Security Management Job Trends in Edinburgh

Security Management
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Security Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 98 107
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +27
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 1 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.094% 0.18% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.19% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £22,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -67.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £23,000
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £45,500 £100,000 £34,250
% change year-on-year -54.50% +191.97% -50.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Security Management 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 906 1,072 968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.55% 96.23% 91.93%
Number of salaries quoted 387 405 780
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -8.00% +4.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £93,778 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.64% +4.76% -8.70%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Security Management job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Security Management
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Security Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Security Management

Security Management
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%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
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