Network Security Jobs in Scotland

Network Security
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 186 128
Rank change year-on-year +39 -58 +52
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 20 73 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.61% 1.18% 2.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.05% 12.56% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 14 67 16
10th Percentile - £45,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £25,313 £48,125 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,882 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.14% +9.09% +14.58%
75th Percentile £95,000 £70,000 £62,833
90th Percentile - £80,000 £67,667
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -3.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 494 581 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.11% 9.40% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 271 358 262
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,500 £26,775
25th Percentile - £35,813 £36,452
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £38,750 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,550 £80,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £47,500 £51,573
% change year-on-year -31.58% -7.90% -1.77%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Scotland

Network Security
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Scotland

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Scotland

Network 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 Network Security within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 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 -10 20 £85,882 +43.14% 5
Network Security
UK

Network 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 3 (15.00%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 11 (55.00%) AWS
2 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 5 (25.00%) GCP
3 3 (15.00%) OpenShift
4 1 (5.00%) IaaS
4 1 (5.00%) PaaS
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) Firewall
2 7 (35.00%) VPN
3 3 (15.00%) DNS
3 3 (15.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (5.00%) BGP
4 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) GitLab
General
1 12 (60.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Lead
2 7 (35.00%) Cloud Security Lead
3 6 (30.00%) Architect
3 6 (30.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Lead Cloud Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Security Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Security Architect
4 5 (25.00%) Technologist
5 4 (20.00%) Network Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Network Security Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Network Technical Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Security Technical Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Technical Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Technical Design Architect
7 1 (5.00%) Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Lead Security Architect
7 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
7 1 (5.00%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (20.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (15.00%) Private Cloud
4 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
4 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Roadmaps
2 10 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 8 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 8 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (40.00%) Network Design
4 7 (35.00%) Information Security
4 7 (35.00%) Risk Assessment
4 7 (35.00%) Risk Management
5 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (30.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 6 (30.00%) Technology Transformation
5 6 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
6 5 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (25.00%) Cryptography
6 5 (25.00%) Fintech
6 5 (25.00%) Line Management
6 5 (25.00%) Mathematics
7 4 (20.00%) DevOps
7 4 (20.00%) Observability
7 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) CISM
1 6 (30.00%) CISSP
2 5 (25.00%) Degree
3 4 (20.00%) CCNP
3 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (15.00%) CCNA
5 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (40.00%) NCSC
1 8 (40.00%) NIST
2 6 (30.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (15.00%) Terraform
2 1 (5.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) F5
2 2 (10.00%) Fortinet