Information Security Job Trends in Edinburgh

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 66 83
Rank change year-on-year -18 +17 +11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 21 30 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 1.97% 2.71% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.82% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 15
10th Percentile - £49,500 £21,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £49,625 £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £56,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.93% +25.84% -36.43%
75th Percentile £77,500 £59,625 £65,000
90th Percentile - £67,072 £68,000
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £69,308 £49,500
% change year-on-year -6.22% +40.02% -29.03%

All Process & 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 910 1,065 963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.45% 96.21% 91.80%
Number of salaries quoted 390 405 777
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Information Security
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Information Security

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (38.10%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (85.71%) Azure
1 18 (85.71%) Entra ID
1 18 (85.71%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (47.62%) Azure DevOps
2 10 (47.62%) Azure Monitor
3 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Purview
3 8 (38.10%) Mimecast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (4.76%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (4.76%) MS Access
General
1 20 (95.24%) Finance
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Banking
2 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
2 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Legal
2 1 (4.76%) Retail
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (9.52%) Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Applications Support
3 1 (4.76%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Data Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (85.71%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (4.76%) Insider Threat
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (85.71%) Agile
1 18 (85.71%) AI
1 18 (85.71%) Analytics
1 18 (85.71%) Asset Management
1 18 (85.71%) Coaching
1 18 (85.71%) Continuous Improvement
1 18 (85.71%) DevOps
1 18 (85.71%) FinOps
1 18 (85.71%) Infrastructure as Code
1 18 (85.71%) ITIL
1 18 (85.71%) Machine Learning
1 18 (85.71%) Roadmaps
1 18 (85.71%) Technology Roadmap
2 11 (52.38%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (47.62%) Business Strategy
3 10 (47.62%) Cost Management
3 10 (47.62%) Deployment Automation
3 10 (47.62%) Log Analytics
3 10 (47.62%) User Experience
4 8 (38.10%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (85.71%) Bash
1 18 (85.71%) PowerShell
1 18 (85.71%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) CISM
1 2 (9.52%) CISSP
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (47.62%) Virtual Desktop
1 10 (47.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (85.71%) Terraform
2 10 (47.62%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft