Information Security Job Trends in Midlothian

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > Midlothian

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Midlothian requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Midlothian 7.69% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +21.36% -26.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlothian

Information Security 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 Midlothian.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25 43 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Midlothian 96.15% 100.00% 59.26%
Number of salaries quoted 14 14 4
10th Percentile £35,900 - £37,750
25th Percentile £40,000 - £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £26,929 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +150.66% -46.14% +40.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.94%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Midlothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Midlothian.

Information Security job vacancy trend in Midlothian

Information Security
Job Locations in Midlothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Midlothian region over the 6 months to 3 May 2026. 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
Penicuik - 2 - -
Information Security
Scotland

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Midlothian 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Human-in-the-Loop
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR