Cybersecurity
Scotland > Highlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 15 | 8 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -7 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands | 1.23% | 2.33% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.35% | 7.14% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £27,500 | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £45,000 | £55,000 | £59,526 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | -7.60% | -2.42% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Highlands
Cybersecurity 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 the Highlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 74 | 14 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands | 91.36% | 32.56% | 80.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 32 | 8 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £26,250 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £29,063 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £38,000 | £35,000 | £25,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.57% | +40.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £44,438 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £48,000 | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £38,000 | £55,000 | £52,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.91% | +5.77% | -5.45% |
Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.
Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in the Highlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Highlands citing Cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity
Job Locations in the Highlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Alness | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Cybersecurity Scotland |
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Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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:
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