Security Manager Jobs in Scotland

Security Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Security Manager salary in Scotland is £66,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 209 200
Rank change year-on-year -67 -9 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Manager 11 18 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.16% 0.38% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.42% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 6
10th Percentile £62,500 - £53,125
25th Percentile £65,000 £56,219 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £65,000 £64,213
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +1.23% -1.21%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,125 £81,875
90th Percentile £68,875 £77,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £68,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.52% +3.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,492 4,293 5,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.85% 90.28% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 2,331 2,944
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,058
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Security Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Manager in Scotland

Security Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Manager in Scotland

Security Manager
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 Manager within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 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 - 6 £65,000 - 6
Edinburgh +34 5 £67,500 +13.40% 1
Security Manager
UK

Security Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Security Manager 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 Scotland region featuring Security Manager in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) Cyber Resilience
3 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (36.36%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (36.36%) Security Operations
4 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (36.36%) SIEM
4 4 (36.36%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (36.36%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
4 4 (36.36%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
5 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
6 2 (18.18%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (18.18%) GDPR
6 2 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
6 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (18.18%) Azure
6 2 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 2 (18.18%) SAML
6 2 (18.18%) Windows
6 2 (18.18%) LDAP
6 2 (18.18%) Kerberos
6 2 (18.18%) Active Directory

Security Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Kerberos
General
1 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) LDAP
1 2 (18.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (36.36%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (36.36%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (72.73%) Cyber Resilience
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Thinking
3 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
3 4 (36.36%) Security Operations
3 4 (36.36%) SIEM
3 4 (36.36%) Strategic Thinking
3 4 (36.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
5 2 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (18.18%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 2 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
6 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CISA
1 1 (9.09%) CISM
1 1 (9.09%) CISSP
1 1 (9.09%) CRISC
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
3 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (9.09%) NIST
3 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Single Sign-On