SIEM Jobs in Scotland

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring SIEM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SIEM 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 261 61 120
Rank change year-on-year -200 +59 +25
Permanent jobs citing SIEM 21 195 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% 4.55% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 4.81% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 19 55 53
10th Percentile £35,950 £33,517 £38,944
25th Percentile £43,174 £41,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £58,386 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.50% -16.59% -17.65%
75th Percentile £58,750 £80,000 £86,500
90th Percentile £68,750 - £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,059 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.08% -2.99% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

SIEM 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 6,115 4,054 5,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.41% 94.68% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 2,031 2,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
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% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

SIEM
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SIEM in Scotland

SIEM
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for SIEM in Scotland

SIEM
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing SIEM in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SIEM in Scotland

SIEM
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIEM within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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 -138 13 £47,000 +10.59% 10
Edinburgh -36 6 £67,500 -10.00% 4
Argyll and Bute - 1 - - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £40,000 -
SIEM
UK

SIEM
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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (57.14%) Azure
2 10 (47.62%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.76%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) DKIM
1 6 (28.57%) DMARC
1 6 (28.57%) DNS
1 6 (28.57%) Internet
2 3 (14.29%) Firewall
3 2 (9.52%) LAN
3 2 (9.52%) Network Security
3 2 (9.52%) WAN
4 1 (4.76%) VPN
4 1 (4.76%) Wireless
4 1 (4.76%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Analyst
2 8 (38.10%) Security Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) Information Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) Information Security Analyst
4 5 (23.81%) Operations Manager
5 4 (19.05%) Operational Security Manager
5 4 (19.05%) Security Manager
5 4 (19.05%) Security Operations Manager
6 3 (14.29%) Security Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) Compliance Officer
7 2 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (9.52%) Information Officer
7 2 (9.52%) Information Security Compliance Officer
7 2 (9.52%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) IT Security Engineer
7 2 (9.52%) Security Compliance Officer
7 2 (9.52%) Security Officer
8 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 1 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Cyberattack
2 5 (23.81%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (23.81%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (19.05%) Cyber Security Posture
3 4 (19.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.76%) IoT
5 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
5 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Android
1 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (52.38%) Information Security
3 9 (42.86%) Security Operations
3 9 (42.86%) SOAR
4 7 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 7 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 7 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 5 (23.81%) Incident Response
5 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (23.81%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (19.05%) Analytical Thinking
6 4 (19.05%) Cyber Resilience
6 4 (19.05%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (14.29%) Analytics
7 3 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (14.29%) DevSecOps
7 3 (14.29%) Internal Audit
7 3 (14.29%) Malware Detection/Protection
7 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) CISSP
2 3 (14.29%) CISM
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (19.05%) SOC 2
3 3 (14.29%) NIST
4 2 (9.52%) GDPR
4 2 (9.52%) NCSC
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) CASB
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.76%) Google