Cybersecurity Jobs in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 27 36
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 59 99 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.62% 6.64% 8.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.80% 7.42% 9.32%
Number of salaries quoted 43 33 87
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £25,313 £35,500 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £59,526 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.51% +2.63% -6.07%
75th Percentile £92,625 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £98,474 £100,064 £78,500
Scotland median annual salary £47,683 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -13.30% -7.60% -0.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 868 1,335 1,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.42% 89.60% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 394 935 1,136
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

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 16 May 2025.

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 11 (18.64%) Umbraco
2 2 (3.39%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 17 (28.81%) Azure
2 15 (25.42%) GCP
3 4 (6.78%) AWS
3 4 (6.78%) IaaS
3 4 (6.78%) PaaS
4 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.86%) Network Security
2 2 (3.39%) DHCP
2 2 (3.39%) DNS
3 1 (1.69%) Firewall
3 1 (1.69%) Kerberos
3 1 (1.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.64%) BigQuery
2 2 (3.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.69%) Metasploit
General
1 41 (69.49%) Finance
2 34 (57.63%) Banking
3 9 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Legal
5 3 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Advertising
6 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (25.42%) Architect
2 13 (22.03%) Solutions Architect
3 12 (20.34%) Lead
4 11 (18.64%) Lead Architect
4 11 (18.64%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 7 (11.86%) Analyst
5 7 (11.86%) Senior
6 6 (10.17%) Auditor
6 6 (10.17%) Senior Auditor
7 5 (8.47%) Technologist
8 4 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (6.78%) Security Analyst
8 4 (6.78%) Security Auditor
9 3 (5.08%) Graduate
10 2 (3.39%) Audit Manager
10 2 (3.39%) Consultant
10 2 (3.39%) Fraud Manager
10 2 (3.39%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 2 (3.39%) IT Analyst
10 2 (3.39%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (20.34%) OAuth
1 12 (20.34%) OpenID
1 12 (20.34%) React
1 12 (20.34%) SAML
1 12 (20.34%) Software Packaging
2 11 (18.64%) Ajax
2 11 (18.64%) CSS
2 11 (18.64%) jQuery
3 4 (6.78%) Middleware
4 1 (1.69%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.69%) LDAP
4 1 (1.69%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.78%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.08%) Hackathon
3 3 (5.08%) Learning Management System
3 3 (5.08%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.39%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.08%) Windows
2 2 (3.39%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.90%) Artificial Intelligence
1 20 (33.90%) Fintech
2 19 (32.20%) Line Management
2 19 (32.20%) Mathematics
3 18 (30.51%) Risk Management
4 15 (25.42%) Analytics
4 15 (25.42%) Data Analytics
4 15 (25.42%) Software Engineering
5 12 (20.34%) Coaching
5 12 (20.34%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (20.34%) Web Development
6 11 (18.64%) Content Management
6 11 (18.64%) Domain-Driven Design
6 11 (18.64%) MVC
6 11 (18.64%) Software Deployment
7 10 (16.95%) Information Security
8 9 (15.25%) Cryptography
8 9 (15.25%) Risk Assessment
8 9 (15.25%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (13.56%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.42%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.78%) Java
2 4 (6.78%) Python
3 3 (5.08%) C#
3 3 (5.08%) Kotlin
4 2 (3.39%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.39%) SQL
5 1 (1.69%) Groovy
5 1 (1.69%) Perl
5 1 (1.69%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) Degree
2 4 (6.78%) CRISC
3 3 (5.08%) CISM
3 3 (5.08%) CISSP
3 3 (5.08%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.08%) PhD
4 2 (3.39%) CEH
4 2 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.69%) GIAC
5 1 (1.69%) OSCP
5 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.95%) NIST
2 4 (6.78%) COBIT
3 3 (5.08%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.08%) GDPR
4 2 (3.39%) ITGC
5 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.69%) NCSC
5 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (18.64%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.69%) Nessus
3 1 (1.69%) Nmap
Vendors
1 16 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.08%) Google
2 3 (5.08%) IBM
3 1 (1.69%) ForgeRock
3 1 (1.69%) Ping Identity