Network Security Jobs in Scotland

Network Security
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 92 187
Rank change year-on-year -126 +95 -32
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 63 142 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.92% 3.18% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.68% 19.27% 9.59%
Number of salaries quoted 56 18 60
10th Percentile £45,000 £28,000 £27,125
25th Percentile £48,438 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,526 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% +24.01% -8.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,833 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,250 £63,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking 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 communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 651 737 803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.55% 16.49% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 397 247 388
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,242 £27,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,899 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,250 £65,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Scotland

Network Security
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Network Security in Scotland

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Scotland

Network 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 Network Security within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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
Edinburgh +20 44 £60,000 +0.80% 11
Glasgow -136 12 £80,000 +88.24% 6
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
Lanarkshire - 1 £52,500 - 3
Network Security
UK

Network 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) FrameMaker
1 5 (7.94%) RoboHelp
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) Azure
2 3 (4.76%) Azure AKS
2 3 (4.76%) Azure API Management
2 3 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (4.76%) Entra ID
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.59%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.52%) VPN
2 5 (7.94%) Firewall
3 4 (6.35%) DHCP
3 4 (6.35%) DNS
3 4 (6.35%) IMAP
3 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.76%) Wireless
5 2 (3.17%) LAN
5 2 (3.17%) SAN
5 2 (3.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) Hadoop
General
1 30 (47.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 22 (34.92%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.35%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Finance
5 2 (3.17%) Games
6 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 38 (60.32%) Software Engineer
2 19 (30.16%) Senior
3 18 (28.57%) C++ Software Engineer
3 18 (28.57%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 18 (28.57%) Senior Software Engineer
4 17 (26.98%) C Software Engineer
4 17 (26.98%) C/C++ Software Engineer
4 17 (26.98%) Senior C Software Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) Java Engineer
5 11 (17.46%) Java Software Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) Author
6 5 (7.94%) Technical Author
7 4 (6.35%) Data Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) IT Support
7 4 (6.35%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (6.35%) IT Technician
7 4 (6.35%) Network Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Support Technician
8 3 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) CSS
1 3 (4.76%) HTML
2 2 (3.17%) DPDK
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (6.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 4 (6.35%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.76%) PKI
4 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.59%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (42.86%) Linux
2 9 (14.29%) Windows
3 4 (6.35%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.17%) Unix
4 2 (3.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (60.32%) Software Engineering
2 26 (41.27%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (19.05%) Computer Science
4 11 (17.46%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (9.52%) DevOps
5 6 (9.52%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (7.94%) Analytics
6 5 (7.94%) Containerisation
6 5 (7.94%) Roadmaps
6 5 (7.94%) Visualisation
7 4 (6.35%) Agile
7 4 (6.35%) Cloud Security
7 4 (6.35%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (6.35%) IT Audit
7 4 (6.35%) Time Management
8 3 (4.76%) API Management
8 3 (4.76%) DevSecOps
8 3 (4.76%) Security Operations
8 3 (4.76%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (28.57%) C
1 18 (28.57%) C++
2 11 (17.46%) Java
3 10 (15.87%) Python
4 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
5 4 (6.35%) Bash
6 3 (4.76%) JavaScript
7 2 (3.17%) SQL
8 1 (1.59%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) Degree
2 12 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.17%) CISSP
4 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) CEH
5 1 (1.59%) CISM
5 1 (1.59%) GCFE
5 1 (1.59%) GCIA
5 1 (1.59%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.17%) SOC 2
2 1 (1.59%) NCSC
2 1 (1.59%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.17%) SCCM
2 2 (3.17%) WSUS
3 1 (1.59%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) Adobe
3 3 (4.76%) Splunk
4 2 (3.17%) Apple
4 2 (3.17%) VMware
5 1 (1.59%) Cisco
5 1 (1.59%) Juniper