Information Security Jobs in Glasgow

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 183 98
Rank change year-on-year +138 -85 -22
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 10 52 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 2.03% 1.30% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 1.35% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 9 33 7
10th Percentile £55,500 £43,800 £44,950
25th Percentile £61,250 £47,000 £48,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £52,500 £55,425
Median % change year-on-year +47.62% -5.28% +18.56%
75th Percentile £86,750 £65,250 £62,046
90th Percentile £103,000 £96,500 £64,527
Scotland median annual salary £62,500 £50,000 £65,750
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.95% +19.55%

All Process and 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 441 3,855 1,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 89.63% 96.64% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 254 830 644
10th Percentile £33,121 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,813 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% -1.82% +12.24%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,750 £78,750 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +6.48%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Glasgow over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Glasgow

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) IT Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) IT Security Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Information
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Security
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) CSS
1 1 (10.00%) CSS3
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
1 1 (10.00%) HTML5
1 1 (10.00%) Node.js
1 1 (10.00%) React
1 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) Educational Technology
3 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
3 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (30.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (30.00%) SIEM
2 2 (20.00%) Application Security
2 2 (20.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security Management
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) ISMS
2 2 (20.00%) Malware Detection/Protection
2 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) Security Management
2 2 (20.00%) SOAR
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Use Case
2 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CISM
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) CRISC
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (40.00%) NIST
4 2 (20.00%) NCSC
4 2 (20.00%) SOC 2
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (10.00%) GDPR
5 1 (10.00%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft