Security Posture Job Trends in Scotland

Security Posture
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 133 145
Rank change year-on-year +4 +12 +47
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 20 14 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.73% 0.43% 0.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.47% 1.60% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile - £62,500 -
25th Percentile £36,250 - £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,750 £70,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.36% +57.30% +4.71%
75th Percentile £56,625 - £60,375
90th Percentile £72,150 - £68,550
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

Security Posture 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 810 874 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 29.47% 26.70% 34.44%
Number of salaries quoted 313 402 647
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -7.65% +3.57%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £88,625 £88,000
UK median annual salary £53,600 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.67% -4.00% -

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Scotland

Security Posture
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Scotland over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in Scotland

Security Posture
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 Posture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 7 November 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 +15 18 £63,000 -10.00% 2
Glasgow -11 2 £37,500 -28.57% 8
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 18 (90.00%) Azure
1 18 (90.00%) Entra ID
1 18 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (10.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) DHCP
1 2 (10.00%) DNS
1 2 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) Wireshark
General
1 17 (85.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 16 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 9 (45.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (5.00%) Cyberattack
4 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 16 (80.00%) Coaching
1 16 (80.00%) Roadmaps
1 16 (80.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 10 (50.00%) ITIL
3 8 (40.00%) Agile
3 8 (40.00%) AI
3 8 (40.00%) Analytics
3 8 (40.00%) Application Virtualisation
3 8 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 8 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 8 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 8 (40.00%) FinOps
3 8 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 8 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 8 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (40.00%) Zero Trust
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 11 (55.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) CEH
2 1 (5.00%) CISM
2 1 (5.00%) CISSP
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) CSSLP
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) GIAC
2 1 (5.00%) GREM
2 1 (5.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (55.00%) NIST
2 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 16 (80.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (90.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (40.00%) SCCM
2 8 (40.00%) Terraform
3 2 (10.00%) Proxmox
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 1 (5.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.00%) Splunk