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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Lothian 6.98% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.04% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £47,250 - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £105,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +68.00% +13.64% +4.76%

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 112 111 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Lothian 86.82% 88.80% 88.51%
Number of salaries quoted 38 70 63
10th Percentile £28,175 £25,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £26,929 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £32,851 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +75.03% -45.25% +41.18%
75th Percentile £71,250 £50,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,250 £72,500
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% -

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
Salary Histogram in West Lothian

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in West Lothian over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security in West Lothian

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 1 September 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
Livingston - 5 £75,000 - 2
Bathgate - 1 - -
Linlithgow - 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Broadband
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Games
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Head of IT
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) AI Agents
1 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (44.44%) Cyberattack
2 2 (22.22%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) AI
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (44.44%) Decision-Making
2 4 (44.44%) Design Patterns
2 4 (44.44%) Human-in-the-Loop
2 4 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (44.44%) Line Management
2 4 (44.44%) LLM
2 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
2 4 (44.44%) Technology Roadmap
2 4 (44.44%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Salesforce