CESG Job Trends in Scotland

Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CESG in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CESG over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 265
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CESG 0 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland - - 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62,850
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £64,100
75th Percentile - - £65,350
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary - £76,250 £63,750
% change year-on-year - +19.61% -20.31%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

CESG falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 786 717 3,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.83% 32.53% 46.81%
Number of salaries quoted 426 275 871
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,320 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,563 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,675 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.54% +14.29% -9.19%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,360 £69,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

CESG
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CESG relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

CESG job vacancy trend in Scotland

CESG
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CESG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing CESG