Security Analyst Jobs in Glasgow

Security Analyst
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Security Analyst salary in Glasgow is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 87 109
Rank change year-on-year 0 +22 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 11 14 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.91% 1.40% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.43% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 11
10th Percentile £49,250 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,750 £38,763
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,500 £40,150
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% +15.82% -5.53%
75th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £42,638
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £46,250
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £46,500 £40,150
% change year-on-year +12.90% +15.82% -5.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,177 982 1,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.27% 98.00% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 590 554 825
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,569
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £52,933 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.79% -5.45% +10.00%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Glasgow

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Security Analyst in Glasgow

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 6 October 2024, Security Analyst 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 Security Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (72.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (72.73%) Security Operations
2 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (63.64%) Firewall
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
3 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (54.55%) CISM
3 6 (54.55%) ISO 22301
3 6 (54.55%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (45.45%) Purple Team
4 5 (45.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (45.45%) Analytics
4 5 (45.45%) Contingency Planning
4 5 (45.45%) Ethical Hacking
4 5 (45.45%) CISSP
4 5 (45.45%) SSCP
5 3 (27.27%) Degree
5 3 (27.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (27.27%) NIST
6 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
6 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
6 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
6 2 (18.18%) Cyberattack
6 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (18.18%) IaaS
6 2 (18.18%) SaaS
6 2 (18.18%) PaaS
6 2 (18.18%) Windows

Security Analyst 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (45.45%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (18.18%) IaaS
4 2 (18.18%) PaaS
4 2 (18.18%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Firewall
General
1 1 (9.09%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cyberattack
1 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (72.73%) Security Operations
2 7 (63.64%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (45.45%) Analytics
3 5 (45.45%) Contingency Planning
3 5 (45.45%) Ethical Hacking
3 5 (45.45%) Purple Team
4 3 (27.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) Security Management
5 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
6 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
6 1 (9.09%) Information Security Management
6 1 (9.09%) ITIL
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
6 1 (9.09%) Risk Register
6 1 (9.09%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) CISM
1 6 (54.55%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (45.45%) CISSP
2 5 (45.45%) SSCP
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) CISA
4 1 (9.09%) CRISC
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (54.55%) ISO 22301
3 3 (27.27%) NIST
4 1 (9.09%) GDPR
4 1 (9.09%) GRC
4 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (9.09%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Qualys