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 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 136 227
Rank change year-on-year +13 +91 -66
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 6 9 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.18% 0.36% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.66% 1.26% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 13
10th Percentile - - £51,500
25th Percentile £50,697 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,850 £41,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.59% -40.36% +22.27%
75th Percentile £55,002 £52,313 -
90th Percentile - £75,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -3.45% +6.62%

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 909 713 2,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 27.19% 28.52% 44.88%
Number of salaries quoted 508 289 759
10th Percentile £27,388 £28,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £43,099 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £58,308 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.40% +4.55% -15.06%

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
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 22 July 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
Dunbartonshire - 4 - -
Glasgow +9 1 - - 3
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 4 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) DHCP
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Governance Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SEO Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Line Management
3 4 (66.67%) Change Control
3 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
3 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 4 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
5 1 (16.67%) Coaching
5 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
5 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security
5 1 (16.67%) ITSM
5 1 (16.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
5 1 (16.67%) SEO
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NCSC
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft