Cybersecurity Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Cybersecurity Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in Scotland is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 271 212 237
Rank change year-on-year -59 +25 -57
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 12 7 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.15% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.17% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 10
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,381 £32,125
25th Percentile £47,231 £46,009 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,569
Median % change year-on-year - -3.04% +45.52%
75th Percentile £53,438 £63,750 £53,334
90th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £55,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,567 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.63% +10.67% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,525 4,242 5,553
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.10% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,305 2,995
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Analyst in Scotland

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Glasgow -97 5 £50,000 +17.65% 3
Edinburgh +40 2 £48,507 -2.99% 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £40,000 -
Highlands - 2 £60,000 -
Argyll and Bute - 1 - - 1
Cybersecurity Analyst
UK

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Cybersecurity Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (58.33%) Azure
4 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (50.00%) NIST
5 5 (41.67%) Cloud Security
5 5 (41.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (41.67%) Firewall
6 4 (33.33%) Project Management
6 4 (33.33%) Operational Technology
6 4 (33.33%) Security Operations
7 3 (25.00%) Cyberattack
7 3 (25.00%) ISO 22301
7 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (25.00%) IaaS
7 3 (25.00%) SaaS
7 3 (25.00%) PaaS
7 3 (25.00%) SIEM
7 3 (25.00%) Windows
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (25.00%) CISSP
8 2 (16.67%) LAN
8 2 (16.67%) WAN
8 2 (16.67%) SSCP
8 2 (16.67%) CISM
8 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) IaaS
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) PaaS
2 3 (25.00%) SaaS
3 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 3 (25.00%) Cyberattack
3 2 (16.67%) IoT
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (41.67%) Cloud Security
3 5 (41.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (33.33%) Project Management
4 4 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 3 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (25.00%) SIEM
6 2 (16.67%) Analytics
6 2 (16.67%) Attestation
6 2 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (16.67%) Secure Coding
6 2 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 2 (16.67%) Threat Management
6 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) CISM
2 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) SSCP
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (50.00%) NIST
3 3 (25.00%) ISO 22301
4 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (16.67%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft