Security Operations (SecOps)
Scotland > Highlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 19 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 10 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Security Operations | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands | - | - | 2.38% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 5.56% |
| 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 | £75,000 | £57,500 | £51,404 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.43% | +11.86% | +5.33% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands
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 the Highlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 63 | 58 | 18 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands | 70.00% | 89.23% | 42.86% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 49 | 29 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,000 | £32,000 | £28,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £37,500 | £36,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £38,000 | £44,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +31.58% | -14.61% | +78.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | - | £77,850 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,000 | £42,500 | £167,400 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £50,000 | £43,250 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.61% | -21.36% | - |
Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.
