Security Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Security Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Security Engineer salary in Scotland is £59,763 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 183 187
Rank change year-on-year -72 +4 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer 21 26 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% 0.60% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.67% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 20 21 51
10th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,763 £69,447 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.94% +44.68% +3.78%
75th Percentile £72,188 £77,715 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £69,447 £65,000
% change year-on-year -13.60% +6.84% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 6,642 3,891 5,823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.51% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,795 2,122 3,059
10th Percentile £27,710 £30,500 £29,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £68,138
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Engineer in Scotland

Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Engineer in Scotland

Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Engineer in Scotland

Security Engineer
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 Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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 -104 15 £60,000 +37.14% 10
Edinburgh +20 3 £59,526 -14.29% 2
Dundee - 1 £38,000 -
Stirling - 1 £46,000 -
Security Engineer
UK

Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Security Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (38.10%) Azure
3 8 (38.10%) Risk Management
4 7 (33.33%) Finance
4 7 (33.33%) Use Case
4 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 6 (28.57%) DevSecOps
5 6 (28.57%) DevOps
5 6 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (28.57%) Information Security
5 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (23.81%) Analytics
6 5 (23.81%) SIEM
6 5 (23.81%) Security Operations
6 5 (23.81%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 5 (23.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (23.81%) SOC 2
6 5 (23.81%) Application Security
6 5 (23.81%) SOAR
6 5 (23.81%) Incident Response
6 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
7 4 (19.05%) Operational Technology
7 4 (19.05%) NIST
7 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared

Security Engineer Skill Set
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 8 (38.10%) Azure
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (9.52%) GCP
3 2 (9.52%) GitHub
3 2 (9.52%) PaaS
4 1 (4.76%) AWS
4 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (4.76%) LAN
3 1 (4.76%) SD-WAN
3 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.76%) WAN
3 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (33.33%) Finance
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 4 (19.05%) Operational Technology
3 3 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
4 2 (9.52%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.76%) CCTV
5 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
5 1 (4.76%) SCADA
5 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (38.10%) Risk Management
4 7 (33.33%) Use Case
5 6 (28.57%) DevOps
5 6 (28.57%) DevSecOps
5 6 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
5 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 6 (28.57%) Information Security
5 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (23.81%) Analytics
6 5 (23.81%) Application Security
6 5 (23.81%) Cloud Security
6 5 (23.81%) Incident Response
6 5 (23.81%) Malware Detection/Protection
6 5 (23.81%) Security Operations
6 5 (23.81%) SIEM
6 5 (23.81%) SOAR
7 3 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (23.81%) SOC 2
3 4 (19.05%) NIST
4 3 (14.29%) NCSC
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
1 2 (9.52%) Terraform
2 1 (4.76%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
2 2 (9.52%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) Aruba
3 1 (4.76%) Citrix
3 1 (4.76%) Juniper
3 1 (4.76%) Qualys