Threat Detection Job Trends in Edinburgh

Threat Detection
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 92 98
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +43
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 1 4 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.083% 0.40% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.41% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,836 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,419 - £72,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.29%
75th Percentile £66,003 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £62,600 - £96,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Threat Detection 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 980 986 1,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 81.73% 97.91% 91.29%
Number of salaries quoted 488 413 858
10th Percentile £27,850 £31,250 £31,175
25th Percentile £30,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -2.37%
75th Percentile £73,563 £77,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £90,000 £98,474 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -9.19%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Threat Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Log Aggregation
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SLA