Security Operations Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Operations (SecOps)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 84 121
Rank change year-on-year +12 +37 +13
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 9 22 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.01% 1.48% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.65% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 13
10th Percentile £49,561 £50,250 £41,185
25th Percentile £53,058 £65,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +16.76% +36.45%
75th Percentile £80,288 £68,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £116,806 £71,875 £97,290
Scotland median annual salary £61,250 £53,886 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.67% -2.03% +8.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Security Operations 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 868 1,335 1,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.42% 89.60% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 394 935 1,136
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%

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 16 May 2025.

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) GitLab
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Forensic Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Continuity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
4 4 (44.44%) Coaching
4 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
4 4 (44.44%) Information Security
4 4 (44.44%) Privileged Access Management
4 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (11.11%) Culture Change
6 1 (11.11%) Digital Forensics
6 1 (11.11%) Forensic Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) Operations Management
6 1 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Perl
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CRISC
2 1 (11.11%) CEH
2 1 (11.11%) CISM
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) COBIT
1 4 (44.44%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes