Security Specialist
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Security Specialist salary in Edinburgh is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
80 |
109 |
124 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+29 |
+15 |
+31 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist |
2 |
1 |
17 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh |
0.23% |
0.066% |
0.90% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.26% |
0.069% |
0.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
0 |
14 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£52,375 |
| 25th Percentile |
£47,500 |
- |
£55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£52,000 |
- |
£58,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+27.17% |
| 75th Percentile |
£56,500 |
- |
£60,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£52,000 |
£62,500 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-16.80% |
+13.64% |
+20.60% |
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 |
774 |
1,452 |
1,791 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
88.26% |
96.16% |
94.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
335 |
1,026 |
1,070 |
| 10th Percentile |
£26,929 |
£32,500 |
£35,300 |
| 25th Percentile |
£45,619 |
£45,000 |
£44,033 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+9.09% |
| 75th Percentile |
£82,751 |
£71,625 |
£77,715 |
| 90th Percentile |
£98,474 |
£91,934 |
£89,852 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
-4.55% |
+4.19% |
