Network Security Jobs in Edinburgh

Network Security
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 67 85
Rank change year-on-year 0 +18 +56
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 18 39 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.07% 2.64% 3.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% 19.21% 22.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14 37 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,313 £45,000 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,882 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year +43.14% +0.80% -17.90%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £72,500
90th Percentile - £65,000 £97,290
Scotland median annual salary £75,574 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +25.96% +0.80% +24.01%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 72 203 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.29% 13.76% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 54 141 107
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £26,900
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £36,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% +10.55%
75th Percentile £95,000 £65,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £146,300 £70,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £30,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -40.00% -0.99% +5.21%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Edinburgh

Network Security
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Edinburgh

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Edinburgh

Network 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) IaaS
3 1 (5.56%) OpenShift
3 1 (5.56%) PaaS
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Firewall
2 7 (38.89%) VPN
3 1 (5.56%) BGP
3 1 (5.56%) DNS
3 1 (5.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitLab
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 5 (27.78%) Banking
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Lead
2 7 (38.89%) Cloud Security Lead
3 6 (33.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (33.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 6 (33.33%) Lead Cloud Engineer
3 6 (33.33%) Security Engineer
4 5 (27.78%) Technologist
5 4 (22.22%) Architect
6 3 (16.67%) Security Architect
7 2 (11.11%) Network Architect
8 1 (5.56%) Firewall Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) Lead Architect
8 1 (5.56%) Lead Security Architect
8 1 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) Network Security Architect
8 1 (5.56%) Network Technical Architect
8 1 (5.56%) Principal Architect
8 1 (5.56%) Security Technical Architect
8 1 (5.56%) Technical Design Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.56%) Private Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 8 (44.44%) Cloud Security
2 8 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (44.44%) Mentoring
2 8 (44.44%) Network Design
3 7 (38.89%) Information Security
3 7 (38.89%) Risk Assessment
3 7 (38.89%) Risk Management
4 6 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
4 6 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
4 6 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
5 5 (27.78%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (27.78%) Cryptography
5 5 (27.78%) Fintech
5 5 (27.78%) Line Management
5 5 (27.78%) Mathematics
6 2 (11.11%) Information Security Management
6 2 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) CISM
1 6 (33.33%) CISSP
2 5 (27.78%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) CCNP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.56%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) NCSC
1 8 (44.44%) NIST
2 6 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) FortiGate
1 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
2 1 (5.56%) F5