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 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 137 143
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 17 19 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.40% 0.72% 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.42% 2.38% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 8
10th Percentile - - £64,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £37,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +113.33% -46.43% +57.30%
75th Percentile £100,000 £43,375 -
90th Percentile - £46,150 £79,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

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 1,200 797 949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 28.24% 30.41% 28.12%
Number of salaries quoted 597 279 432
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £36,025
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,775 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -10.00% -7.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,450
90th Percentile £89,750 £82,850 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -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 14 October 2026.

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 14 October 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 - 8 - -
Glasgow +13 7 £80,000 +113.33% 11
Edinburgh -7 2 - - 5
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 8 (47.06%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.88%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) DHCP
1 8 (47.06%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Internet
2 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
General
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) IT Engineer
1 8 (47.06%) IT Support
1 8 (47.06%) IT Support Engineer
1 8 (47.06%) Support Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Senior
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Business Development Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Business Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Development Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Security Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) SOC Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Test Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Information Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Information Security Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Cyber Security Posture
1 8 (47.06%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Private Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (58.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (52.94%) Roadmaps
3 9 (52.94%) Technology Roadmap
4 8 (47.06%) Change Control
4 8 (47.06%) Incident Response
4 8 (47.06%) Line Management
4 8 (47.06%) Project Delivery
5 6 (35.29%) Digital Forensics
6 2 (11.76%) Business Development
6 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
7 1 (5.88%) DevOps
7 1 (5.88%) Load Balancing
7 1 (5.88%) Malware Analysis
7 1 (5.88%) Manual Testing
7 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.88%) Open Source
7 1 (5.88%) Secure Coding
7 1 (5.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Perl
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) CISSP
1 1 (5.88%) GCIA
1 1 (5.88%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) SaltStack
2 1 (5.88%) VMware