Security Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Security Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Security Engineer salary in Glasgow is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 December 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 75 79
Rank change year-on-year +14 +4 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 4 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.53% 0.34% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.35% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £50,375 £52,750 £37,938
25th Percentile £50,938 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £62,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -7.41% -15.63%
75th Percentile £58,438 £66,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £60,125 £67,250 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £90,000 £57,000 £64,724
% change year-on-year +57.89% -11.93% +7.87%

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 694 850 740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.04% 96.81% 98.14%
Number of salaries quoted 388 434 471
10th Percentile £29,175 £31,267 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £54,389 £51,514
% change year-on-year -17.26% +5.58% -6.34%

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 7 December 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 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) RBAC
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations

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 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
1 1 (25.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Law
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (25.00%) RBAC
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft