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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 119 141
Rank change year-on-year +32 +22 -27
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 22 25 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.45% 1.21% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.61% 1.26% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 6
10th Percentile £50,250 £41,185 £39,705
25th Percentile £65,313 £50,000 £39,904
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 £80,000 £55,308
90th Percentile £71,875 £97,290 £74,500
Scotland median annual salary £53,886 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -2.03% +8.91% +3.06%

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 1,365 1,977 2,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.86% 95.97% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1,151 1,387
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,331 £36,134
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,818 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +8.49% +8.16%

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 8 May 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 (9.09%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 14 (63.64%) SaaS
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure
General
1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 14 (63.64%) Military
3 4 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Analyst
2 14 (63.64%) Support Analyst
2 14 (63.64%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Operational Security Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Operations Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Security Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Developer
4 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) AngularJS
1 2 (9.09%) CSS
1 2 (9.09%) HTML
1 2 (9.09%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (18.18%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (9.09%) CMDB
3 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 14 (63.64%) Linux
1 14 (63.64%) Mac OS X
1 14 (63.64%) Unix
1 14 (63.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (86.36%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (81.82%) Incident Response
3 16 (72.73%) Actionable Insight
3 16 (72.73%) Incident Management
4 15 (68.18%) Open Source
5 14 (63.64%) Customer Service
5 14 (63.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 14 (63.64%) DevOps
5 14 (63.64%) Information Security
5 14 (63.64%) ITIL
5 14 (63.64%) Malware Analysis
5 14 (63.64%) Resource Management
5 14 (63.64%) Service Delivery
5 14 (63.64%) Situational Awareness
5 14 (63.64%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (22.73%) SIEM
7 4 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
7 4 (18.18%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 15 (68.18%) Degree
2 14 (63.64%) CISM
2 14 (63.64%) CISSP
2 14 (63.64%) GCIA
2 14 (63.64%) GCIH
2 14 (63.64%) GREM
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Dell
2 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow