Security Operations Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Operations (SecOps)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 122 133
Rank change year-on-year +29 +11 -19
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 23 31 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.50% 1.44% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.50% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 7
10th Percentile £35,950 £43,076 £38,123
25th Percentile £50,625 £51,985 £39,705
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,810 £42,368
Median % change year-on-year +16.76% +36.45% -13.54%
75th Percentile £68,750 £97,290 £51,617
90th Percentile £71,250 - £71,400
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,810 £50,500
% change year-on-year -9.19% +14.48% +18.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,391 2,066 2,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 90.50% 96.14% 93.73%
Number of salaries quoted 976 1,194 1,327
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,450 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £96,539 £92,041 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.48% +10.48% +5.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
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 2 (8.70%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 14 (60.87%) SaaS
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
General
1 16 (69.57%) Social Skills
2 14 (60.87%) Military
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Analyst
2 14 (60.87%) Support Analyst
2 14 (60.87%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Operational Security Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Operations Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Security Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Developer
4 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (8.70%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.35%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) AngularJS
1 2 (8.70%) CSS
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
1 2 (8.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (8.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (17.39%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (17.39%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (8.70%) CMDB
3 2 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (65.22%) Linux
1 15 (65.22%) Windows
2 14 (60.87%) Mac OS X
2 14 (60.87%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (86.96%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (82.61%) Incident Response
3 17 (73.91%) Incident Management
4 16 (69.57%) Actionable Insight
5 15 (65.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 15 (65.22%) Information Security
5 15 (65.22%) Open Source
5 15 (65.22%) Threat Intelligence
6 14 (60.87%) Customer Service
6 14 (60.87%) DevOps
6 14 (60.87%) ITIL
6 14 (60.87%) Malware Analysis
6 14 (60.87%) Resource Management
6 14 (60.87%) Service Delivery
6 14 (60.87%) Situational Awareness
7 6 (26.09%) SIEM
8 5 (21.74%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 4 (17.39%) Analytical Thinking
9 4 (17.39%) Cyber Resilience
9 4 (17.39%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 16 (69.57%) Degree
2 14 (60.87%) CISM
2 14 (60.87%) CISSP
2 14 (60.87%) GCIA
2 14 (60.87%) GCIH
2 14 (60.87%) GREM
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) CASB
1 1 (4.35%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 14 (60.87%) Dell
2 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft