Interactive Application Security Testing Job Trends in Scotland

Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Interactive Application Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Interactive Application Security Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.036% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 - -
75th Percentile £48,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £71,500 - £80,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Interactive Application Security Testing 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 2,473 2,734 2,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.03% 84.28% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 1,315 1,863
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,500 £82,250
UK median annual salary £54,441 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.27% - -

Interactive Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Interactive Application Security Testing job vacancy trend in Scotland

Interactive Application Security Testing
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Interactive Application Security Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 30 October 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 - 1 £46,000 -
Interactive Application Security Testing
UK

Interactive Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST