Threat Detection Jobs in Scotland

Threat Detection
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Threat Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Threat Detection over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 268 215
Rank change year-on-year +119 -53 +5
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 6 11 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.20% 0.16% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.18% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 12
10th Percentile £42,900 £51,300 £56,219
25th Percentile £44,250 £51,375 £77,805
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.09% -37.65% +77.08%
75th Percentile £49,688 £89,750 -
90th Percentile £56,325 £110,900 -
UK median annual salary £72,000 £55,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year +30.91% -20.08% +19.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Threat Detection 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 2,758 6,204 4,398
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.89% 92.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,356 2,420 2,209
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,375 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,471 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,958 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Threat Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in Scotland

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Threat Detection in Scotland.

Salary trend for Threat Detection in Scotland

Threat Detection
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Threat Detection in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Threat Detection in Scotland

Threat Detection
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 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 +7 2 - - 1
Renfrewshire - 2 £45,000 - 3
Glasgow +182 1 £44,000 -48.99% 6
Lanarkshire - 1 £56,500 - 2
Threat Detection
UK

Threat Detection
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 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Legal
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Incident Response
2 4 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 4 (66.67%) Open Source
2 4 (66.67%) OSINT
2 4 (66.67%) SIEM
3 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Event Correlation
3 3 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
3 3 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
3 3 (50.00%) Use Case
4 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 1 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Sprint Retrospective
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) ArcSight