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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 87 172
Rank change year-on-year +26 +85 -77
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 10 1 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.94% 0.15% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 0.16% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 28
10th Percentile - - £35,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £32,000 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £34,000 £53,136
Median % change year-on-year +120.59% -36.01% -3.39%
75th Percentile - £36,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,350 - £80,625
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +30.43% +6.48% +8.00%

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 783 635 3,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 73.87% 93.52% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 475 256 858
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,360 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%

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 8 July 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 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (20.00%) Azure AKS
3 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (10.00%) SaaS
4 1 (10.00%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
1 3 (30.00%) Network Security
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Local Government
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 5 (50.00%) Security Operations Specialist
1 5 (50.00%) Security Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Security
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Blue Team
2 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (30.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (30.00%) DevOps
4 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (20.00%) AI
5 2 (20.00%) Line Management
5 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (20.00%) People Management
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) SIEM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) NIST
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) GRC
3 1 (10.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Meraki
3 1 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (10.00%) Rapid7