Government Security Classifications Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.14% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Glasgow

Government Security Classifications falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 135 114 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 19.31% 13.87% 12.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 84 84
10th Percentile £306 £225 £212
25th Percentile £358 £364 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £450 £436
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +3.21% -3.11%
75th Percentile £560 £504 £500
90th Percentile £621 £596 £562
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £31.05 -
25th Percentile - £39.74 -
Median hourly rate £13.93 £54.85 £15.42
Median % change year-on-year -74.60% +255.71% -
75th Percentile - £69.34 £15.71
90th Percentile - £77.66 £15.88
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £27.35 £21.64
% change year-on-year +82.82% +26.39% -4.61%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Government Security Classifications relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Government Security Classifications job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Government Security Classifications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware