Security Engineer Job Trends in Stirling

Security Engineer
Scotland > Stirling

As of 1 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Engineer salary in Stirling.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Stirling 2.30% - 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.70% - 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £46,000
75th Percentile - - £47,000
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £70,000 £95,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year -26.32% +55.10% -11.80%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stirling

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stirling. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Stirling with a recognized job title 74 35 54
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.06% 100.00% 88.52%
Number of salaries quoted 44 20 34
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £25,818
25th Percentile £31,000 £37,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -11.46% +27.15%
75th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £48,504 £56,113
Scotland median annual salary £46,288 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.84% +10.00% -9.09%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stirling

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stirling.

Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Stirling

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Stirling

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Stirling.

Salary distribution trend for Security Engineer job vacancies in Stirling

Security Engineer
Job Locations in Stirling

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Engineer within the Stirling region over the 6 months to 1 July 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
Stirlingshire - 2 - -
Security Engineer
Scotland

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stirling

For the 6 months to 1 July 2026, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Stirling region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BCP
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Economics
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stirling 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) BCP
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Economics
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation