Cybersecurity Job Trends in Glasgow

Cybersecurity
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 13 51
Rank change year-on-year -14 +38 -14
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 40 84 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 5.31% 9.57% 4.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.60% 10.76% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29 45 26
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,250 £41,875
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -6.38% -6.75%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £71,976 £84,500 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £30,500 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -44.55% -7.60% -0.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Cybersecurity 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 606 781 730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 80.37% 88.95% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 341 393 464
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £29,300
25th Percentile £32,851 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Glasgow over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Glasgow

Cybersecurity
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 (2.50%) IIS
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (32.50%) Azure
2 7 (17.50%) AWS
3 4 (10.00%) GitHub
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Internet
2 1 (2.50%) DHCP
2 1 (2.50%) DNS
2 1 (2.50%) Firewall
2 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Git
General
1 9 (22.50%) Multimedia
2 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.50%) German Language
4 2 (5.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Finance
5 1 (2.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Trainee
2 7 (17.50%) Senior
3 5 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Senior Hardware Engineer
4 4 (10.00%) Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Developer
4 4 (10.00%) Junior
4 4 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Junior Security Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Lead
4 4 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 4 (10.00%) Trainee Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Information Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Information Security Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Security Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Software Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Trainee Software Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Trainee Web Developer
5 2 (5.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.00%) CSS
1 6 (15.00%) HTML
2 2 (5.00%) React
2 2 (5.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (5.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Windows
1 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (15.00%) Business Development
3 3 (7.50%) Ethical Hacking
3 3 (7.50%) Line Management
3 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (5.00%) Benchmarking
4 2 (5.00%) Cyber Assurance
4 2 (5.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (5.00%) Data Management
4 2 (5.00%) Information Security
4 2 (5.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (5.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (5.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (5.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (5.00%) Web Development
5 1 (2.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.50%) High Availability
5 1 (2.50%) ITIL
5 1 (2.50%) Migration
5 1 (2.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (15.00%) Python
2 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.00%) R
3 1 (2.50%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 7 (17.50%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (15.00%) AWS Certification
3 6 (15.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (7.50%) A+ Certification
5 3 (7.50%) CEH
5 3 (7.50%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.50%) Degree
6 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (10.00%) NIST
3 3 (7.50%) GRC
4 2 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (5.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (5.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.50%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.00%) ForeScout
3 1 (2.50%) Avaya
3 1 (2.50%) Cisco
3 1 (2.50%) Genesys
3 1 (2.50%) VMware