Security Operations Centre Job Trends in the Highlands

Security Operations Centre
Scotland > Highlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the Highlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 0 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands - - 2.38%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £27,500
75th Percentile - - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary - - £50,309
% change year-on-year - - +24.66%

All Generic Skills
Highlands

Security Operations Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Highlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 22 13 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 24.44% 20.00% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 5
10th Percentile £25,750 - £34,950
25th Percentile £34,250 £37,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.67% +74.55%
75th Percentile £54,563 £42,500 £167,400
90th Percentile £56,750 - -
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in the Highlands