Security Cleared Contracts in Glasgow

Security Clearance
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 12 14
Rank change year-on-year -41 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 33 84 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 4.21% 11.04% 11.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.15% 49.12% 48.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 59 58
10th Percentile £290 £227 £385
25th Percentile £341 £423 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +10.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £548 £625 £597
90th Percentile £594 £750 £736
Scotland median daily rate £438 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -2.78% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £29.14 - -
25th Percentile £35.11 - -
Median hourly rate £45.08 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.90% - -
75th Percentile £55.04 - -
90th Percentile £61.02 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £24.91 £31.50 £32.09
% change year-on-year -20.94% -1.82% -40.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

Security Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Glasgow.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 156 171 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 19.92% 22.47% 23.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 108 139
10th Percentile £200 £226 £313
25th Percentile £313 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.14% +4.21% +3.26%
75th Percentile £532 £600 £575
90th Percentile £600 £725 £650
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £455
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.10% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 0
10th Percentile £16.31 - -
25th Percentile £16.84 - -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £40.94 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.39% - -
75th Percentile £19.83 £69.38 -
90th Percentile £37.11 £75.00 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £21.67
% change year-on-year +2.56% -10.01% -56.99%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Glasgow.

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Glasgow.

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Glasgow

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (12.12%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.06%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (6.06%) OCI
3 1 (3.03%) GitHub
3 1 (3.03%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Data Mining
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (3.03%) PVCS
2 1 (3.03%) Subversion
2 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 8 (24.24%) Finance
3 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Banking
4 2 (6.06%) Military
5 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Legal
5 1 (3.03%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Service Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Consultant
4 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.06%) Developer
4 2 (6.06%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (6.06%) Planning Manager
4 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) ETL Developer
5 1 (3.03%) FPGA Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle ETL Developer
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle HRMS Consultant
5 1 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow Developer
5 1 (3.03%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.03%) CSS
2 1 (3.03%) EntireX
2 1 (3.03%) HTML
2 1 (3.03%) HTML5
2 1 (3.03%) Java EE
2 1 (3.03%) jQuery
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.03%) SOAP
2 1 (3.03%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.03%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (3.03%) Driving Licence
1 1 (3.03%) FPGA
1 1 (3.03%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (27.27%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Windows 10
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (9.09%) Linux
5 1 (3.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.12%) Agile
1 4 (12.12%) Coaching
1 4 (12.12%) ITIL
1 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (12.12%) Risk Management
2 3 (9.09%) Project Management
2 3 (9.09%) Workflow
3 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (6.06%) Data Analysis
3 2 (6.06%) DevOps
3 2 (6.06%) ERP
3 2 (6.06%) Incident Response
3 2 (6.06%) Project Delivery
3 2 (6.06%) Scrum
3 2 (6.06%) SIEM
3 2 (6.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (6.06%) Workflow Management
4 1 (3.03%) Business Strategy
4 1 (3.03%) Containerisation
4 1 (3.03%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) ProC
2 1 (3.03%) Bash
2 1 (3.03%) C
2 1 (3.03%) C++
2 1 (3.03%) Java
2 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (69.70%) SC Cleared
2 4 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.06%) CIPD
3 2 (6.06%) CISSP
3 2 (6.06%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (6.06%) Degree
3 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) GCIA
3 2 (6.06%) GCIH
4 1 (3.03%) ACCA
4 1 (3.03%) CASP
4 1 (3.03%) CIMA
4 1 (3.03%) HND
4 1 (3.03%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
2 1 (3.03%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Ansible
1 2 (6.06%) Terraform
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) PowerCLI
2 1 (3.03%) vRealize
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.09%) Oracle
3 2 (6.06%) ArcSight
3 2 (6.06%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.03%) Snow
4 1 (3.03%) Software AG
4 1 (3.03%) VMware
4 1 (3.03%) webMethods
4 1 (3.03%) Workday