Security Officer Jobs in Scotland

Security Officer
UK > Scotland

The median Security Officer salary in Scotland is £46,386 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 216 249
Rank change year-on-year -61 +33 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Officer 6 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.089% 0.064% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.071% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £37,777 - -
25th Percentile £40,443 £38,606 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,386 £39,879 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.32% - -
75th Percentile £50,829 £50,575 -
90th Percentile £52,595 £56,230 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +15.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,525 4,242 5,553
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.10% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,305 2,995
10th Percentile £27,950 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +7.62% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Officer in Scotland

Security Officer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Officer in Scotland

Security Officer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Officer in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Officer in Scotland

Security Officer
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 Officer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 - 6 £46,386 - 2
Security Officer
UK

Security Officer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Security Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Security Officer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) CISM
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (66.67%) CISA
3 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
4 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
4 2 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Internal Audit
5 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (16.67%) Azure
5 1 (16.67%) SIEM
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (16.67%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) C
5 1 (16.67%) HND
5 1 (16.67%) CISSP
5 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
5 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Firewall
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management

Security Officer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (16.67%) Internal Audit
4 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) SIEM
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CISM
2 4 (66.67%) CISA
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (33.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (33.33%) NIST