Data Security Jobs in Scotland

Data Security
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Data Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Security over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 267 205
Rank change year-on-year +126 -62 +14
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 8 16 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 0.24% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.26% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 13
10th Percentile £45,500 £27,500 £31,900
25th Percentile £48,125 £29,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £43,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.95% -8.95% -2.11%
75th Percentile £88,750 £77,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,750 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +13.04% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,637 6,250 4,441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.24% 92.80% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,346 2,418 2,230
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,499
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,369 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Security in Scotland

Data Security
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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 +17 5 £78,750 +115.75% 10
Glasgow +171 1 £52,500 -30.00% 1
Stirling - 1 £75,000 - 2
Falkirk - 1 £75,000 -
Data Security
UK

Data Security
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 1 (12.50%) IIS
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Stack
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Neo4j
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Data Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
1 2 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) ERP Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) Next.js
1 1 (12.50%) PySpark
1 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 2 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) ETL
2 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) ERP
3 1 (12.50%) Line Management
3 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Cypher
2 1 (12.50%) Groovy
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Sage
2 1 (12.50%) SAP