Network Security Job Trends in Scotland

Network Security
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 130 195
Rank change year-on-year +8 +65 -110
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 12 20 71
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.38% 0.91% 1.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.46% 8.93% 12.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 66
10th Percentile £45,200 - £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £25,313 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £85,882 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +43.14% +14.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £95,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,500 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.96% +6.25% +4.35%

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 269 224 572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 8.41% 10.14% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 117 122 407
10th Percentile £25,260 £23,504 £28,150
25th Percentile £27,500 £25,143 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -20.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,000 £63,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £70,100
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -6.86%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Scotland

Network Security
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Network Security

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

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 13 June 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
Glasgow - 5 £60,000 - 5
Highlands - 3 £36,000 - 2
Edinburgh -1 2 £90,000 +4.80% 10
Aberdeen - 1 £70,000 -
Network Security
UK

Network Security
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 2 (16.67%) Azure AKS
3 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Firewall
2 7 (58.33%) LAN
3 6 (50.00%) WAN
4 4 (33.33%) Wireless
5 3 (25.00%) MPLS
5 3 (25.00%) VPN
6 2 (16.67%) BGP
6 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (16.67%) DNS
6 2 (16.67%) EIGRP
6 2 (16.67%) OSPF
6 2 (16.67%) SD-WAN
6 2 (16.67%) VoIP
6 2 (16.67%) WLAN
7 1 (8.33%) BIG-IP
7 1 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (8.33%) NGN
7 1 (8.33%) VLAN
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) IT Technician
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Data Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Data Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Java Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Network Operations Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Java Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
1 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (25.00%) DevOps
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 2 (16.67%) AI
4 2 (16.67%) ITSM
4 2 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 2 (16.67%) Network Design
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CCNP
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (8.33%) CBAP
3 1 (8.33%) CEH
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (8.33%) JNCIP
3 1 (8.33%) OSCP
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) GRC
2 1 (8.33%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
2 1 (8.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco
2 5 (41.67%) Palo Alto
3 3 (25.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) Aruba
4 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint
4 2 (16.67%) F5
4 2 (16.67%) Meraki
5 1 (8.33%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (8.33%) HP
5 1 (8.33%) SolarWinds
5 1 (8.33%) VMware