Security Engineer Job Trends in Aberdeenshire

Security Engineer
Scotland > Aberdeenshire

As of 29 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Engineer salary in Aberdeenshire.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeenshire 13.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 13.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £90,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -11.11% +51.19% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Aberdeenshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Aberdeenshire. 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 Aberdeenshire with a recognized job title 15 7 59
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 24.14% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 45
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,875 £24,875
25th Percentile £49,688 £56,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +38.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - £62,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -4.55%

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Aberdeenshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Aberdeenshire region over the 6 months to 29 May 2026. 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
Westhill - 2 - - 3
Security Engineer
Scotland

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Aberdeenshire region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (50.00%) PaaS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft