Cloud Security Jobs in Scotland

Cloud Security
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 134 145
Rank change year-on-year -116 +11 +35
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 39 87 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.58% 1.90% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 2.01% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 33 43 39
10th Percentile - £48,091 £28,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £54,485 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,526 £69,447 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +20.78% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £97,290 £87,500
90th Percentile £104,000 £117,236 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £70,700
% change year-on-year -13.33% +6.08% +1.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Cloud Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,195 4,321 5,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.21% 94.32% 90.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 2,159 2,811
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,211 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in Scotland

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in Scotland.

Salary trend for Cloud Security in Scotland

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in Scotland

Cloud Security
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -112 22 £60,000 -25.00% 4
Edinburgh -13 11 £67,500 -2.80% 6
Aberdeen - 3 £55,000 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £40,000 - 1
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (10.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (66.67%) Azure
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (25.64%) PaaS
4 7 (17.95%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (17.95%) IaaS
4 7 (17.95%) SaaS
5 6 (15.38%) Entra ID
6 5 (12.82%) AWS
6 5 (12.82%) GCP
7 4 (10.26%) Azure AKS
7 4 (10.26%) GitHub
7 4 (10.26%) Google Docs
8 3 (7.69%) Azure API Management
9 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
10 1 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (2.56%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) DKIM
1 8 (20.51%) DMARC
1 8 (20.51%) DNS
1 8 (20.51%) Internet
2 4 (10.26%) Network Security
3 3 (7.69%) Firewall
4 2 (5.13%) LAN
4 2 (5.13%) WAN
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (2.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.56%) RDBMS
1 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.56%) GitLab
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Banking
3 5 (12.82%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Analyst
1 13 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Security Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Information Analyst
3 8 (20.51%) Information Security Analyst
4 7 (17.95%) Architect
5 6 (15.38%) Cloud Architect
5 6 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Senior
6 5 (12.82%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 5 (12.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (10.26%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (7.69%) Azure Architect
8 3 (7.69%) Cloud Solutions Architect
8 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Senior Security Engineer
9 2 (5.13%) AWS Architect
9 2 (5.13%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (5.13%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.26%) LDAP
2 1 (2.56%) ADO
2 1 (2.56%) JSON
2 1 (2.56%) OAuth
2 1 (2.56%) RESTful
2 1 (2.56%) SAML
2 1 (2.56%) Web Services
2 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Cyberattack
2 5 (12.82%) Cloud Native
3 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 2 (5.13%) IoT
4 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.13%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.56%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.56%) PKI
5 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (28.21%) Windows
2 6 (15.38%) Linux
3 4 (10.26%) Unix
4 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (33.33%) Information Security
3 11 (28.21%) DevOps
3 11 (28.21%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 10 (25.64%) Roadmaps
4 10 (25.64%) SIEM
5 9 (23.08%) Agile
6 8 (20.51%) Identity Access Management
6 8 (20.51%) Migration
6 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.51%) SOAR
6 8 (20.51%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 7 (17.95%) Strategic Roadmap
8 6 (15.38%) Business Strategy
8 6 (15.38%) CI/CD
8 6 (15.38%) Security Operations
8 6 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (12.82%) Computer Science
9 5 (12.82%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (10.26%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) Python
2 5 (12.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.13%) CISM
2 2 (5.13%) CISSP
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (15.38%) NIST
3 4 (10.26%) GDPR
4 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.56%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 6 (15.38%) Active Directory
1 6 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (20.51%) CASB
1 8 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.26%) Terraform
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (5.13%) Ansible
5 1 (2.56%) Grafana
5 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) Google
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
3 4 (10.26%) BeyondTrust
3 4 (10.26%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.56%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco
4 1 (2.56%) EMC
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) VMware