Cybersecurity Jobs in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity 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 30 38 26
Rank change year-on-year +8 -12 -3
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 79 94 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 6.08% 7.53% 10.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.85% 7.93% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 38 47 79
10th Percentile £24,000 £32,881 £32,600
25th Percentile £46,713 £43,250 £41,690
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,962 £59,526 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% -0.79% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,411 £84,056 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,000 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,865 £59,526 £61,000
% change year-on-year -11.19% -2.42% +1.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Cybersecurity 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 1,154 1,186 2,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.77% 95.03% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 463 783 1,409
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,550 £36,522
25th Percentile £45,875 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.29% +1.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,419 £87,500
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Edinburgh

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Edinburgh

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Edinburgh 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
Balerno - 2 £21,840 -
Cybersecurity
Scotland

Cybersecurity
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 1 (1.27%) Apache
1 1 (1.27%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.27%) Confluence
1 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.99%) AWS
2 13 (16.46%) Azure
3 8 (10.13%) SaaS
4 5 (6.33%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.33%) GCP
5 4 (5.06%) dbt
6 3 (3.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (3.80%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (3.80%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.27%) GitHub
8 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.99%) Firewall
2 10 (12.66%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (5.06%) DAB
4 3 (3.80%) Internet
5 1 (1.27%) Network Security
5 1 (1.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Git
1 1 (1.27%) GitLab
1 1 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 23 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.13%) Military
5 5 (6.33%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.80%) Agriculture
6 3 (3.80%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.53%) Games
7 2 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Automotive
8 1 (1.27%) Banking
8 1 (1.27%) Legal
Job Titles
1 16 (20.25%) Analyst
2 14 (17.72%) Senior
3 9 (11.39%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 9 (11.39%) Security Manager
4 8 (10.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 8 (10.13%) Security Analyst
4 8 (10.13%) Support Analyst
4 8 (10.13%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 7 (8.86%) Administrator
5 7 (8.86%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (7.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) Security Engineer
6 6 (7.59%) Senior Manager
7 5 (6.33%) Compliance Specialist
7 5 (6.33%) Consultant
7 5 (6.33%) IT Manager
7 5 (6.33%) Recruitment Consultant
7 5 (6.33%) Trainee
7 5 (6.33%) Trainee Consultant
7 5 (6.33%) Trainee Recruitment Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) Middleware
2 3 (3.80%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 8 (10.13%) Security Posture
3 5 (6.33%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (5.06%) Cloud Native
4 4 (5.06%) Cyberattack
4 4 (5.06%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (5.06%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.06%) Renewable Energy
4 4 (5.06%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.80%) FMCG
5 3 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.66%) Linux
1 10 (12.66%) Windows
2 8 (10.13%) Mac OS X
2 8 (10.13%) Unix
3 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.32%) Incident Response
2 18 (22.78%) Customer Service
3 17 (21.52%) DevOps
4 16 (20.25%) Security Operations
5 15 (18.99%) Risk Management
6 13 (16.46%) Information Security
7 11 (13.92%) Malware Analysis
8 10 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (11.39%) Service Delivery
9 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (10.13%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (10.13%) Business Continuity
10 8 (10.13%) Incident Management
10 8 (10.13%) ITIL
10 8 (10.13%) Open Source
10 8 (10.13%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (10.13%) Resource Management
10 8 (10.13%) SIEM
10 8 (10.13%) Situational Awareness
10 8 (10.13%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.59%) Python
2 3 (3.80%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (3.80%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (17.72%) CISSP
1 14 (17.72%) Degree
2 13 (16.46%) CISM
3 8 (10.13%) GCIA
3 8 (10.13%) GCIH
3 8 (10.13%) GREM
4 4 (5.06%) CISA
4 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.53%) CCNA
5 2 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.27%) PhD
6 1 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (5.06%) NIST
1 4 (5.06%) SOC 2
2 2 (2.53%) ITGC
2 2 (2.53%) QA
3 1 (1.27%) GRC
3 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Hyper-V
1 2 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.13%) Dell
3 7 (8.86%) Splunk
4 4 (5.06%) Carbon Black
4 4 (5.06%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (5.06%) Qualys
4 4 (5.06%) Zscaler
5 2 (2.53%) VMware
6 1 (1.27%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.27%) Cisco
6 1 (1.27%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.27%) Juniper
6 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow