Cybersecurity Jobs in Scotland

Cybersecurity
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 25 48
Rank change year-on-year -55 +23 -2
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 317 424 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.67% 9.48% 5.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.12% 10.03% 6.43%
Number of salaries quoted 149 146 142
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £38,367
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,526 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% -0.79% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £77,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Cybersecurity 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 6,197 4,226 5,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 91.25% 94.48% 91.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,442 2,092 2,855
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,133
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Scotland

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Scotland

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Scotland

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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 -73 173 £60,000 -14.29% 25
Edinburgh -3 92 £50,000 -13.79% 17
Aberdeen -19 17 £47,500 -30.91% 3
Aberdeenshire - 9 £45,000 - 3
North Lanarkshire - 5 £45,000 -
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
Dundee -14 3 £55,380 +15.09%
Stirling - 3 £50,000 - 1
Highlands - 3 £60,000 -
Lanarkshire -7 2 £45,000 - 8
Falkirk - 2 £50,000 - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £40,000 - 1
Fife -8 1 £60,000 +60.00%
Argyll and Bute - 1 - -
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (6.62%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.36%) Apache Spark
3 14 (4.42%) FileNet
4 10 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.95%) IIS
6 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.63%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.84%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 90 (28.39%) AWS
2 58 (18.30%) Azure
3 47 (14.83%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (11.99%) SaaS
5 31 (9.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 31 (9.78%) Amazon S3
5 31 (9.78%) Datadog
6 27 (8.52%) GCP
7 21 (6.62%) Google Docs
8 18 (5.68%) Entra ID
9 17 (5.36%) Amazon SQS
9 17 (5.36%) Lucidchart
9 17 (5.36%) Miro
9 17 (5.36%) Slack
10 14 (4.42%) PaaS
11 11 (3.47%) IaaS
12 7 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.21%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
14 5 (1.58%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.46%) Firewall
2 11 (3.47%) Network Security
3 7 (2.21%) WAN
4 6 (1.89%) DNS
4 6 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.89%) VPN
5 5 (1.58%) DHCP
6 4 (1.26%) IMAP
6 4 (1.26%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.95%) LAN
8 2 (0.63%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.63%) Wireless
9 1 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.32%) Internet
9 1 (0.32%) RSVP
9 1 (0.32%) VLAN
9 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.78%) Elasticsearch
2 21 (6.62%) Big Data
3 17 (5.36%) Hadoop
3 17 (5.36%) Redis
3 17 (5.36%) Scylla
4 15 (4.73%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.42%) Apache Cassandra
6 13 (4.10%) MySQL
7 3 (0.95%) Tableau
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (0.63%) Power BI
8 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
9 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 14 (4.42%) JUnit
2 3 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.63%) JIRA
General
1 122 (38.49%) Finance
2 120 (37.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 114 (35.96%) Social Skills
4 95 (29.97%) Law
5 31 (9.78%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.73%) Military
6 15 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (4.10%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.79%) Marketing
9 10 (3.15%) Legal
10 9 (2.84%) Banking
10 9 (2.84%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.58%) Retail
12 4 (1.26%) Billing
12 4 (1.26%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.26%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.63%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.63%) Games
14 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 94 (29.65%) Software Engineer
2 48 (15.14%) Lead
3 46 (14.51%) Analyst
4 37 (11.67%) Senior
5 35 (11.04%) Cloud Engineer
6 31 (9.78%) Cloud Software Engineer
7 20 (6.31%) Principal Engineer
8 18 (5.68%) Architect
9 17 (5.36%) Principal Software Engineer
9 17 (5.36%) Security Analyst
10 16 (5.05%) AWS Engineer
10 16 (5.05%) AWS Software Engineer
10 16 (5.05%) Full Stack Engineer
10 16 (5.05%) Full Stack Software Engineer
10 16 (5.05%) Java Engineer
10 16 (5.05%) Java Software Engineer
10 16 (5.05%) Security Engineer
11 14 (4.42%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 14 (4.42%) Support Analyst
11 14 (4.42%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.78%) GraphQL
1 31 (9.78%) Kafka
1 31 (9.78%) OpenTelemetry
2 30 (9.46%) Spring
3 27 (8.52%) AngularJS
3 27 (8.52%) React
4 15 (4.73%) J2EE
5 14 (4.42%) CSS
5 14 (4.42%) Hibernate
5 14 (4.42%) HTML
5 14 (4.42%) JMS
5 14 (4.42%) jQuery
5 14 (4.42%) JSON
5 14 (4.42%) Node.js
5 14 (4.42%) REST
5 14 (4.42%) Spring Integration
5 14 (4.42%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 13 (4.10%) JPA
7 9 (2.84%) SAML
8 7 (2.21%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (17.67%) Public Cloud
2 51 (16.09%) Cloud Native
3 50 (15.77%) Management Information System
4 46 (14.51%) Algorithms
5 21 (6.62%) Operational Technology
6 17 (5.36%) Data Structures
7 16 (5.05%) Cyber Threat
8 11 (3.47%) Security Posture
9 9 (2.84%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.58%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.58%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.26%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.26%) Cyberattack
12 4 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.26%) IoT
13 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.95%) Distributed Applications
13 3 (0.95%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 46 (14.51%) Windows
2 30 (9.46%) Linux
3 22 (6.94%) Unix
4 14 (4.42%) Mac OS X
5 13 (4.10%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.58%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.63%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Android
8 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (31.86%) Software Engineering
2 99 (31.23%) Agile
3 98 (30.91%) SDLC
4 86 (27.13%) Artificial Intelligence
4 86 (27.13%) Machine Learning
5 83 (26.18%) CI/CD
6 79 (24.92%) Community of Practice
6 79 (24.92%) Operational Stability
7 60 (18.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (18.61%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (16.72%) Identity Access Management
10 44 (13.88%) Visualisation
11 43 (13.56%) Stakeholder Management
12 42 (13.25%) Roadmaps
13 39 (12.30%) Security Operations
14 37 (11.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 34 (10.73%) Continuous Delivery
15 34 (10.73%) Information Security
16 32 (10.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 32 (10.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (31.55%) Java
2 24 (7.57%) SQL
3 21 (6.62%) Python
4 17 (5.36%) Bash
4 17 (5.36%) Go
4 17 (5.36%) Scala
5 14 (4.42%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.42%) TypeScript
6 12 (3.79%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (11.67%) CISSP
2 33 (10.41%) CISM
2 33 (10.41%) Degree
3 15 (4.73%) GCIA
3 15 (4.73%) GCIH
3 15 (4.73%) Security Cleared
4 14 (4.42%) GREM
4 14 (4.42%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.89%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 6 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.58%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.58%) CCNA
7 4 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.26%) SSCP
8 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.63%) CISA
9 2 (0.63%) ISACA
9 2 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.15%) NIST
2 21 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (4.42%) GDPR
4 8 (2.52%) NCSC
5 5 (1.58%) ISO 22301
5 5 (1.58%) SLA
6 4 (1.26%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.63%) DICOM
8 2 (0.63%) GRC
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.63%) QA
9 1 (0.32%) COBIT
9 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (6.62%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.58%) RACF
3 3 (0.95%) Docker
4 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 50 (15.77%) Kubernetes
2 44 (13.88%) Terraform
3 31 (9.78%) Grafana
4 13 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.26%) SCCM
6 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.63%) WSUS
8 1 (0.32%) Ansible
8 1 (0.32%) Nessus
Vendors
1 63 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.30%) Oracle
3 32 (10.09%) Splunk
4 31 (9.78%) Dell
4 31 (9.78%) Dynatrace
5 26 (8.20%) Google
6 16 (5.05%) Databricks
7 10 (3.15%) IFS
8 9 (2.84%) Cisco
8 9 (2.84%) CyberArk
8 9 (2.84%) Epicor
8 9 (2.84%) JD Edwards
9 5 (1.58%) Sophos
10 4 (1.26%) BeyondTrust
10 4 (1.26%) ConnectWise
11 3 (0.95%) VMware
12 2 (0.63%) Apple
12 2 (0.63%) Citrix
13 1 (0.32%) Juniper
13 1 (0.32%) Salesforce