Security Monitoring Jobs in Scotland

Security Monitoring
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 181 220
Rank change year-on-year +3 +39 -10
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 11 3 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.21% 0.10% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.11% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £34,700 - -
25th Percentile £42,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -
75th Percentile £53,125 £49,375 -
90th Percentile £61,000 £52,000 -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Security Monitoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,621 2,779 5,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 88.34% 96.43% 93.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,360 1,838 2,720
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £32,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £41,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in Scotland

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in Scotland

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in Scotland

Security Monitoring
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 October 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 - 10 £47,500 - 1
Stirling - 1 £31,500 -
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Azure
2 8 (72.73%) Entra ID
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (18.18%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) Network Security
1 1 (9.09%) VoIP
1 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 7 (63.64%) Security Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Operational Security Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Operations Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Support
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Support Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Public Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (72.73%) Incident Response
1 8 (72.73%) SIEM
2 7 (63.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 7 (63.64%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (63.64%) Purple Team
2 7 (63.64%) Red Team
2 7 (63.64%) Security Operations
2 7 (63.64%) Service Management
2 7 (63.64%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 7 (63.64%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (18.18%) Server Virtualisation
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (18.18%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 1 (9.09%) Application Security
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (9.09%) Proactive Management
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (9.09%) NCSC
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (9.09%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (9.09%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco
3 1 (9.09%) Dell
3 1 (9.09%) Meraki
3 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto