Security Operations Job Trends in Glasgow

Security Operations (SecOps)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 84 158
Rank change year-on-year +23 +74 -74
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 11 1 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.97% 0.14% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 0.15% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 23
10th Percentile £57,500 - £35,000
25th Percentile - £32,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £34,000 £53,772
Median % change year-on-year +120.59% -36.77% -2.23%
75th Percentile - £36,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,350 - £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £57,500 £50,309
% change year-on-year +30.43% +14.29% +3.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

Security Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 848 657 2,606
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 74.65% 90.87% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 506 261 721
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,303 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £49,750 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.56% -18.18% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Glasgow over the 6 months to 5 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Glasgow

Security Operations
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 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (9.09%) Azure AKS
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (9.09%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) DNS
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Local Government
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 6 (54.55%) Security Operations Specialist
1 6 (54.55%) Security Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (9.09%) Head of Security
3 1 (9.09%) Information Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Blue Team
3 5 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 3 (27.27%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
4 3 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (18.18%) AI
5 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
5 2 (18.18%) DevOps
5 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (18.18%) SIEM
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
6 1 (9.09%) Log Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Red Team
6 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (27.27%) NIST
3 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (18.18%) GRC
4 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (9.09%) GDPR
4 1 (9.09%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (9.09%) Meraki
2 1 (9.09%) Rapid7