Security Management Job Trends in Scotland

Security Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Security Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 122 183
Rank change year-on-year -15 +61 -31
Permanent jobs citing Security Management 2 25 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.073% 0.92% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 1.00% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2 22 4
10th Percentile £21,650 £45,530 £27,225
25th Percentile £30,125 £57,500 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £100,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -54.50% +115.05% -32.61%
75th Percentile £62,125 £110,000 £62,188
90th Percentile £71,350 - £81,875
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -5.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Management 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 2,203 2,494 2,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 80.93% 92.17% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 1,070 1,739
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,475 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,547 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Security Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Security Management
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Security Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Security Management

Security Management
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Management in Scotland

Security Management
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Management within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 December 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 1 £75,000 - 1
West Dunbartonshire - 1 £16,000 -
Security Management
UK

Security Management
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) QA