Security Operations Jobs in Scotland

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 230 190 202
Rank change year-on-year -40 +12 -34
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 51 37 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.76% 0.79% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.84% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 28 26 25
10th Percentile £38,193 £28,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,188 £43,125 £40,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,886 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +8.91% +10.20%
75th Percentile £68,750 £86,563 £64,000
90th Percentile £80,625 £106,145 £72,500
UK median annual salary £60,250 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.60% -7.41% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,204 4,392 5,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.46% 94.27% 90.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,203 2,786
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,375 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Scotland

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Scotland

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Scotland

Security Operations
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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 -93 29 £52,500 -8.68% 13
Edinburgh +37 22 £67,500 +16.76% 3
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.84%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 16 (31.37%) SaaS
2 14 (27.45%) Azure
3 7 (13.73%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.84%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (5.88%) AWS
5 3 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.92%) IaaS
6 2 (3.92%) PaaS
7 1 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.96%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.96%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.80%) Firewall
2 3 (5.88%) Network Security
3 1 (1.96%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) GitLab
1 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (43.14%) Social Skills
2 14 (27.45%) Military
3 6 (11.76%) Finance
4 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Banking
5 1 (1.96%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.96%) Law
5 1 (1.96%) Legal
5 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.96%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (52.94%) Analyst
2 14 (27.45%) Support Analyst
2 14 (27.45%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 7 (13.73%) Security Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Senior
4 6 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
5 5 (9.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (9.80%) Operations Manager
5 5 (9.80%) Security Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (9.80%) Senior Security Analyst
6 4 (7.84%) Developer
6 4 (7.84%) Operational Security Manager
6 4 (7.84%) Security Manager
6 4 (7.84%) Security Operations Manager
6 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow Developer
7 3 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Cloud Architect
8 2 (3.92%) IT Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) AngularJS
1 4 (7.84%) CSS
1 4 (7.84%) HTML
1 4 (7.84%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 4 (7.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (21.57%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (13.73%) Management Information System
3 5 (9.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 5 (9.80%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (7.84%) CMDB
4 4 (7.84%) Cyber Security Posture
4 4 (7.84%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (5.88%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.88%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.92%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.96%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.96%) PKI
7 1 (1.96%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (33.33%) Windows
2 15 (29.41%) Linux
3 14 (27.45%) Mac OS X
3 14 (27.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (64.71%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (47.06%) Incident Management
3 23 (45.10%) Incident Response
4 21 (41.18%) Information Security
5 20 (39.22%) DevOps
6 18 (35.29%) Actionable Insight
7 15 (29.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 15 (29.41%) Open Source
7 15 (29.41%) Service Delivery
7 15 (29.41%) Threat Intelligence
8 14 (27.45%) Customer Service
8 14 (27.45%) ITIL
8 14 (27.45%) Malware Analysis
8 14 (27.45%) Resource Management
8 14 (27.45%) Situational Awareness
9 11 (21.57%) SIEM
10 9 (17.65%) Identity Access Management
11 8 (15.69%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (13.73%) Analytics
13 6 (11.76%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.96%) C
Qualifications
1 23 (45.10%) Degree
2 22 (43.14%) CISM
2 22 (43.14%) CISSP
3 14 (27.45%) GCIA
3 14 (27.45%) GCIH
3 14 (27.45%) GREM
4 3 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (5.88%) SSCP
5 2 (3.92%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.96%) HND
6 1 (1.96%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.84%) NIST
2 4 (7.84%) SOC 2
3 3 (5.88%) ISO 22301
4 2 (3.92%) GDPR
4 2 (3.92%) GRC
4 2 (3.92%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Ansible
1 1 (1.96%) Grafana
1 1 (1.96%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
1 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (27.45%) Dell
2 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.84%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.88%) CyberArk