Security Operations Centre Job Trends in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 134 211
Rank change year-on-year -13 +77 -9
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 3 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.10% 0.16% 0.053%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.38% 0.53% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £52,725 £30,750 -
25th Percentile £55,766 £37,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,419 £46,404 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% -31.25% +3.85%
75th Percentile £65,501 £59,428 £68,750
90th Percentile £65,802 £69,371 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £51,251 £60,500
% change year-on-year +26.83% -15.29% -3.20%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Security Operations Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 786 759 1,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.41% 30.07% 41.02%
Number of salaries quoted 359 317 721
10th Percentile £25,087 £37,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +4.35% -2.24%
75th Percentile £64,375 £75,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £75,900 £93,778 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,900
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.63% -10.92%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
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 Operations Centre within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 January 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 -6 2 £64,210 +38.37% 2
Security Operations Centre
UK

Security Operations Centre
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 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
1 3 (100.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (66.67%) Operations Team Leader
3 1 (33.33%) SEO Team Leader
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Log Aggregation
2 2 (66.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
1 2 (66.67%) SLA