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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 82 179
Rank change year-on-year +23 +97 -85
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 6 1 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.62% 0.17% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.18% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 32
10th Percentile - - £35,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £32,000 £45,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £34,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -33.66% -6.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £36,000 £62,500
90th Percentile - - £78,375
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% +2.44%

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 699 569 3,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 72.06% 94.68% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 430 208 890
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,175 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £40,833
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.45% +11.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £86,750 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £51,645 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.87% -1.63% -8.70%

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 10 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 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (33.33%) Azure AKS
3 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (16.67%) SaaS
4 1 (16.67%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
1 2 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Specialist
1 2 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (50.00%) DevOps
3 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) AI
4 2 (33.33%) Line Management
4 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) People Management
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Red Team
4 2 (33.33%) SIEM
4 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) GRC
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (33.33%) Meraki
3 1 (16.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (16.67%) Rapid7