Security Operations Jobs in Scotland

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 178 193
Rank change year-on-year -54 +15 -28
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 50 44 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.74% 0.93% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.99% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 27 30 26
10th Percentile £35,950 £28,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £44,875 £45,000 £39,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,405 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% +11.69% +10.20%
75th Percentile £68,750 £95,155 £58,625
90th Percentile £81,250 £115,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.92% -3.70% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,238 4,437 5,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.87% 94.24% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,226 2,788
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,369 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,577 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +9.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Scotland

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Scotland

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Scotland

Security Operations
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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 -88 27 £51,250 -21.12% 9
Edinburgh +33 23 £67,500 +16.76% 3
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (8.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 15 (30.00%) SaaS
2 12 (24.00%) Azure
3 6 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (6.00%) AWS
4 3 (6.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (2.00%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.00%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (2.00%) IaaS
5 1 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.00%) Firewall
2 3 (6.00%) Network Security
3 1 (2.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) GitLab
1 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.00%) Military
3 6 (12.00%) Finance
4 5 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Banking
5 1 (2.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.00%) Law
5 1 (2.00%) Legal
5 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (52.00%) Analyst
2 14 (28.00%) Support Analyst
2 14 (28.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Operations Manager
3 5 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Security Engineer
4 4 (8.00%) Developer
4 4 (8.00%) Operational Security Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Security Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Security Operations Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Senior
4 4 (8.00%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (8.00%) ServiceNow Developer
5 3 (6.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (6.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (6.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (6.00%) Senior Security Analyst
6 2 (4.00%) Architect
6 2 (4.00%) Graduate
6 2 (4.00%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.00%) AngularJS
1 4 (8.00%) CSS
1 4 (8.00%) HTML
1 4 (8.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 4 (8.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.00%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (18.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (10.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (8.00%) CMDB
4 4 (8.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 4 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (6.00%) Operational Technology
5 3 (6.00%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.00%) Cyberattack
6 1 (2.00%) PKI
6 1 (2.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (36.00%) Windows
2 17 (34.00%) Linux
3 14 (28.00%) Mac OS X
3 14 (28.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (66.00%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (52.00%) Incident Management
3 24 (48.00%) Incident Response
4 23 (46.00%) Information Security
5 20 (40.00%) DevOps
6 18 (36.00%) Actionable Insight
7 17 (34.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 17 (34.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 15 (30.00%) Open Source
8 15 (30.00%) Service Delivery
9 14 (28.00%) Customer Service
9 14 (28.00%) ITIL
9 14 (28.00%) Malware Analysis
9 14 (28.00%) Resource Management
9 14 (28.00%) Situational Awareness
10 13 (26.00%) SIEM
11 9 (18.00%) Identity Access Management
12 7 (14.00%) Vulnerability Management
13 6 (12.00%) Analytics
13 6 (12.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.00%) C
Qualifications
1 25 (50.00%) Degree
2 21 (42.00%) CISM
2 21 (42.00%) CISSP
3 14 (28.00%) GCIA
3 14 (28.00%) GCIH
3 14 (28.00%) GREM
4 2 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (4.00%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (4.00%) SSCP
5 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.00%) HND
5 1 (2.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (10.00%) NIST
3 4 (8.00%) SOC 2
4 2 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (4.00%) GRC
4 2 (4.00%) ISO 22301
4 2 (4.00%) NCSC
5 1 (2.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) CASB
2 1 (2.00%) Ansible
2 1 (2.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.00%) Grafana
2 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (28.00%) Dell
2 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.00%) CyberArk