Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in Edinburgh is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 106 147
Rank change year-on-year +14 +41 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 4 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.44% 0.13% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.14% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,231 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,507 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% -2.99% -
75th Percentile - £49,784 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -0.07%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 852 1,458 2,003
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 95.80% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 418 1,031 1,187
10th Percentile £29,125 £33,000 £36,150
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, 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 Edinburgh region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (75.00%) RBAC
2 3 (75.00%) Application Security
2 3 (75.00%) Technology Transformation
2 3 (75.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (75.00%) GDPR
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Application Security
2 3 (75.00%) RBAC
2 3 (75.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (75.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Technology Transformation
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
1 3 (75.00%) NIST