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 15 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 197 231
Rank change year-on-year -66 +34 -83
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 19 18 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 0.42% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.44% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 19
10th Percentile £23,750 £33,640 £29,203
25th Percentile £27,500 £37,500 £31,005
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.16% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,833 £55,000
90th Percentile £82,000 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,700 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.45% -8.33% +25.00%

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 6,115 4,054 5,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.41% 94.68% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 2,031 2,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

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 15 June 2024.

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 15 June 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 -91 10 £75,000 +104.37% 8
Edinburgh +23 6 £36,500 -38.68% 2
West Lothian - 3 £30,000 -
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 10 (52.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (68.42%) Power Platform
2 8 (42.11%) Azure
3 5 (26.32%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (26.32%) PowerApps
4 4 (21.05%) AWS
4 4 (21.05%) IaaS
4 4 (21.05%) PaaS
4 4 (21.05%) SaaS
5 3 (15.79%) Power Automate
6 2 (10.53%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (10.53%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) VoIP
1 2 (10.53%) VPN
2 1 (5.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) Power BI
2 5 (26.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (21.05%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
3 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (5.26%) Metadata
4 1 (5.26%) MongoDB
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Games
3 3 (15.79%) Publishing
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Azure Data Engineer
1 4 (21.05%) Azure Engineer
1 4 (21.05%) Data Engineer
1 4 (21.05%) Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Software Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Business Data Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Head of IT
3 2 (10.53%) Head of Technology
3 2 (10.53%) IT Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) IT Support
3 2 (10.53%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) SharePoint Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) AWS DevOps
4 1 (5.26%) AWS DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Power BI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Data Structures
2 3 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.26%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Data Migration
1 7 (36.84%) Migration
2 6 (31.58%) Agile
2 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (31.58%) Data Cleansing
2 6 (31.58%) Data Modelling
2 6 (31.58%) Data Privacy
3 5 (26.32%) CI/CD
3 5 (26.32%) Data Ingestion
3 5 (26.32%) Data Transformation
3 5 (26.32%) DevOps
3 5 (26.32%) ETL
4 4 (21.05%) Data Encryption
4 4 (21.05%) Data Pipeline
4 4 (21.05%) Visualisation
5 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
5 3 (15.79%) Data Architecture
5 3 (15.79%) Innovative Thinking
5 3 (15.79%) Line Management
5 3 (15.79%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) SQL
2 3 (15.79%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft