Cyberattack Jobs in Scotland

Cyberattack
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 245 196
Rank change year-on-year +85 -49 -11
Permanent jobs citing Cyberattack 1 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.030% 0.054% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.13% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - £47,875 -
25th Percentile £44,000 £48,438 £45,512
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £51,250 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.24% -11.64% -10.77%
75th Percentile £48,000 £53,438 -
90th Percentile - £53,625 -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,979 £58,000
% change year-on-year -5.27% +13.76% +0.87%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Cyberattack falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 843 2,393 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.93% 43.35% 36.89%
Number of salaries quoted 375 661 737
10th Percentile £29,200 £31,250 £33,395
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £93,778 £80,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £63,575
% change year-on-year - -9.56% +1.72%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyberattack in Scotland

Cyberattack
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Cyberattack in Scotland

Cyberattack
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyberattack within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 August 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 £46,000 - 2
Cyberattack
UK

Cyberattack
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 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Interactive Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST