Operational Resilience Job Trends in Scotland

Operational Resilience
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Operational Resilience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	119	148	147
Rank change year-on-year	+29	-1	-4
Permanent jobs citing Operational Resilience	18	5	7
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland	0.42%	0.19%	0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.61%	0.21%	0.25%
Number of salaries quoted	7	2	3
10^th Percentile	£53,236	£56,408	-
25^th Percentile	£69,322	£60,131	£49,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£95,000	£71,725	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	+32.45%	+32.82%	-26.97%
75^th Percentile	£114,375	£81,681	£59,250
90^th Percentile	£125,000	£84,423	£59,700
UK median annual salary	£75,000	£77,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-3.23%	+29.17%	-7.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Operational Resilience 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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	2,967	2,410	2,807
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland	68.97%	90.60%	84.29%
Number of salaries quoted	1,683	1,030	1,338
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£36,250	£32,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£38,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+44.74%	-30.91%	+4.76%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£60,000	£70,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£78,750	£82,150
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-

Operational Resilience Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Operational Resilience Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Operational Resilience.

Operational Resilience Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Operational Resilience in Scotland over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Operational Resilience in Scotland

Operational Resilience Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Resilience within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Edinburgh	+16	7	£97,500	+59.97%
Lanarkshire	-	5	-	-
Glasgow	+4	3	-	-
Dundee	-	2	£55,500	-
West Lothian	-	1	-	-
Operational Resilience UK

Operational Resilience Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, job vacancies citing Operational Resilience also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region with a requirement for Operational Resilience.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	66.7%	12
2	Business Continuity	44.4%	8
2	Stakeholder Engagement	44.4%	8
4	Change Management	33.3%	6
4	Root Cause Analysis	33.3%	6
6	AAT	27.8%	5
6	Cybersecurity	27.8%	5
6	ERP	27.8%	5
6	IFS	27.8%	5
6	Performance Metrics	27.8%	5
6	Problem-Solving	27.8%	5
6	Process Improvement	27.8%	5
6	Regression Testing	27.8%	5
6	Stakeholder Management	27.8%	5
6	Ticket Management	27.8%	5
6	Validation	27.8%	5
17	Coaching	22.2%	4
17	Decision-Making	22.2%	4
17	Firewall	22.2%	4
17	Mentoring	22.2%	4
21	Agile	16.7%	3
21	Azure	16.7%	3
21	CI/CD	16.7%	3
21	CISM	16.7%	3
21	CISSP	16.7%	3
21	Information Security	16.7%	3
21	Risk Assessment	16.7%	3
21	Technical Leadership	16.7%	3
29	(ISC)2 CCSP	11.1%	2
29	Accessibility	11.1%	2

Operational Resilience Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	66.7%	12
2	Business Continuity	44.4%	8
2	Stakeholder Engagement	44.4%	8
4	Change Management	33.3%	6
4	Root Cause Analysis	33.3%	6
6	Cybersecurity	27.8%	5
6	ERP	27.8%	5
6	Performance Metrics	27.8%	5
6	Problem-Solving	27.8%	5
6	Process Improvement	27.8%	5
6	Regression Testing	27.8%	5
6	Stakeholder Management	27.8%	5
6	Ticket Management	27.8%	5
6	Validation	27.8%	5
15	Coaching	22.2%	4
15	Decision-Making	22.2%	4
15	Mentoring	22.2%	4
18	Agile	16.7%	3
18	CI/CD	16.7%	3
18	Information Security	16.7%	3