IT Security Specialist Jobs in Glasgow

IT Security Specialist
Scotland > Glasgow

The median IT Security Specialist salary in Glasgow is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.051% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £50,250 - -
25th Percentile £54,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £69,375 - -
90th Percentile £72,750 - -
Scotland median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Glasgow with a recognized job title 3,862 1,346 1,576
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.02% 85.95% 98.07%
Number of salaries quoted 837 685 898
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +14.58% +1.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,000 £77,500 £72,575
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

IT Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings that featured IT Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Specialist in Glasgow

IT Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for IT Security Specialist in Glasgow

IT Security Specialist
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Specialist in Glasgow over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Specialist in Glasgow

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, IT Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Glasgow region featuring IT Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 31000
2 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills

IT Security Specialist Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 31000
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800