Cybercrime Job Trends in Edinburgh

Cybercrime (Computer Crime)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cybercrime in permanent job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybercrime over the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cybercrime 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.092% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary - - -

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

Cybercrime falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 240 251 342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 22.00% 32.02% 25.83%
Number of salaries quoted 133 101 220
10th Percentile £27,025 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,470
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.31% -0.88%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £73,886
90th Percentile £106,000 £100,000 £83,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

Cybercrime
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybercrime relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Cybercrime job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Cybercrime
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cybercrime.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Cybercrime

Cybercrime
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Fraud Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cluster Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Matching
1 1 (100.00%) Fraud Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) OSINT
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) YouTube