Information Security Job Trends in Glasgow

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Glasgow

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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 37 107
Rank change year-on-year -10 +70 -23
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 7 32 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.01% 4.73% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 5.08% 2.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6 24 29
10th Percentile £55,000 £49,000 £44,700
25th Percentile £62,188 £62,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £95,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +100.00% +11.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £110,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,875 - £78,250
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -16.13% +50.49% -26.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Information 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 516 630 1,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 74.67% 93.20% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 319 275 513
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,150 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,375 £36,250
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 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,500 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £51,514
% change year-on-year -23.64% +6.77% -10.41%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Information Security
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

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

Salary histogram for Information Security in Glasgow

Information 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 (14.29%) FileNet
General
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Information Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security Manager
1 5 (71.43%) Security Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security Risk Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Benchmarking
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (14.29%) Content Management
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Cost Control
2 1 (14.29%) Document Management
2 1 (14.29%) Information Management
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (57.14%) PCI DSS
2 2 (28.57%) GRC
2 2 (28.57%) NIST