Security Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow
The median Security Engineer salary in Glasgow is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 April 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
9 Apr 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
54 |
47 |
213 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-7 |
+166 |
-98 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer |
5 |
2 |
14 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow |
0.57% |
0.48% |
0.38% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.61% |
0.53% |
0.39% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
2 |
13 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£48,875 |
£45,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£57,500 |
£50,938 |
£46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£60,000 |
£56,250 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+6.67% |
-6.25% |
-17.24% |
| 75th Percentile |
£62,500 |
£60,938 |
£78,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£62,625 |
£82,500 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
£57,263 |
| % change year-on-year |
+6.25% |
+39.71% |
-3.80% |
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 |
820 |
379 |
3,576 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
93.61% |
91.55% |
97.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
498 |
222 |
805 |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,375 |
£32,500 |
£30,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£41,563 |
£40,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£50,000 |
£60,000 |
£51,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-16.67% |
+17.65% |
-2.86% |
| 75th Percentile |
£70,000 |
£77,500 |
£65,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£100,000 |
£77,800 |
| Scotland median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£55,000 |
£51,764 |
| % change year-on-year |
-18.18% |
+6.25% |
-9.98% |
