Security Testing Jobs in Scotland

Security Testing
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 283 199
Rank change year-on-year +131 -84 -18
Permanent jobs citing Security Testing 7 2 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.24% 0.030% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.032% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £65,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +46.07% +11.25%
75th Percentile £80,688 - £60,000
90th Percentile £87,125 - -
UK median annual salary £67,500 £61,206 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.28% -12.56% +1.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,666 6,211 4,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.67% 92.63% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 2,420 2,217
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,392
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.22%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,840 £80,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Scotland

Security Testing
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Testing in Scotland

Security Testing
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Testing in Scotland

Security Testing
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 Testing within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 May 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 +22 3 £80,000 +23.08% 3
Glasgow - 1 £74,500 -
Security Testing
UK

Security Testing
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Amazon S3
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Security Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) FIDO
1 1 (14.29%) JWT
1 1 (14.29%) OAuth
1 1 (14.29%) OAuth2
1 1 (14.29%) OpenID
1 1 (14.29%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
1 3 (42.86%) SCADA
2 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Application Security
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
2 2 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (28.57%) Technology Transformation
2 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
3 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Deployment
3 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
3 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (14.29%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (14.29%) Observability
3 1 (14.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
1 2 (28.57%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Progress Chef
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) ForgeRock
1 1 (14.29%) Ping Identity