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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 101 89
Rank change year-on-year 0 -12 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 2 1 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.20% 0.083% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.088% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 13
10th Percentile - - £63,631
25th Percentile - £105,098 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £109,539 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +55.21% +1.62%
75th Percentile - £113,979 £72,433
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary - £109,539 £70,576
% change year-on-year - +55.21% +1.62%

All Process and 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 866 1,142 935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.04% 95.01% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 372 449 750
10th Percentile £25,775 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.26% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £92,500
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

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
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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Lead Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP