Information Security Jobs in Scotland

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security 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 190 136 72
Rank change year-on-year -54 -64 -1
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 62 76 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.09% 2.00% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 2.09% 4.14%
Number of salaries quoted 33 36 87
10th Percentile £37,342 £40,500 £32,600
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,255 £41,433
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,500 £75,000 £82,000
UK median annual salary £60,202 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.38% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Information 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 5,004 3,640 5,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.82% 95.94% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,969 3,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,555 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Scotland

Information Security
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Scotland

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Information Security in Scotland

Information 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 Information Security 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 -73 41 £54,000 -1.82% 5
Edinburgh +12 11 £63,250 -9.64% 4
Dundee -2 5 £40,144 -15.68%
Aberdeen -6 2 £65,000 - 2
Fife - 2 - -
Information Security
UK

Information 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 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.23%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Endur
2 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.61%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 1 (1.61%) JDE World
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.35%) Azure
2 9 (14.52%) Entra ID
3 7 (11.29%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (9.68%) SaaS
5 3 (4.84%) AWS
5 3 (4.84%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.23%) IaaS
6 2 (3.23%) PaaS
7 1 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.61%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.45%) Firewall
2 1 (1.61%) Network Security
2 1 (1.61%) SAN
2 1 (1.61%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.84%) Power BI
2 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (3.23%) DTS
3 2 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (3.23%) Tableau
4 1 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (1.61%) Big Data
4 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Git
2 1 (1.61%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.61%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Selenium
General
1 19 (30.65%) Finance
1 19 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 15 (24.19%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (16.13%) Legal
4 8 (12.90%) Banking
5 7 (11.29%) Law
5 7 (11.29%) Military
6 6 (9.68%) Back Office
6 6 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.84%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (27.42%) Analyst
2 9 (14.52%) Senior
3 7 (11.29%) Consultant
3 7 (11.29%) Information Officer
3 7 (11.29%) Information Security Officer
3 7 (11.29%) Security Officer
4 6 (9.68%) Endur Consultant
4 6 (9.68%) ETRM Consultant
4 6 (9.68%) OpenLink Consultant
4 6 (9.68%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Governance Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Support Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) IT Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Security Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Architect
8 2 (3.23%) IT Architect
8 2 (3.23%) IT Security Architect
8 2 (3.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.23%) Java EE
1 2 (3.23%) OAuth
1 2 (3.23%) OpenID
1 2 (3.23%) OpenJDK
1 2 (3.23%) REST
1 2 (3.23%) SAML
1 2 (3.23%) SOAP
1 2 (3.23%) Spring
1 2 (3.23%) Spring Boot
1 2 (3.23%) Web Services
2 1 (1.61%) ADO
2 1 (1.61%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 18 (29.03%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.45%) Security Posture
3 3 (4.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (4.84%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.23%) Cyberattack
4 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.23%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.61%) CESG
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.61%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.61%) IoT
5 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.61%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.74%) Windows
2 10 (16.13%) Linux
3 6 (9.68%) Unix
4 5 (8.06%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.61%) Solaris
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (29.03%) Risk Management
3 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (19.35%) Identity Access Management
4 12 (19.35%) Security Operations
5 11 (17.74%) Data Protection
5 11 (17.74%) ITIL
6 10 (16.13%) Agile
6 10 (16.13%) Service Delivery
6 10 (16.13%) Use Case
7 9 (14.52%) Incident Management
7 9 (14.52%) Incident Response
7 9 (14.52%) Roadmaps
8 8 (12.90%) Customer Service
9 7 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (11.29%) DevOps
9 7 (11.29%) Privileged Access Management
9 7 (11.29%) RBAC
9 7 (11.29%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (9.68%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 14 (22.58%) SQL
2 5 (8.06%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.23%) Java
3 2 (3.23%) Python
4 1 (1.61%) C
4 1 (1.61%) C#
4 1 (1.61%) C++
4 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.61%) RPG
4 1 (1.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) CISM
2 12 (19.35%) CISSP
2 12 (19.35%) Degree
3 7 (11.29%) CISA
4 5 (8.06%) GCIA
4 5 (8.06%) GCIH
4 5 (8.06%) GREM
4 5 (8.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (6.45%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.84%) CCSP
7 2 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.23%) BC Cleared
8 1 (1.61%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.61%) PMP
8 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (30.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (19.35%) NIST
3 8 (12.90%) GDPR
4 5 (8.06%) NCSC
5 4 (6.45%) SLA
5 4 (6.45%) SOC 2
6 3 (4.84%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.61%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.61%) COBIT
8 1 (1.61%) ISO 22301
8 1 (1.61%) ISO 31000
8 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (1.61%) QA
System Software
1 9 (14.52%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.06%) RACF
3 2 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.61%) Nessus
3 1 (1.61%) SCCM
3 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.29%) CyberArk
2 7 (11.29%) Dell
3 6 (9.68%) OpenLink
4 2 (3.23%) CyberTech
4 2 (3.23%) ForgeRock
4 2 (3.23%) HP
4 2 (3.23%) PTC
4 2 (3.23%) VMware
5 1 (1.61%) Aderant
5 1 (1.61%) Cisco
5 1 (1.61%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.61%) iManage
5 1 (1.61%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.61%) NetApp
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle
5 1 (1.61%) Qualys
5 1 (1.61%) Sun
5 1 (1.61%) Sybase