Cyber Essentials Jobs in Scotland

Cyber Essentials
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 197 220
Rank change year-on-year -43 +23 -43
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 12 13 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.21% 0.34% 0.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.04% 2.99% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 20
10th Percentile £40,750 £31,410 £39,359
25th Percentile £42,500 £34,250 £40,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,116 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% -20.56% +6.32%
75th Percentile £68,750 £52,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £58,100 £66,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 588 435 1,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 10.32% 11.47% 16.58%
Number of salaries quoted 264 199 422
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,044 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £53,000 £48,763
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% +8.69% +14.74%
75th Percentile £60,313 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £69,250 £87,419 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in Scotland

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in Scotland

Cyber Essentials
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Essentials in Scotland

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +35 7 £45,000 +29.74% 1
Glasgow -78 4 £65,000 +40.54%
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (16.67%) AWS
5 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) DKIM
1 3 (25.00%) DMARC
2 2 (16.67%) Kerberos
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) IT Architect
3 2 (16.67%) IT Security Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Security Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (8.33%) IT Technician
4 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) SAML
2 2 (16.67%) LDAP
2 2 (16.67%) OAuth
2 2 (16.67%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (16.67%) Cryptography
3 2 (16.67%) Fintech
3 2 (16.67%) Information Security
3 2 (16.67%) Internal Audit
3 2 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Security Management
3 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) OWASP
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (16.67%) CCSP
1 2 (16.67%) CISA
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (16.67%) CISSP
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) GDPR
1 6 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (33.33%) NIST
3 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (8.33%) NCSC
5 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) ForgeRock
3 1 (8.33%) Aruba
3 1 (8.33%) Qualys