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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 24 49
Rank change year-on-year -56 +25 -5
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 315 417 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.61% 9.58% 5.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.08% 10.16% 6.39%
Number of salaries quoted 148 141 147
10th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £38,367
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,804
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £59,526 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.06% -0.79% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £79,875 £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 6,205 4,105 5,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 90.74% 94.35% 91.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,476 2,058 2,852
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -73 174 £61,250 -12.50% 24
Edinburgh -4 90 £50,000 -13.79% 12
Aberdeen -18 16 £47,500 -29.63% 4
Aberdeenshire - 10 £45,000 - 3
North Lanarkshire - 5 £45,000 -
Banffshire - 4 £22,000 -
Dundee -13 3 £55,380 +15.09%
Stirling - 3 £50,000 - 1
Highlands - 3 £60,000 -
Lanarkshire - 2 £45,000 - 9
Falkirk - 2 £50,000 - 1
Fife -9 1 £60,000 +60.00%
Argyll and Bute - 1 - - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £40,000 - 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 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.44%) Apache Spark
2 14 (4.44%) FileNet
3 10 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.95%) IIS
5 2 (0.63%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.63%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.86%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 86 (27.30%) AWS
2 54 (17.14%) Azure
3 46 (14.60%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (10.79%) SaaS
5 31 (9.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 31 (9.84%) Datadog
6 28 (8.89%) Amazon S3
7 22 (6.98%) GCP
8 18 (5.71%) Google Docs
9 17 (5.40%) Entra ID
10 14 (4.44%) Amazon SQS
10 14 (4.44%) Lucidchart
10 14 (4.44%) Miro
10 14 (4.44%) Slack
11 12 (3.81%) PaaS
12 10 (3.17%) IaaS
13 7 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (2.22%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (1.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.84%) Firewall
2 11 (3.49%) Network Security
3 6 (1.90%) DNS
3 6 (1.90%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.90%) VPN
3 6 (1.90%) WAN
4 5 (1.59%) DHCP
5 4 (1.27%) IMAP
5 4 (1.27%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.63%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.63%) LAN
7 2 (0.63%) Wireless
8 1 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.32%) Internet
8 1 (0.32%) RSVP
8 1 (0.32%) VLAN
8 1 (0.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.89%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (5.71%) Big Data
3 15 (4.76%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.44%) Apache Cassandra
4 14 (4.44%) Hadoop
4 14 (4.44%) Redis
4 14 (4.44%) Scylla
5 13 (4.13%) MySQL
6 3 (0.95%) Tableau
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database 10g
7 2 (0.63%) Power BI
7 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.32%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 14 (4.44%) JUnit
2 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.63%) JIRA
General
1 121 (38.41%) Finance
2 116 (36.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 111 (35.24%) Social Skills
4 94 (29.84%) Law
5 31 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.76%) Military
6 15 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.44%) Manufacturing
8 12 (3.81%) Marketing
9 10 (3.17%) Legal
10 9 (2.86%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.54%) Banking
12 5 (1.59%) Retail
13 4 (1.27%) Billing
13 4 (1.27%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.27%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.63%) Agriculture
14 2 (0.63%) Games
15 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 90 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 49 (15.56%) Lead
3 45 (14.29%) Analyst
4 36 (11.43%) Senior
5 33 (10.48%) Cloud Engineer
6 31 (9.84%) Cloud Software Engineer
7 18 (5.71%) Architect
8 17 (5.40%) Principal Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) AWS Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) AWS Software Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) Full Stack Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) Full Stack Software Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) Java Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) Java Software Engineer
9 16 (5.08%) Security Analyst
10 15 (4.76%) Security Engineer
11 14 (4.44%) Lead Software Engineer
11 14 (4.44%) Principal Software Engineer
11 14 (4.44%) Support Analyst
11 14 (4.44%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (9.84%) OpenTelemetry
2 30 (9.52%) Spring
3 28 (8.89%) GraphQL
3 28 (8.89%) Kafka
4 27 (8.57%) AngularJS
4 27 (8.57%) React
5 15 (4.76%) J2EE
6 14 (4.44%) CSS
6 14 (4.44%) Hibernate
6 14 (4.44%) HTML
6 14 (4.44%) JMS
6 14 (4.44%) jQuery
6 14 (4.44%) JSON
6 14 (4.44%) Node.js
6 14 (4.44%) REST
6 14 (4.44%) Spring Integration
6 14 (4.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 13 (4.13%) JPA
8 9 (2.86%) SAML
9 7 (2.22%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (17.14%) Public Cloud
2 51 (16.19%) Cloud Native
2 51 (16.19%) Management Information System
3 43 (13.65%) Algorithms
4 21 (6.67%) Operational Technology
5 16 (5.08%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (4.44%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.49%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 9 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.54%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (1.59%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.27%) Cyberattack
11 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.95%) FMCG
12 3 (0.95%) IoT
12 3 (0.95%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.29%) Windows
2 30 (9.52%) Linux
3 22 (6.98%) Unix
4 14 (4.44%) Mac OS X
5 12 (3.81%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.59%) 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 98 (31.11%) Software Engineering
2 97 (30.79%) Agile
2 97 (30.79%) SDLC
3 87 (27.62%) Machine Learning
4 86 (27.30%) Artificial Intelligence
5 82 (26.03%) CI/CD
6 78 (24.76%) Community of Practice
6 78 (24.76%) Operational Stability
7 60 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (17.14%) Identity Access Management
10 44 (13.97%) Visualisation
11 43 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 41 (13.02%) Roadmaps
13 39 (12.38%) Security Operations
14 37 (11.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 36 (11.43%) Risk Management
16 34 (10.79%) Continuous Delivery
16 34 (10.79%) Information Security
17 32 (10.16%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 96 (30.48%) Java
2 24 (7.62%) SQL
3 17 (5.40%) Python
4 14 (4.44%) Bash
4 14 (4.44%) Go
4 14 (4.44%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.44%) Scala
4 14 (4.44%) TypeScript
5 11 (3.49%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (11.43%) CISSP
2 33 (10.48%) Degree
3 32 (10.16%) CISM
4 15 (4.76%) GCIA
4 15 (4.76%) GCIH
4 15 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 14 (4.44%) GREM
5 14 (4.44%) SC Cleared
6 6 (1.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 6 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.59%) CCNA
8 4 (1.27%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (1.27%) SSCP
9 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.63%) CISA
10 2 (0.63%) ISACA
10 2 (0.63%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.21%) NIST
2 20 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (4.13%) GDPR
4 9 (2.86%) NCSC
5 5 (1.59%) ISO 22301
5 5 (1.59%) SLA
5 5 (1.59%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.63%) DICOM
7 2 (0.63%) GRC
7 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.63%) QA
8 1 (0.32%) COBIT
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.32%) ITGC
8 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (6.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.59%) RACF
3 2 (0.63%) Docker
3 2 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 42 (13.33%) Terraform
3 31 (9.84%) Grafana
4 12 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.27%) 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 62 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 39 (12.38%) Oracle
3 32 (10.16%) Splunk
4 31 (9.84%) Dynatrace
5 28 (8.89%) Dell
6 22 (6.98%) Google
7 16 (5.08%) Databricks
8 10 (3.17%) IFS
9 9 (2.86%) Cisco
9 9 (2.86%) CyberArk
9 9 (2.86%) Epicor
9 9 (2.86%) JD Edwards
10 5 (1.59%) Sophos
11 4 (1.27%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.27%) ConnectWise
12 3 (0.95%) VMware
13 2 (0.63%) Apple
13 2 (0.63%) Citrix
14 1 (0.32%) Juniper
14 1 (0.32%) Salesforce