Entry Level Cyber Security Analyst – Digital Services

Salary and Employment Details

• Salary range
  : £31,514 - £34,066
• Salary on appointment
  : £31,514
• Contract
  :
  Permanent
• Location
  :
  Hybrid working from Holyrood, Edinburgh and from home
• Leave
  : 41.5 days (including public holidays)
• Working Pattern
  :
  This is a full-time post, 35-hour working week. We’re committed to supporting staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance and are happy to talk about flexible working. This is a hybrid role, working from Holyrood and from home.
• Pension
  :
  Although not a civil service employer, we offer civil service pension arrangements with an employer contribution of 28.97% of basic annual salary
• Clearance Required
  : CTC security clearance will be processed at job offer stage

Closing Date: 12 noon on Wednesday 17 June 2026

This is an excellent opportunity to join Digital Services as an Entry Level Analyst focusing on Cyber Security.

As an Entry Level Analyst you will provide first line support for incidents, monitor security alerts, investigate incidents, and remediate, ensuring security best practice, and support colleagues across Digital Services and the wider organisation to ensure a secure and resilient environment.

The successful candidate will be experienced in providing effective technical advice to customers. Though demonstrable experience is more important than formal qualifications, you will have a thorough understanding of IT infrastructure in general and cyber security in particular.

You will be responsible for the prioritisation and progress of day to day tasks within the Cyber team, investigating incidents, analysing, tracking, and documenting. You will be familiar with the associated terminology, tools and techniques. You will be required to communicate well verbally and in writing, and an ability to respond calmly and efficiently under pressure will be required and you may have to respond quickly to urgent events and without complete information to hand.

The nature of the role is such that you may need, from time to time, to carry out confidential investigations. You will need to be able to demonstrate a record of reliability, honesty, discretion and personal integrity.

You will have a solid understanding of the legislative and regulatory environment relating to information management and governance (for example data protection legislation).

The successful candidate will provide feedback to colleagues working on the IT Helpdesk to help them to improve their performance and the service that they provide, sharing information and assisting others with calls.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a Minority Ethnic background and candidates with a disability. All appointments will be made on merit. We have a values-based culture of respect and inclusion embedded in our organisation, and everyone has the ability to make a difference.

We offer a great range of benefits including 41.5 leave days (including public holidays), flexible working, paid professional subscriptions, family-friendly policies, Season Ticket advance loans, an onsite gym facility, Health and Wellbeing Schemes including discounted gym membership, a confidential counselling and information service, and the Cycle to Work Scheme.

You’ll also have the opportunity to join the Alpha Civil Service pension scheme, where we’ll offer you an employer contribution of 28.97% of your basic salary.

All new starts will be appointed to the first scale point of the grade for their role. For information on progression through the scale points, see our Pay and Reward Policy Statement.