Computer Security Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Scotland

Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Computer Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 9 Jun 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	253
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Computer Security	0	0	13
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	-	-	0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	-	-	0.22%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
UK median annual salary	£67,500	£25,640	£51,500
% change year-on-year	+163.26%	-50.21%	-37.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Computer 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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,226	2,051	5,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	70.33%	93.06%	89.35%
Number of salaries quoted	1,248	835	2,530
10^th Percentile	£28,250	£26,929	£28,225
25^th Percentile	£31,813	£32,851	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£52,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	-14.29%	-	-8.70%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£71,250	£65,188
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£93,778	£80,000
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£57,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+4.35%	+4.55%	-9.54%

Computer Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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