Security Architecture Jobs in Scotland

Security Architecture
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Security Architecture skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Architecture over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 104 212
Rank change year-on-year -172 +108 -33
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 7 123 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.10% 2.61% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 2.77% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 7 34 29
10th Percentile £32,500 £57,184 £57,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £61,180 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £69,805 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% -15.39% +26.92%
75th Percentile £87,500 £89,963 £105,000
90th Percentile £136,500 £97,290 -
UK median annual salary £78,273 £82,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year -5.12% - +11.49%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Architecture 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 6,250 4,437 5,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.80% 94.24% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,418 2,226 2,810
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Architecture in Scotland

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Architecture in Scotland

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Architecture in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in Scotland

Security Architecture
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 Architecture within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 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 -149 5 £51,000 -26.94%
Edinburgh -17 2 £85,000 +22.40%
Security Architecture
UK

Security Architecture
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
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Graduate
1 2 (28.57%) Incident Response Lead
1 2 (28.57%) IT Architect
1 2 (28.57%) IT Security Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) OAuth
1 2 (28.57%) OpenID
1 2 (28.57%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (14.29%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Active Listening
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Forensics
3 2 (28.57%) Cryptography
3 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 2 (28.57%) Fintech
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
3 2 (28.57%) Innovative Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Internal Audit
3 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
3 2 (28.57%) Security Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (28.57%) CCSP
1 2 (28.57%) CISA
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (42.86%) NIST
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) GRC
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) ForgeRock