Security Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Manager salary in Edinburgh is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 142 144
Rank change year-on-year +30 +2 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 5 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.32% 0.46% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.48% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile - - £51,375
25th Percentile £66,250 £56,219 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,526 £61,713
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -3.54% -5.06%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £73,228
90th Percentile - £70,250 £83,291
Scotland median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £64,213
% change year-on-year +3.85% +1.23% -1.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,477 2,084 2,239
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.91% 95.51% 97.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 1,223 1,397
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,331 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Security Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in Edinburgh

Security Manager
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in Edinburgh

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Security Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) CRISC
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) NIST
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills

Security Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (20.00%) NIST