Cybersecurity Jobs in Aberdeen

Cybersecurity
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 29 9
Rank change year-on-year +20 -20 +16
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 4 17 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 7.27% 5.48% 14.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.89% 6.85% 16.57%
Number of salaries quoted 0 10 3
10th Percentile - - £64,500
25th Percentile - £42,500 £65,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £47,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -32.14% +53.49%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £72,500
90th Percentile - £57,500 -
Scotland median annual salary £47,683 £53,750 £59,526
% change year-on-year -11.29% -9.70% -0.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Aberdeen.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45 248 175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 81.82% 80.00% 89.74%
Number of salaries quoted 29 205 64
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,750 £29,975
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,145 £65,000 £72,125
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Aberdeen

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Aberdeen.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Aberdeen

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Security Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Information Manager
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Resilience Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (50.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (25.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) BCP
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISM
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) NIST