Principle of Least Privilege Job Trends in Scotland

Principle of Least Privilege
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Principle of Least Privilege skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Principle of Least Privilege 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.030% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,866 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 - -
75th Percentile £66,036 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £59,226 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -25.97% +23.08% -38.10%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Principle of Least Privilege 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,375 2,245 4,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 70.56% 89.69% 87.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,381 993 2,102
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,929 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,851 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,500 £54,175
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -12.32% -1.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,594
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Principle of Least Privilege
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Principle of Least Privilege relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Principle of Least Privilege job vacancy trend in Scotland

Principle of Least Privilege
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principle of Least Privilege within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 July 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
Edinburgh - 1 £63,451 - 1
Principle of Least Privilege
UK

Principle of Least Privilege
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) YouTube