ISMS Job Trends in Edinburgh

Information Security Management System (ISMS)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring ISMS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ISMS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.097% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £100,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +5.26% +11.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

ISMS 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 885 1,131 946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.26% 95.52% 92.75%
Number of salaries quoted 378 432 759
10th Percentile £25,925 £36,375 £31,650
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £59,430 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.69% -4.91% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,875 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.54%

ISMS
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

ISMS job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

ISMS
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ISMS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing ISMS

ISMS
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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001