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 requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	97	123	82
Rank change year-on-year	+26	-41	+32
Permanent jobs citing Information Security	51	33	73
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	1.19%	1.26%	2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.74%	1.39%	2.62%
Number of salaries quoted	20	7	35
10^th Percentile	£53,193	£39,294	£43,900
25^th Percentile	£60,000	£46,375	£49,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£62,500	£62,500
Median % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-	+19.05%
75^th Percentile	£110,625	£69,004	£85,625
90^th Percentile	£113,750	£79,265	£110,000
UK median annual salary	£69,607	£65,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+7.09%	-	-

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,934	2,370	2,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	68.63%	90.63%	83.86%
Number of salaries quoted	1,688	1,021	1,338
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£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	£78,750	£81,650
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

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 17 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 17 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	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Edinburgh	+9	26	£107,500	+86.34%	28
West Lothian	-	10	£75,000	-	1
Midlothian	-	3	-	-	10
Dunbartonshire	-	3	£60,000	-
Glasgow	+7	2	-	-	27
North Lanarkshire	+2	1	-	-
Aberdeen	-	1	-	-	8
Stirling	-	1	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	1	-	-	2
Clackmannanshire	-	1	-	-
East Lothian	-	1	-	-
Falkirk	-	1	-	-
Information Security UK

Information Security Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 17 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 with a requirement for Information Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	49.0%	25
2	Cybersecurity	43.1%	22
3	GDPR	37.3%	19
4	Decision-Making	33.3%	17
5	Identity Access Management	31.4%	16
5	ISO/IEC 27001	31.4%	16
7	Threat Modelling	29.4%	15
8	Data Loss Prevention	27.5%	14
8	NIST	27.5%	14
8	Security Operations	27.5%	14
11	LLM	23.5%	12
12	Broadband	21.6%	11
12	Design Patterns	21.6%	11
12	Human-in-the-Loop	21.6%	11
12	Line Management	21.6%	11
12	Security Management	21.6%	11
17	CISSP	19.6%	10
17	Stakeholder Management	19.6%	10
19	CISM	17.6%	9
19	Roadmaps	17.6%	9
21	GRC	15.7%	8
21	Mentoring	15.7%	8
21	Risk Assessment	15.7%	8
24	Coaching	13.7%	7
24	Degree	13.7%	7
24	Information Security Management	13.7%	7
24	ISMS	13.7%	7
24	Microsoft	13.7%	7
24	Security Cleared	13.7%	7
24	Technical Leadership	13.7%	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	49.0%	25
2	Cybersecurity	43.1%	22
3	Decision-Making	33.3%	17
4	Identity Access Management	31.4%	16
5	Threat Modelling	29.4%	15
6	Data Loss Prevention	27.5%	14
6	Security Operations	27.5%	14
8	LLM	23.5%	12
9	Design Patterns	21.6%	11
9	Human-in-the-Loop	21.6%	11
9	Line Management	21.6%	11
9	Security Management	21.6%	11
13	Stakeholder Management	19.6%	10
14	Roadmaps	17.6%	9
15	Mentoring	15.7%	8
15	Risk Assessment	15.7%	8
17	Coaching	13.7%	7
17	Information Security Management	13.7%	7
17	ISMS	13.7%	7
17	Technical Leadership	13.7%	7