Cybersecurity Jobs in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 36 36
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 +22
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 104 189 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.84% 8.87% 8.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.59% 9.22% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 38 93 83
10th Percentile £27,750 £35,250 £40,501
25th Percentile £35,688 £42,874 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £58,386 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.22% -5.45% -19.28%
75th Percentile £69,688 £70,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,064 £84,000 £105,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £59,763
% change year-on-year -7.60% -0.40% +8.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Cybersecurity 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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,371 2,049 2,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 90.14% 96.15% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 962 1,195 1,368
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £68,813
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,654 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.94% +9.82% +5.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (23.08%) Apache Spark
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.96%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (50.96%) SaaS
2 31 (29.81%) GCP
3 29 (27.88%) AWS
4 27 (25.96%) Google Docs
5 24 (23.08%) Slack
6 23 (22.12%) Amazon S3
6 23 (22.12%) Amazon SQS
6 23 (22.12%) Lucidchart
6 23 (22.12%) Miro
7 19 (18.27%) Azure
8 12 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (7.69%) Entra ID
10 7 (6.73%) PaaS
11 4 (3.85%) Google Workspace
11 4 (3.85%) IaaS
11 4 (3.85%) OneDrive
12 3 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (2.88%) GitHub
13 1 (0.96%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.96%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.69%) Firewall
2 7 (6.73%) WAN
3 3 (2.88%) LAN
3 3 (2.88%) VPN
3 3 (2.88%) Wireless
3 3 (2.88%) WLAN
4 2 (1.92%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.96%) DHCP
5 1 (0.96%) DNS
5 1 (0.96%) Internet
5 1 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.96%) Network Security
5 1 (0.96%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (23.08%) Big Data
1 24 (23.08%) Hadoop
2 23 (22.12%) Elasticsearch
2 23 (22.12%) Redis
2 23 (22.12%) Scylla
3 5 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.81%) NoSQL
4 4 (3.85%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.96%) Apache Accumulo
5 1 (0.96%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.96%) Flink
5 1 (0.96%) HBase
Development Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.92%) JIRA
3 1 (0.96%) GitLab
3 1 (0.96%) JUnit
General
1 44 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 24 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (15.38%) Finance
4 14 (13.46%) Military
5 10 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.73%) Banking
7 6 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.85%) Billing
8 4 (3.85%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.92%) Law
9 2 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.92%) Retail
10 1 (0.96%) Games
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 33 (31.73%) Principal Engineer
1 33 (31.73%) Principal Software Engineer
1 33 (31.73%) Software Engineer
2 21 (20.19%) Analyst
3 18 (17.31%) Senior
4 14 (13.46%) Support Analyst
4 14 (13.46%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 9 (8.65%) Senior Software Engineer
5 9 (8.65%) Senior Windows Engineer
5 9 (8.65%) Support Engineer
5 9 (8.65%) Windows Engineer
6 8 (7.69%) IT Support
7 5 (4.81%) Architect
7 5 (4.81%) Consultant
7 5 (4.81%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 5 (4.81%) IT Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Security Consultant
7 5 (4.81%) Security Manager
8 4 (3.85%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (23.08%) Kafka
2 23 (22.12%) GraphQL
3 5 (4.81%) LDAP
3 5 (4.81%) OpenID
4 3 (2.88%) Web Services
5 1 (0.96%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.96%) J2EE
5 1 (0.96%) OAuth
5 1 (0.96%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.96%) REST
5 1 (0.96%) SAML
5 1 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (22.12%) Algorithms
1 23 (22.12%) Data Structures
2 11 (10.58%) Cloud Native
3 9 (8.65%) Virtual Team
4 6 (5.77%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (4.81%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.81%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (4.81%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.85%) Blockchain
6 4 (3.85%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (3.85%) Mainframe
6 4 (3.85%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.88%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.88%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.92%) PACS
9 1 (0.96%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.96%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 38 (36.54%) Windows
2 36 (34.62%) Linux
3 23 (22.12%) Unix
4 14 (13.46%) Mac OS X
5 13 (12.50%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.85%) Windows 10
6 4 (3.85%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.92%) Android
7 2 (1.92%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.96%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (47.12%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 49 (47.12%) Threat Intelligence
2 35 (33.65%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (31.73%) Data Science
3 33 (31.73%) Software Engineering
4 32 (30.77%) Computer Security
5 24 (23.08%) User Experience
6 23 (22.12%) High Availability
6 23 (22.12%) UX Research
7 22 (21.15%) Customer Service
8 21 (20.19%) Incident Response
9 20 (19.23%) Security Operations
10 19 (18.27%) Agile
11 18 (17.31%) DevOps
12 17 (16.35%) Information Security
13 16 (15.38%) Incident Management
13 16 (15.38%) ITIL
14 15 (14.42%) Actionable Insight
14 15 (14.42%) Open Source
14 15 (14.42%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (25.96%) Python
2 25 (24.04%) Java
3 24 (23.08%) Bash
3 24 (23.08%) Go
3 24 (23.08%) Scala
4 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (16.35%) Degree
2 16 (15.38%) CISM
2 16 (15.38%) CISSP
3 14 (13.46%) GCIA
3 14 (13.46%) GCIH
3 14 (13.46%) GREM
4 1 (0.96%) CISA
4 1 (0.96%) CRISC
4 1 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.96%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.96%) MCSE
4 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.96%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (7.69%) GDPR
1 8 (7.69%) NIST
2 7 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.81%) NCSC
4 4 (3.85%) SLA
4 4 (3.85%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.92%) DICOM
5 2 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.96%) COBIT
6 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.96%) ISO 31000
6 1 (0.96%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.96%) QA
6 1 (0.96%) SOC 3
System Software
1 11 (10.58%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.85%) Docker
3 2 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (25.96%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.88%) Terraform
4 2 (1.92%) CASB
5 1 (0.96%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.96%) Rancher
5 1 (0.96%) SCCM
5 1 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.96%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (45.19%) Dell
2 35 (33.65%) Google
3 14 (13.46%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.85%) BeyondTrust
4 4 (3.85%) ConnectWise
4 4 (3.85%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.88%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.92%) Cisco
6 2 (1.92%) VMware
7 1 (0.96%) Apple
7 1 (0.96%) Aruba
7 1 (0.96%) CA
7 1 (0.96%) Citrix
7 1 (0.96%) Meraki
7 1 (0.96%) Oracle
7 1 (0.96%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.96%) Splunk
7 1 (0.96%) Sun
7 1 (0.96%) Trustwave