CREST Certified Jobs in Scotland

CREST Certification
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for CREST Certified qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 - 203
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CREST Certified 2 0 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.068% - 0.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.15% - 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £72,000 - £46,627
25th Percentile £75,000 - £48,301
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £52,998
75th Percentile £85,000 - £57,505
90th Percentile £88,000 - £59,065
UK median annual salary £70,000 £58,875 £77,500
% change year-on-year +18.90% -24.03% +19.23%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

CREST Certified 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 1,304 1,209 1,396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 44.44% 18.09% 30.13%
Number of salaries quoted 645 543 433
10th Percentile £37,574 £26,700 £28,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £34,000 £38,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +16.21%
75th Percentile £60,265 £63,750 £67,603
90th Percentile £63,000 £79,600 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

CREST Certified
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing CREST Certified as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for CREST Certified in Scotland

CREST Certified
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CREST Certified in Scotland.

Salary trend for CREST Certified in Scotland

CREST Certified
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing CREST Certified in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CREST Certified in Scotland

CREST Certified
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CREST Certified within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 May 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 - 2 £80,000 -
CREST Certified
UK

CREST Certified
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility