SC Cleared Job Trends in Aberdeenshire

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Scotland > Aberdeenshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Aberdeenshire citing SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	15	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeenshire	1.23%	-	-
As % of the Qualifications category	7.14%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	£70,000	£73,801	£58,800
% change year-on-year	-5.15%	+25.51%	+6.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Aberdeenshire

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

	6 months to 29 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	14	0	12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire	17.28%	-	31.58%
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	5
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£72,500	-	£27,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	-	£30,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-31.43%
75^th Percentile	£77,500	-	£32,500
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Scotland median annual salary	£52,500	£33,500	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+56.72%	-36.19%	-

SC Cleared Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeenshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SC Cleared relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire.

SC Cleared Job Locations in Aberdeenshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Aberdeenshire region over the 6 months to 29 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Westhill	-	1	-	-
SC Cleared Scotland

SC Cleared Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire

For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, job vacancies citing SC Cleared also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Aberdeenshire region citing SC Cleared.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Development	100.0%	1
1	Customer Requirements	100.0%	1
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	1
1	Degree	100.0%	1
1	Functional Safety	100.0%	1
1	IEC 61508	100.0%	1
1	Problem-Solving	100.0%	1
1	Product Roadmap	100.0%	1
1	Requirements Management	100.0%	1
1	Roadmaps	100.0%	1
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	1
1	Stakeholder Management	100.0%	1
1	Strategic Roadmap	100.0%	1
1	Systems Engineering	100.0%	1
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	1
1	Validation	100.0%	1
1	Verification and Validation	100.0%	1

SC Cleared Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Qualifications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	100.0%	1
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	1