Information Security Job Trends in West Lothian

Information Security (InfoSec)
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Lothian 1.36% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +21.36% -26.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Lothian

Information Security 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 West Lothian.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 96 46 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 65.31% 83.64% 90.99%
Number of salaries quoted 54 32 59
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,500 £24,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,929 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -29.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £72,500
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -8.94%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Information Security job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Information Security
Salary Trend in West Lothian

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Information Security

Information Security
Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Bathgate - 1 - -
Livingston - 1 - - 1
Information Security
Scotland

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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%) Broadband
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Human-in-the-Loop
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR