Computer Incident Response Team Job Trends in Scotland

Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Computer Incident Response Team skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Computer Incident Response Team 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.34% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile £82,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 - -

All Systems Management Skills
Scotland

Computer Incident Response Team falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 296 222 291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 11.04% 6.78% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 57 109 244
10th Percentile £29,500 £35,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £47,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year - -8.19% +8.92%
75th Percentile £78,790 £74,145 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £60,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +3.85% -3.70%

Computer Incident Response Team
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Incident Response Team relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Computer Incident Response Team job vacancy trend in Scotland

Computer Incident Response Team
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Computer Incident Response Team.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Computer Incident Response Team

Computer Incident Response Team
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Incident Response Team within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 October 2025. 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 - 1 £80,000 - 1
Computer Incident Response Team
UK

Computer Incident Response Team
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Forensic Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) GREM
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk