xero
5 2 (6.67%) ForgeRock
6 1 (3.33%) CA
6 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (3.33%) Darktrace
6 1 (3.33%) LogRhythm
6 1 (3.33%) NetApp
6 1 (3.33%) Sun
6 1 (3.33%) Trustwave