Security Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Security Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Security Engineer salary in Glasgow is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 75 65
Rank change year-on-year -3 -10 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 8 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.00% 0.62% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 0.63% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 4
10th Percentile £50,750 £55,000 £45,863
25th Percentile £51,875 £59,063 £64,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -19.35% +19.23%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £63,250 £78,750 -
Scotland median annual salary £90,000 £61,500 £69,447
% change year-on-year +46.34% -11.44% +6.84%

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 741 946 648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 97.23% 98.18%
Number of salaries quoted 328 529 501
10th Percentile £29,175 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £74,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -9.09%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 2 November 2025, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
1 5 (62.50%) Java
1 5 (62.50%) Python
1 5 (62.50%) SDLC
2 4 (50.00%) AI
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (12.50%) Application Security
4 1 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (12.50%) GRC
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (12.50%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Mentoring

Security Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MongoDB
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (62.50%) Law
3 4 (50.00%) Banking
4 2 (25.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
1 1 (12.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) CI/CD
1 5 (62.50%) SDLC
2 4 (50.00%) AI
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (12.50%) Application Security
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (12.50%) DevSecOps
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) RBAC
4 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 1 (12.50%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Java
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) GRC
2 1 (12.50%) NCSC
2 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft