Cloud Security Jobs in Scotland

Cloud Security
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 117 136
Rank change year-on-year -127 +19 +37
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 40 109 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.60% 2.30% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 2.44% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 33 57 45
10th Percentile - £46,004 £28,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £56,219 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,526 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,433 £97,290 £90,000
90th Percentile £102,250 £111,774 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £71,750
% change year-on-year -10.34% +1.05% +2.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Cloud Security 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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,235 4,465 5,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.26% 91.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,242 2,777
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,905 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.33% +10.30% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in Scotland

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in Scotland.

Salary trend for Cloud Security in Scotland

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in Scotland

Cloud Security
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -110 20 £60,000 -17.24% 4
Edinburgh -24 12 £68,750 +15.50% 7
Aberdeen - 6 £55,000 - 2
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £40,000 -
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (70.00%) Azure
2 17 (42.50%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (27.50%) PaaS
4 9 (22.50%) SaaS
5 8 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 8 (20.00%) IaaS
6 7 (17.50%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (12.50%) GCP
8 4 (10.00%) AWS
8 4 (10.00%) Azure AKS
8 4 (10.00%) Google Docs
8 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (7.50%) Azure API Management
9 3 (7.50%) GitHub
10 1 (2.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (2.50%) Amazon S3
10 1 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (2.50%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.00%) DKIM
1 8 (20.00%) DMARC
1 8 (20.00%) DNS
1 8 (20.00%) Internet
2 4 (10.00%) Network Security
3 3 (7.50%) Firewall
4 2 (5.00%) LAN
4 2 (5.00%) WAN
5 1 (2.50%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (2.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (2.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.50%) RDBMS
1 1 (2.50%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.50%) GitLab
General
1 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Banking
3 5 (12.50%) Finance
4 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Law
6 1 (2.50%) Legal
6 1 (2.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (30.00%) Analyst
1 12 (30.00%) Security Analyst
1 12 (30.00%) Security Engineer
2 9 (22.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 8 (20.00%) Information Analyst
3 8 (20.00%) Information Security Analyst
4 7 (17.50%) Architect
4 7 (17.50%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 6 (15.00%) Cloud Architect
6 4 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (10.00%) Senior
6 4 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Architect
7 3 (7.50%) Cloud Solutions Architect
7 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 3 (7.50%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) AWS Architect
8 2 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) LDAP
2 1 (2.50%) JSON
2 1 (2.50%) OAuth
2 1 (2.50%) RESTful
2 1 (2.50%) SAML
2 1 (2.50%) Web Services
2 1 (2.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Cyberattack
2 5 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.50%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.50%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.00%) IoT
4 2 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.00%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.00%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.50%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.50%) PKI
5 1 (2.50%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.00%) Windows
2 6 (15.00%) Linux
3 4 (10.00%) Unix
3 4 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (42.50%) Information Security
3 11 (27.50%) DevOps
3 11 (27.50%) SIEM
4 10 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 10 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 9 (22.50%) Agile
6 8 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
6 8 (20.00%) Migration
6 8 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.00%) SOAR
6 8 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 7 (17.50%) Strategic Roadmap
8 6 (15.00%) Business Strategy
8 6 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
9 5 (12.50%) Computer Science
10 4 (10.00%) Digital Identity
10 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.50%) PowerShell
2 6 (15.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (22.50%) Azure Certification
2 4 (10.00%) CISM
2 4 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (22.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (17.50%) NIST
3 5 (12.50%) GDPR
4 2 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.50%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 8 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) CASB
2 7 (17.50%) Kubernetes
3 4 (10.00%) Terraform
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (5.00%) Ansible
6 1 (2.50%) Grafana
6 1 (2.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (22.50%) Google
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.00%) BeyondTrust
3 4 (10.00%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.50%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (2.50%) CA
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco
4 1 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.50%) EMC
4 1 (2.50%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.50%) Sun
4 1 (2.50%) Trustwave
4 1 (2.50%) VMware