SIEM Jobs in Scotland

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for SIEM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SIEM 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 254 89 120
Rank change year-on-year -165 +31 +30
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 30 151 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.45% 3.19% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 3.38% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 28 44 43
10th Percentile £36,175 £41,250 £41,750
25th Percentile £38,885 £45,000 £52,293
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% - +35.27%
75th Percentile £52,813 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £68,750 - £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,783 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.41% - +11.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

SIEM 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%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in Scotland

SIEM
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for SIEM in Scotland

SIEM
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for SIEM in Scotland

SIEM
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM 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 -125 16 £47,000 +10.59% 5
Edinburgh -11 11 £50,000 -28.57%
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £40,000 -
Argyll and Bute - 1 - - 1
SIEM
UK

SIEM
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 18 (60.00%) Azure
2 15 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (10.00%) Google Workspace
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
4 1 (3.33%) Slack
4 1 (3.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) DKIM
1 8 (26.67%) DMARC
1 8 (26.67%) DNS
1 8 (26.67%) Internet
2 6 (20.00%) Firewall
3 4 (13.33%) LAN
3 4 (13.33%) WAN
4 2 (6.67%) Network Security
4 2 (6.67%) VPN
4 2 (6.67%) Wireless
4 2 (6.67%) WLAN
5 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) GitLab
1 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.33%) Law
4 1 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Analyst
2 13 (43.33%) Security Analyst
3 8 (26.67%) Information Analyst
3 8 (26.67%) Information Security Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) Operations Manager
5 4 (13.33%) Operational Security Manager
5 4 (13.33%) Security Engineer
5 4 (13.33%) Security Manager
5 4 (13.33%) Security Operations Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) IT Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) IT Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) IT Security Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) IT Security Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Information Security Compliance Officer
8 1 (3.33%) Information Security Officer
8 1 (3.33%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (26.67%) Cyberattack
2 7 (23.33%) Management Information System
3 5 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (16.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (13.33%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (6.67%) IoT
5 2 (6.67%) Onboarding
5 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
6 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
6 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Linux
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (10.00%) Mac OS
3 2 (6.67%) Android
3 2 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (53.33%) Information Security
3 13 (43.33%) Security Operations
4 12 (40.00%) SOAR
5 11 (36.67%) Cloud Security
5 11 (36.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 9 (30.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 8 (26.67%) Incident Response
7 8 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (23.33%) Incident Management
8 7 (23.33%) Use Case
9 6 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 6 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
10 5 (16.67%) Malware Detection/Protection
11 4 (13.33%) Analytics
11 4 (13.33%) DevOps
11 4 (13.33%) DevSecOps
11 4 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) CISSP
3 2 (6.67%) CISM
4 1 (3.33%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.33%) MCSE
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (23.33%) SOC 2
3 5 (16.67%) NIST
4 4 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.67%) NCSC
6 1 (3.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (36.67%) CASB
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Atlassian
2 3 (10.00%) Google
3 1 (3.33%) CA
3 1 (3.33%) Citrix
3 1 (3.33%) ConnectWise
3 1 (3.33%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.33%) LogRhythm
3 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.33%) Rapid7
3 1 (3.33%) Sun
3 1 (3.33%) Trustwave