The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Analyst
Rank 87 81 74
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 6 13 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.515% 0.983% 1.558%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.535% 1.026% 1.636%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 20
Average salary - £32,500 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -16.12%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £36,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -4.00%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1122 1267 1528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 96.23% 95.77% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 673 894 1124
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £58,200 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Security Analyst
Scotland

Security Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Analyst across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Security Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Security Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Security Analyst Salary Trend

Security Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Security Analyst in their job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Information Security
2 13 (65.00%) Finance
3 6 (30.00%) Unified Communications
3 6 (30.00%) SIEM
4 5 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 5 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (25.00%) Firewall
4 5 (25.00%) CISSP
5 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (20.00%) Degree
5 4 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
6 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (15.00%) Security Management
6 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (10.00%) Symantec
7 2 (10.00%) CISM
7 2 (10.00%) Banking
7 2 (10.00%) Information Management
7 2 (10.00%) Computer Forensics
7 2 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (10.00%) WebInspect
7 2 (10.00%) CCSA
7 2 (10.00%) Tufin
7 2 (10.00%) Qualys
7 2 (10.00%) Security Testing
7 2 (10.00%) Network Security
8 1 (5.000%) PCI DSS
8 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (5.000%) Risk Assessment

Security Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Security Analyst in their job title 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 with Security Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Unified Communications
2 5 (25.00%) Firewall
3 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (10.00%) Network Security
5 1 (5.000%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Information Security
2 6 (30.00%) SIEM
3 5 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 5 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
5 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (15.00%) Security Management
6 2 (10.00%) Information Management
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Forensics
6 2 (10.00%) Ethical Hacking
6 2 (10.00%) Security Testing
7 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (5.000%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (5.000%) Supplier Management
7 1 (5.000%) Change Management
7 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
7 1 (5.000%) Project Management
7 1 (5.000%) Migration
7 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) CISSP
2 4 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (10.00%) CISM
3 2 (10.00%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.000%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Symantec
1 2 (10.00%) Tufin
1 2 (10.00%) Qualys
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