Security Operations Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Operations (SecOps)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 121 134
Rank change year-on-year +35 +13 -21
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 20 11 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.26% 0.61% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 0.64% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 10
10th Percentile £47,800 £39,294 £39,705
25th Percentile £66,250 £44,022 £40,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -10.93% +23.50%
75th Percentile £68,750 £58,125 £90,000
90th Percentile - £60,042 -
Scotland median annual salary £53,136 £51,250 £64,500
% change year-on-year +3.68% -20.54% +17.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Security Operations 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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,382 1,724 2,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.08% 95.51% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 961 1,008 1,506
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,745 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £73,000 £77,715 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,539 £89,472 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Edinburgh

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (10.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) SaaS
General
1 13 (65.00%) Military
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Analyst
2 13 (65.00%) Support Analyst
2 13 (65.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Operational Security Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Operations Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Security Operations Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (5.00%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (10.00%) CSS
1 2 (10.00%) HTML
1 2 (10.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (20.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 4 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (10.00%) CMDB
3 2 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Linux
1 13 (65.00%) Mac OS X
1 13 (65.00%) Unix
1 13 (65.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (85.00%) Incident Response
3 15 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
3 15 (75.00%) Incident Management
4 14 (70.00%) Open Source
5 13 (65.00%) Customer Service
5 13 (65.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 13 (65.00%) DevOps
5 13 (65.00%) Information Security
5 13 (65.00%) ITIL
5 13 (65.00%) Malware Analysis
5 13 (65.00%) Resource Management
5 13 (65.00%) Service Delivery
5 13 (65.00%) Situational Awareness
5 13 (65.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 5 (25.00%) SIEM
7 4 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 4 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 13 (65.00%) CISM
1 13 (65.00%) CISSP
1 13 (65.00%) Degree
1 13 (65.00%) GCIA
1 13 (65.00%) GCIH
1 13 (65.00%) GREM
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Dell
2 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow