SOAR Job Trends in Scotland

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring SOAR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 145 185
Rank change year-on-year - +40 +11
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 0 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland - 0.074% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.080% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 6
10th Percentile - £51,375 £46,250
25th Percentile - £51,563 £46,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £53,750 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.36% -41.25%
75th Percentile - £56,563 £48,313
90th Percentile - £57,125 £48,750
UK median annual salary £78,500 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.67% +25.00% -12.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

SOAR 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 2,203 2,494 2,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 80.93% 92.17% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,078 1,070 1,739
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,475 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -8.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,547 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

SOAR job vacancy trend in Scotland

SOAR
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SOAR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing SOAR