Information Security Jobs in Edinburgh

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 78 94
Rank change year-on-year +24 +16 -5
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 31 26 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.56% 1.73% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 1.95% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 36
10th Percentile - £21,000 £42,563
25th Percentile £25,313 £32,438 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,131 £37,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% -46.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,379 £65,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £86,776 £85,250 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £61,250 £49,990 £65,750
% change year-on-year +22.52% -23.97% +14.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Information Security 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 846 1,331 1,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.13% 88.56% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 360 934 1,082
10th Percentile £26,156 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £38,063 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,433 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.95% -8.70% +4.55%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Edinburgh

Information Security
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Edinburgh

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Edinburgh

Information Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) AWS
2 2 (6.45%) Sentry
3 1 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (3.23%) Amazon S3
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) GCP
3 1 (3.23%) GitHub
3 1 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (3.23%) npm
3 1 (3.23%) SaaS
3 1 (3.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) Network Security
2 2 (6.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) Data Mining
1 2 (6.45%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.23%) Metadata
2 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) GitLab
General
1 20 (64.52%) Finance
2 10 (32.26%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Banking
3 5 (16.13%) Legal
4 4 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (22.58%) Risk Manager
2 5 (16.13%) Technologist
3 4 (12.90%) Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Operations Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Software Engineer
4 3 (9.68%) Security Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) Technology Risk Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Information Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 2 (6.45%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.23%) Applications Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Data Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.23%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) GraphQL
1 1 (3.23%) J2EE
1 1 (3.23%) Jest
1 1 (3.23%) Kafka
1 1 (3.23%) Node.js
1 1 (3.23%) React
1 1 (3.23%) REST
1 1 (3.23%) Spring
1 1 (3.23%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Linux
2 2 (6.45%) VMS
3 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (61.29%) Risk Management
2 11 (35.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (35.48%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (35.48%) Risk Assessment
3 7 (22.58%) Fintech
3 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
5 5 (16.13%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (16.13%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (16.13%) Cryptography
5 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
5 5 (16.13%) Line Management
5 5 (16.13%) Mathematics
6 4 (12.90%) Agile
6 4 (12.90%) Project Management
6 4 (12.90%) Regulatory Change
6 4 (12.90%) Requirements Analysis
6 4 (12.90%) Software Engineering
6 4 (12.90%) Test Automation
6 4 (12.90%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) CRISC
2 6 (19.35%) CISSP
2 6 (19.35%) Degree
3 4 (12.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (12.90%) CISA
3 4 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.90%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (12.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.23%) GCIA
5 1 (3.23%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (29.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (25.81%) NIST
3 7 (22.58%) COBIT
3 7 (22.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (12.90%) ITGC
5 2 (6.45%) NCSC
6 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
6 1 (3.23%) GDPR
6 1 (3.23%) ISO 22301
6 1 (3.23%) QA
6 1 (3.23%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Grafana
2 2 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.45%) Prometheus
2 2 (6.45%) Puppet
2 2 (6.45%) Terraform
3 1 (3.23%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) New Relic
1 2 (6.45%) Qualys
2 1 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.23%) Splunk