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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 80 127
Rank change year-on-year +15 +47 -51
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 12 2 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.96% 0.28% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 0.30% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 22
10th Percentile £55,500 £34,175 £35,000
25th Percentile - £37,438 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £45,750 £53,136
Median % change year-on-year +63.93% -13.90% -11.44%
75th Percentile - £54,938 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,350 £58,725 £74,500
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £57,500 £51,404
% change year-on-year +30.43% +11.86% +8.09%

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 932 657 2,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 74.74% 90.62% 91.97%
Number of salaries quoted 573 266 642
10th Percentile £29,463 £30,000 £33,525
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £68,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -22.73% -

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 2 September 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 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) Azure AKS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (8.33%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Local Government
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 6 (50.00%) Security Operations Specialist
1 6 (50.00%) Security Specialist
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Information Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Security
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) CCTV
1 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Blue Team
3 5 (41.67%) Incident Response
4 4 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (25.00%) AI
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Information Governance
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
6 2 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
6 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
6 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
7 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
7 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security
7 1 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
7 1 (8.33%) RBAC
7 1 (8.33%) Secrets Management
7 1 (8.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (33.33%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (16.67%) GRC
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco
2 1 (8.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (8.33%) Meraki
2 1 (8.33%) Rapid7