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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 82 175
Rank change year-on-year +27 +93 -77
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 8 1 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.78% 0.16% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.17% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 30
10th Percentile - - £35,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £32,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £34,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +120.59% -35.24% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £36,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,700 - £79,375
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £53,772
% change year-on-year +36.36% +2.28% +7.54%

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 744 588 3,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 72.66% 94.23% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 454 216 902
10th Percentile £29,113 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £40,808
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +11.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £65,188
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,625 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.00% -4.76% -8.30%

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 24 June 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 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (25.00%) Azure AKS
3 2 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (12.50%) SaaS
4 1 (12.50%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
1 3 (37.50%) Network Security
2 2 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (37.50%) Security Operations Specialist
1 3 (37.50%) Security Specialist
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Security
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Incident Response
3 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (37.50%) Blue Team
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (37.50%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) AI
5 2 (25.00%) Line Management
5 2 (25.00%) Machine Learning
5 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (25.00%) People Management
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Red Team
5 2 (25.00%) SIEM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) GRC
3 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Meraki
3 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (12.50%) Rapid7