Security Monitoring Jobs in Scotland

Security Monitoring
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 283 218
Rank change year-on-year +127 -65 +13
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 3 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.10% 0.030% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.032% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £34,050 £45,412 -
25th Percentile £37,125 £54,510 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £69,674 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.13% +63.94% -7.61%
75th Percentile £52,125 £84,837 £46,729
90th Percentile £55,350 £93,935 £48,516
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +8.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Monitoring 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 2,666 6,211 4,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.67% 92.63% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 2,420 2,217
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,392
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.22%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,840 £80,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in Scotland

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in Scotland.

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in Scotland

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in Scotland

Security Monitoring
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 Monitoring within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 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
Glasgow +186 2 £44,500 +13.10% 4
Renfrewshire - 1 - - 3
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
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:

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Service-Level Objective
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) OSINT
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree