Security Specialist Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Specialist
Scotland > Edinburgh

As of 2 June 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Specialist salary in Edinburgh.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 122 153
Rank change year-on-year +17 +31 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 17 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.065% 0.92% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.97% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 0 14 5
10th Percentile - £52,375 -
25th Percentile - £55,000 £38,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £58,000 £45,607
Median % change year-on-year - +27.17% -7.86%
75th Percentile - £60,000 -
90th Percentile - - £53,643
Scotland median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £45,607
% change year-on-year +13.64% +20.60% -8.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,471 1,751 2,499
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 94.55% 98.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 1,052 1,554
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,750 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £89,468 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Security Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Security Specialist in Edinburgh

Security Specialist
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Specialist in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Security Specialist in Edinburgh

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Security Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Okta
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Security Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) OpenID
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Okta
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk