Security Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Security Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
7 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
88 |
104 |
131 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+16 |
+27 |
+1 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer |
8 |
4 |
18 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
0.87% |
0.26% |
0.86% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.94% |
0.27% |
0.90% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
8 |
4 |
16 |
| 10th Percentile |
£84,000 |
- |
£39,567 |
| 25th Percentile |
£93,750 |
£56,219 |
£49,063 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£95,000 |
£59,526 |
£62,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+59.59% |
-3.99% |
-8.15% |
| 75th Percentile |
- |
£64,625 |
£77,585 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£67,850 |
£85,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£90,000 |
£55,000 |
£62,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+63.64% |
-11.29% |
+29.17% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title |
852 |
1,458 |
2,003 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
92.81% |
95.80% |
95.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
418 |
1,031 |
1,187 |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,125 |
£33,000 |
£36,150 |
| 25th Percentile |
£45,000 |
£46,250 |
£45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+9.09% |
| 75th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£72,433 |
£77,715 |
| 90th Percentile |
£98,474 |
£92,500 |
£89,852 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£57,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
-8.70% |
+9.52% |
