Government Security Classifications Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland 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 108 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.12% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £550 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -26.06%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 330 293 415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 20.54% 17.73% 17.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 204 262
10th Percentile £207 £191 £208
25th Percentile £338 £334 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.26%
75th Percentile £558 £505 £525
90th Percentile £655 £617 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 15
10th Percentile £13.14 £21.88 £15.23
25th Percentile £17.23 £25.52 £15.71
Median hourly rate £50.00 £27.35 £21.64
Median % change year-on-year +82.82% +26.39% -4.61%
75th Percentile £64.00 £59.60 £60.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.60 £61.20
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.03% +27.04% -33.33%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Government Security Classifications job vacancy trend in Scotland

Government Security Classifications
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Government Security Classifications within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 March 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow - 1 - -
South Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Government Security Classifications
UK

Government Security Classifications
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware