Information Security Job Trends in Scotland

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland citing Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	87	119	83
Rank change year-on-year	+32	-36	+29
Permanent jobs citing Information Security	57	33	74
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	1.31%	1.23%	2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.89%	1.36%	2.68%
Number of salaries quoted	20	7	36
10^th Percentile	£53,193	£39,294	£44,250
25^th Percentile	£60,000	£46,375	£49,875
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£62,500	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-3.85%	+20.93%
75^th Percentile	£110,625	£69,004	£110,000
90^th Percentile	£113,750	£79,265	-
UK median annual salary	£67,500	£65,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+3.85%	-	-

All Process & 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 citing process or methodology skills in Scotland.

	6 months to 26 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	3,012	2,418	2,760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	69.29%	90.22%	84.30%
Number of salaries quoted	1,694	1,049	1,316
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£32,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£38,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+44.74%	-30.91%	+4.76%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£60,000	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£78,790	£82,500
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£54,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+11.11%	-10.00%	-

Information Security Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Information Security Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Information Security.

Information Security Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 October 2026.

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 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Edinburgh	+9	28	£107,500	+86.34%	14
West Lothian	-	10	£75,000	-
Glasgow	+7	5	-	-	27
Dunbartonshire	-	3	£60,000	-
Midlothian	-	3	-	-	1
Aberdeen	-	2	-	-	10
North Lanarkshire	+3	1	-	-
East Lothian	-	1	-	-
Falkirk	-	1	-	-
Stirling	-	1	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	1	-	-	1
Clackmannanshire	-	1	-	-
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Information Security Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 26 October 2026, job vacancies citing Information Security also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region citing Information Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	47.4%	27
2	Cybersecurity	45.6%	26
3	GDPR	35.1%	20
4	ISO/IEC 27001	31.6%	18
4	Security Operations	31.6%	18
6	Decision-Making	29.8%	17
7	Identity Access Management	28.1%	16
7	Threat Modelling	28.1%	16
9	Data Loss Prevention	26.3%	15
9	NIST	26.3%	15
11	LLM	21.1%	12
12	Broadband	19.3%	11
12	CISSP	19.3%	11
12	Design Patterns	19.3%	11
12	Human-in-the-Loop	19.3%	11
12	Line Management	19.3%	11
12	Mentoring	19.3%	11
12	Security Management	19.3%	11
19	Stakeholder Management	17.5%	10
20	CISM	15.8%	9
20	Risk Assessment	15.8%	9
20	Roadmaps	15.8%	9
20	Technical Leadership	15.8%	9
24	GRC	14.0%	8
24	Microsoft	14.0%	8
26	Coaching	12.3%	7
26	Degree	12.3%	7
26	Incident Response	12.3%	7
26	Information Security Management	12.3%	7
26	ISMS	12.3%	7

Information Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	47.4%	27
2	Cybersecurity	45.6%	26
3	Security Operations	31.6%	18
4	Decision-Making	29.8%	17
5	Identity Access Management	28.1%	16
5	Threat Modelling	28.1%	16
7	Data Loss Prevention	26.3%	15
8	LLM	21.1%	12
9	Design Patterns	19.3%	11
9	Human-in-the-Loop	19.3%	11
9	Line Management	19.3%	11
9	Mentoring	19.3%	11
9	Security Management	19.3%	11
14	Stakeholder Management	17.5%	10
15	Risk Assessment	15.8%	9
15	Roadmaps	15.8%	9
15	Technical Leadership	15.8%	9
18	Coaching	12.3%	7
18	Incident Response	12.3%	7
18	Information Security Management	12.3%	7