Cloud Security Job Trends in Glasgow

Cloud Security
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 61 151
Rank change year-on-year +13 +90 -67
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 10 3 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.34% 0.48% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 0.51% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 17
10th Percentile £56,000 £75,000 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £78,750 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +50.00% -17.24%
75th Percentile - £103,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £71,000 £109,000 £105,000
Scotland median annual salary £70,000 £90,000 £64,724
% change year-on-year -22.22% +39.05% -3.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Cloud Security 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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 572 584 1,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 76.57% 93.59% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 369 250 608
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +16.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,125 £76,625
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -13.04%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Cloud Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Glasgow over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in Glasgow

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (20.00%) IaaS
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (20.00%) PaaS
5 1 (10.00%) AWS
5 1 (10.00%) Azure AKS
5 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Network Security
2 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) LAN
2 2 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (10.00%) DNS
General
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) PKI
1 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Line Management
3 2 (20.00%) RBAC
3 2 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (20.00%) SIEM
3 2 (20.00%) SOAR
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (20.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (10.00%) People Management
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) CCIE
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (10.00%) CISM
3 1 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (10.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) CASB
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Meraki