Security Architecture Job Trends in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Security Architecture skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 97 102
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 4 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.35% 0.093% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.095% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 8
10th Percentile £65,002 - £54,400
25th Percentile £71,252 £105,098 £63,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,210 £109,539 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -23.12% +55.21% +1.62%
75th Percentile £97,126 £113,979 £72,433
90th Percentile £103,350 - £78,453
Scotland median annual salary £63,419 £84,500 £65,351
% change year-on-year -24.95% +29.30% -6.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Security Architecture 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 966 1,048 1,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.29% 97.22% 91.04%
Number of salaries quoted 435 396 894
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £30,888
25th Percentile £29,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -1.93%
75th Percentile £73,783 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -13.04%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Security Architecture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 9 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in Edinburgh

Security Architecture
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Legal
3 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 2 (50.00%) Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Team Leader
3 1 (25.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISM
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) CBAP
2 1 (25.00%) CEH
2 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
2 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (25.00%) SLA