Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Senior Cybersecurity Analyst salary in Scotland is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 223 250
Rank change year-on-year -52 +27 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 3 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.045% 0.085% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.094% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -
UK median annual salary £68,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% +11.11% -12.20%

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 6,524 4,257 5,514
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.87% 90.19% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 2,312 2,970
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,658
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 £73,550 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland.

Salary trend for Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Cybersecurity Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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 - 3 £50,000 - 1
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 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 Senior Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (66.67%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Purple Team
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) ISO 22301
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
2 2 (66.67%) CISM
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) SSCP
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Ethical Hacking
2 2 (66.67%) Purple Team
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) ISO 22301
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft