Security Analyst Jobs in the Highlands

Security Analyst
Scotland > Highlands

The median Security Analyst salary in the Highlands is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 8 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 3 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 6.82% 12.50% -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.11% 15.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.00% +17.65% -1.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Highlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Highlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Highlands with a recognized job title 37 13 14
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.09% 81.25% 93.33%
Number of salaries quoted 13 1 10
10th Percentile £38,000 - £20,500
25th Percentile £40,000 - £27,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £27,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +68.52% -16.92% -28.57%
75th Percentile £62,500 - £38,920
90th Percentile £146,920 - £39,954
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in the Highlands

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the Highlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in the Highlands.

Salary trend for Security Analyst in the Highlands

Security Analyst
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 Security Analyst within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Inverness -1 3 £60,000 -
Security Analyst
Scotland

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Highlands

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Highlands region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Secure Coding
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (33.33%) CISA
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Highlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NIST