(ISC)2 CCSP Job Trends in Scotland

(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (ISC2 CCSP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for (ISC)2 CCSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 141 214
Rank change year-on-year +2 +73 -56
Permanent jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP 2 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.054% 0.079% 0.021%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.31% 0.41% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.27%
75th Percentile - - £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £82,500 £65,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +26.92% -18.75% +23.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

(ISC)2 CCSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 639 482 788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 17.41% 18.98% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 186 186 371
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,166 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,232 £29,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -16.67% +2.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,215 £76,840 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing (ISC)2 CCSP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

(ISC)2 CCSP job vacancy trend in Scotland

(ISC)2 CCSP
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing (ISC)2 CCSP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing (ISC)2 CCSP

(ISC)2 CCSP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing (ISC)2 CCSP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Edinburgh +10 2 £125,000 - 3
(ISC)2 CCSP
UK

(ISC)2 CCSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree