Security Cleared Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Clearance
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 26 54
Rank change year-on-year -54 +28 +18
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1 100 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.11% 6.71% 5.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.52% 32.47% 21.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 7
10th Percentile - - £40,750
25th Percentile £76,751 £55,400 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,764 £58,800 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.05% +2.26% +38.45%
75th Percentile £86,776 £79,600 £73,125
90th Percentile - £82,260 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £62,500 £56,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.62% +13.00% +19.19%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Edinburgh

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 194 308 501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 21.77% 20.67% 24.59%
Number of salaries quoted 77 156 223
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,000 £29,807
25th Percentile £25,313 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,249 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -25.31% +4.22% +25.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,934 £77,715
Scotland median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +15.71%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) QA