Cybersecurity Manager Jobs in Scotland

Cybersecurity Manager
UK > Scotland

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in Scotland is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 207 244
Rank change year-on-year -33 +37 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 12 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.21% 0.079% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.086% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £58,500 £61,000 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.56% +1.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £68,500 £72,200 £71,300
UK median annual salary £68,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.14% -6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 5,531 3,496 5,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.07% 92.15% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,492 2,018 3,223
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in Scotland

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in Scotland

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity Manager in Scotland

Cybersecurity Manager
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 Manager 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
Glasgow -72 7 £65,000 -
Edinburgh - 4 - - 2
Stirling - 1 - -
Cybersecurity Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Cybersecurity Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) GDPR
2 4 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) CISM
3 3 (25.00%) CISSP
3 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (25.00%) NIST
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (16.67%) ITGC
4 2 (16.67%) Internal Audit
4 2 (16.67%) IT Audit
4 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
4 2 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (16.67%) Coaching
4 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (16.67%) Azure
4 2 (16.67%) SAML
4 2 (16.67%) Windows

Cybersecurity Manager 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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Kerberos
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) LDAP
1 2 (16.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (16.67%) Coaching
4 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (16.67%) Internal Audit
4 2 (16.67%) IT Audit
4 2 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
5 1 (8.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) CISM
1 3 (25.00%) CISSP
2 2 (16.67%) CISA
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) CEH
3 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (8.33%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) GDPR
2 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (25.00%) NIST
3 2 (16.67%) ITGC
4 1 (8.33%) FedRAMP
4 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (8.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
4 1 (8.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft