Security Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Analyst salary in Edinburgh is £48,507 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 148 143
Rank change year-on-year +29 -5 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 3 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.19% 0.28% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.29% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile - £48,000 -
25th Percentile £47,231 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £50,000 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +0.50% +16.64%
75th Percentile £51,142 £63,750 £54,500
90th Percentile £51,957 £70,500 -
Scotland median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.00% +17.65% -1.91%

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 1,478 2,083 2,236
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.79% 95.55% 97.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 1,223 1,396
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 £90,597 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Edinburgh

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Edinburgh

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Security Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Attestation
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) WhatsApp
3 1 (33.33%) Rapid7
3 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) ConnectWise

Security Analyst 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) WhatsApp
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Attestation
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) XenApp
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) ConnectWise
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 1 (33.33%) Rapid7
8 Security Analyst jobs in Scotland