Security Operations Jobs in Glasgow

Security Operations (SecOps)
Scotland > Glasgow

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 117 115
Rank change year-on-year -79 -2 -14
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 41 12 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.02% 0.79% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.82% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28 12 10
10th Percentile £34,250 £24,875 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,563 £40,625 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £95,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,625 £121,750 -
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +12.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Security Operations 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 Glasgow with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,846 1,456 1,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 96.03% 96.30% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 853 617 827
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £29,600
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £37,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £49,861
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +10.31% +4.97%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,649 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +14.58%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Glasgow

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Security Operations in Glasgow

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Glasgow over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Glasgow

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.88%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 14 (34.15%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) Entra ID
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (12.20%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.88%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) IaaS
4 2 (4.88%) PaaS
4 2 (4.88%) SaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.44%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) Firewall
2 3 (7.32%) Network Security
3 1 (2.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) GitLab
1 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (24.39%) Finance
2 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Legal
4 5 (12.20%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (43.90%) Analyst
2 14 (34.15%) Senior
3 12 (29.27%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (19.51%) Security Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (14.63%) Senior Security Analyst
6 5 (12.20%) Consultant
6 5 (12.20%) Governance Analyst
6 5 (12.20%) Operations Consultant
6 5 (12.20%) Security Consultant
6 5 (12.20%) Security Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Lead
8 2 (4.88%) Developer
8 2 (4.88%) Graduate
8 2 (4.88%) IT Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (4.88%) Senior Security Consultant
8 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) AngularJS
1 2 (4.88%) CSS
1 2 (4.88%) HTML
1 2 (4.88%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (4.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (29.27%) Management Information System
2 7 (17.07%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (9.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (7.32%) Operational Technology
4 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
5 2 (4.88%) CMDB
5 2 (4.88%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.44%) PKI
6 1 (2.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.32%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (34.15%) Identity Access Management
3 13 (31.71%) Analytics
4 12 (29.27%) Information Security
5 9 (21.95%) Cloud Security
6 8 (19.51%) Incident Management
6 8 (19.51%) Privileged Access Management
6 8 (19.51%) RBAC
6 8 (19.51%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (14.63%) Agile
7 6 (14.63%) DevOps
7 6 (14.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (14.63%) Incident Response
7 6 (14.63%) Risk Management
7 6 (14.63%) SIEM
7 6 (14.63%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (12.20%) DevSecOps
8 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (12.20%) Purple Team
8 5 (12.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) CISM
1 9 (21.95%) CISSP
2 8 (19.51%) Degree
3 4 (9.76%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (9.76%) SSCP
4 2 (4.88%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (2.44%) HND
5 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.76%) ISO 22301
2 4 (9.76%) NIST
2 4 (9.76%) SOC 2
3 2 (4.88%) GDPR
3 2 (4.88%) GRC
3 2 (4.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.20%) RACF
3 1 (2.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Ansible
1 1 (2.44%) Grafana
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.44%) Prometheus
1 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) CyberArk
3 2 (4.88%) ServiceNow