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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 67 133
Rank change year-on-year +24 +66 -40
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 11 1 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.59% 0.15% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 0.16% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 13
10th Percentile £60,625 - -
25th Percentile £68,125 £85,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +91.49% -32.86%
75th Percentile - £95,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 - £91,250
Scotland median annual salary £70,000 £70,750 £65,351
% change year-on-year -1.06% +8.26% -2.15%

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 518 632 1,469
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 74.75% 93.35% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 322 278 532
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,450 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,750 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £51,514
% change year-on-year -22.73% +6.77% -10.41%

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 21 January 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 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (72.73%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (36.36%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) IaaS
3 2 (18.18%) PaaS
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) LAN
1 4 (36.36%) WAN
2 3 (27.27%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) MPLS
3 2 (18.18%) Network Security
3 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
3 2 (18.18%) VPN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Network Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 1 (9.09%) PKI
1 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
2 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) SIEM
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (9.09%) Change Control
3 1 (9.09%) Coaching
3 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Line Management
3 1 (9.09%) OWASP
3 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CCIE
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) CCNP
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (9.09%) CISM
4 1 (9.09%) CISSP
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) GDPR
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) CASB
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) CheckPoint
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 1 (9.09%) Juniper