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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 184 133 177
Rank change year-on-year -51 +44 -8
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 68 79 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.19% 2.08% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.18% 12.97% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 65 14 47
10th Percentile £45,000 £28,000 £27,125
25th Percentile £48,750 £31,313 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +19.79% +1.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,833 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £69,600 £63,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £59,483
% change year-on-year +3.45% -2.49% -0.86%

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 516 609 761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.06% 16.05% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 314 253 376
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,813 £35,000 £35,433
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,175 £80,000 £79,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +65 51 £60,000 +0.80% 3
Glasgow -88 7 £88,750 +77.50% 1
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
Lanarkshire -8 3 £50,000 - 1
Perth and Kinross - 1 £59,608 -
Stirling - 1 £31,500 -
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 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) FrameMaker
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.88%) RoboHelp
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) Entra ID
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.94%) Azure
3 2 (2.94%) Azure AKS
3 2 (2.94%) Azure API Management
3 2 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.47%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.76%) VPN
2 6 (8.82%) Firewall
2 6 (8.82%) LAN
2 6 (8.82%) WAN
3 5 (7.35%) DNS
3 5 (7.35%) Wireless
4 4 (5.88%) DHCP
4 4 (5.88%) IMAP
4 4 (5.88%) SAN
4 4 (5.88%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.47%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (1.47%) VoIP
5 1 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.82%) Hadoop
General
1 33 (48.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 21 (30.88%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Finance
4 2 (2.94%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (69.12%) Software Engineer
2 18 (26.47%) C++ Software Engineer
2 18 (26.47%) Senior
3 17 (25.00%) C Software Engineer
3 17 (25.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 17 (25.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 17 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 16 (23.53%) Senior C Software Engineer
5 13 (19.12%) Java Engineer
5 13 (19.12%) Java Software Engineer
6 12 (17.65%) Data Engineer
7 7 (10.29%) Network Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Author
8 4 (5.88%) IT Support
8 4 (5.88%) IT Support Technician
8 4 (5.88%) IT Technician
8 4 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Support Technician
8 4 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (5.88%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.82%) CSS
1 6 (8.82%) HTML
2 3 (4.41%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.41%) PKI
4 2 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.94%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (2.94%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.94%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.94%) SCADA
5 1 (1.47%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (42.65%) Linux
2 9 (13.24%) Windows
3 6 (8.82%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (69.12%) Software Engineering
2 27 (39.71%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (17.65%) Visualisation
4 11 (16.18%) Computer Science
4 11 (16.18%) Data Visualisation
5 8 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (10.29%) Analytics
7 6 (8.82%) Data Analysis
8 5 (7.35%) Containerisation
9 4 (5.88%) IT Audit
9 4 (5.88%) Patch Management
9 4 (5.88%) Time Management
10 3 (4.41%) Agile
10 3 (4.41%) Cloud Security
10 3 (4.41%) DevOps
10 3 (4.41%) Identity Access Management
10 3 (4.41%) Roadmaps
11 2 (2.94%) API Management
11 2 (2.94%) Kalman Filter
11 2 (2.94%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.47%) C
1 18 (26.47%) C++
2 13 (19.12%) Java
3 12 (17.65%) Python
4 6 (8.82%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.82%) PowerShell
5 4 (5.88%) Bash
6 2 (2.94%) SQL
7 1 (1.47%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (16.18%) Degree
2 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.47%) CISM
3 1 (1.47%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.41%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.47%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.47%) Ansible
2 1 (1.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.82%) Splunk
3 5 (7.35%) VMware
4 4 (5.88%) Adobe
5 2 (2.94%) Cisco
6 1 (1.47%) Dell
6 1 (1.47%) Juniper
6 1 (1.47%) Meraki
6 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto