Security Engineer Jobs in Glasgow

Security Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Security Engineer salary in Glasgow is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 120 98
Rank change year-on-year -101 -22 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 15 4 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.38% 0.27% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.31% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 28
10th Percentile £46,250 £29,000 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £43,750 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -8.85% +3.78%
75th Percentile £81,563 £57,813 -
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,375 £65,000
Scotland median annual salary £59,763 £69,447 £48,000
% change year-on-year -13.94% +44.68% +3.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 3,910 1,288 1,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.12% 85.75% 97.52%
Number of salaries quoted 923 629 861
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,833 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +13.40% +7.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Glasgow

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Engineer in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Glasgow

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Glasgow

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Security Engineer 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 Glasgow region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (53.33%) Risk Management
2 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (40.00%) Information Security
3 6 (40.00%) Incident Management
4 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (33.33%) Finance
4 5 (33.33%) SIEM
4 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (33.33%) Use Case
4 5 (33.33%) DevSecOps
4 5 (33.33%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 5 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 5 (33.33%) Analytics
4 5 (33.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (33.33%) SOC 2
4 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Application Security
4 5 (33.33%) SOAR
4 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 4 (26.67%) Operational Technology
5 4 (26.67%) DevOps
5 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
5 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (26.67%) Azure
5 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
6 3 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (20.00%) Firewall

Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (26.67%) Azure
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Firewall
1 3 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 4 (26.67%) Operational Technology
3 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (53.33%) Risk Management
3 6 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 6 (40.00%) Information Security
4 5 (33.33%) Analytics
4 5 (33.33%) Application Security
4 5 (33.33%) DevSecOps
4 5 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 5 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 5 (33.33%) Malware Detection/Protection
4 5 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 5 (33.33%) SIEM
4 5 (33.33%) SOAR
4 5 (33.33%) Use Case
4 5 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (26.67%) DevOps
6 3 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
6 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (33.33%) SOC 2
2 3 (20.00%) NCSC
2 3 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft