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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 144 | 219 | 92 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +75 | -127 | +69 |
| Permanent jobs citing Network Security | 20 | 56 | 148 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 0.68% | 0.84% | 3.21% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 5.76% | 8.60% | 19.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16 | 48 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,313 | £45,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,882 | £60,000 | £59,526 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +43.14% | +0.80% | +24.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | - | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £80,625 | £97,290 |
| UK median annual salary | £61,000 | £60,000 | £57,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.67% | +3.90% | -3.75% |
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 | 347 | 651 | 766 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland | 11.76% | 9.74% | 16.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 199 | 393 | 268 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £28,000 | £25,861 |
| 25th Percentile | £23,504 | £35,000 | £36,265 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,600 | £50,000 | £50,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.80% | -0.99% | +5.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £62,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,250 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £45,000 | £47,500 | £50,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.47% | -4.29% |
Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Salary Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Scotland.
Network Security
Salary Histogram in Scotland
Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
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 16 May 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 | +5 | 17 | £90,000 | +50.00% | 7 |
| Glasgow | +168 | 1 | £90,000 | +12.50% | 5 |
| Network Security UK |
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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: