IT Security Engineer Jobs in Aberdeen

IT Security Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeen

The median IT Security Engineer salary in Aberdeen is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeen 1.49% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 £49,250 £75,554
% change year-on-year +16.75% -34.81% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Aberdeen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Aberdeen. 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 Aberdeen with a recognized job title 58 291 152
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.57% 96.68% 77.55%
Number of salaries quoted 39 239 80
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,750 £30,425
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - -22.73%
75th Percentile £61,875 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,400 £65,000 £72,500
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

IT Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Engineer in Aberdeen

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, IT Security Engineer 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 Aberdeen region featuring IT Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

IT Security Engineer Skill Set
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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
2 IT Security Engineer jobs in Scotland