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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 193 124
Rank change year-on-year +68 -69 -48
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 45 73 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.38% 1.13% 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.28% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 21 43 34
10th Percentile £25,313 £36,454 £38,402
25th Percentile £32,234 £42,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £59,193
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.77% +2.94%
75th Percentile £86,750 £67,500 £71,766
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -

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 2,852 5,708 3,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.38% 88.72% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 2,443 2,042
10th Percentile £28,350 £28,300 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,951 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £70,600
90th Percentile £80,750 £80,000 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

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 12 July 2025.

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 12 July 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 +40 31 £35,565 -9.96% 11
Glasgow +91 8 £62,500 - 3
Aberdeen +35 4 £52,500 -19.23%
Renfrewshire - 1 £90,000 - 2
North Lanarkshire - 1 - -
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 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (2.22%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (2.22%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (2.22%) Amazon S3
2 1 (2.22%) Azure
2 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.22%) GCP
2 1 (2.22%) GitHub
2 1 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (2.22%) npm
2 1 (2.22%) SaaS
2 1 (2.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.56%) Network Security
2 1 (2.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.22%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.22%) Metadata
2 1 (2.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) GitLab
General
1 23 (51.11%) Finance
2 12 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Banking
3 6 (13.33%) Legal
4 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (15.56%) Risk Manager
2 6 (13.33%) Software Engineer
3 5 (11.11%) Security Manager
3 5 (11.11%) Technologist
4 4 (8.89%) Analyst
4 4 (8.89%) Architect
4 4 (8.89%) Information Manager
4 4 (8.89%) Information Security Manager
4 4 (8.89%) IT Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) IT Security Engineer
4 4 (8.89%) Operations Manager
4 4 (8.89%) Security Engineer
5 3 (6.67%) Lead
5 3 (6.67%) Security Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) Security Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Technology Risk Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Consultant
6 2 (4.44%) Information Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) React
2 3 (6.67%) Kafka
2 3 (6.67%) Spring
3 2 (4.44%) Node.js
3 2 (4.44%) REST
3 2 (4.44%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.22%) CSS
4 1 (2.22%) CSS3
4 1 (2.22%) GraphQL
4 1 (2.22%) HTML
4 1 (2.22%) HTML5
4 1 (2.22%) J2EE
4 1 (2.22%) Jest
4 1 (2.22%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.89%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.89%) Security Posture
3 3 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.22%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.22%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (48.89%) Risk Management
2 14 (31.11%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (28.89%) Risk Assessment
4 10 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.78%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (15.56%) Fintech
6 7 (15.56%) Software Engineering
7 6 (13.33%) Agile
7 6 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (13.33%) Project Management
7 6 (13.33%) Prototyping
7 6 (13.33%) Requirements Analysis
7 6 (13.33%) Test Automation
7 6 (13.33%) Validation
8 5 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (11.11%) Cryptography
8 5 (11.11%) Line Management
8 5 (11.11%) Mathematics
8 5 (11.11%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (2.22%) C#
2 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (20.00%) CISSP
2 8 (17.78%) Degree
3 6 (13.33%) CRISC
4 5 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 4 (8.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (8.89%) CISA
5 4 (8.89%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (8.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (6.67%) CISM
6 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
7 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.22%) CEH
8 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (2.22%) CSSLP
8 1 (2.22%) GCIA
8 1 (2.22%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (37.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (31.11%) NIST
3 7 (15.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (11.11%) COBIT
4 5 (11.11%) NCSC
5 4 (8.89%) GDPR
5 4 (8.89%) ITGC
6 3 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (6.67%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.22%) ISO 22301
7 1 (2.22%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.22%) QA
7 1 (2.22%) SEPA
7 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Terraform
2 1 (2.22%) Ansible
2 1 (2.22%) Grafana
Vendors
1 2 (4.44%) Qualys
2 1 (2.22%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) Splunk