SC Cleared Job Trends in Glasgow

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 134 50
Rank change year-on-year +70 -84 +19
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 14 26 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.91% 1.31% 3.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.49% 8.70% 16.38%
Number of salaries quoted 13 11 11
10th Percentile £42,350 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £43,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £60,000 £67,003
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -10.45% +39.59%
75th Percentile £99,750 - £69,649
90th Percentile £100,000 - £83,750
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £58,800 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.54% +6.91% +14.58%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 187 299 177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 25.48% 15.07% 21.74%
Number of salaries quoted 62 104 106
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,000 £34,188
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% - +14.82%
75th Percentile £64,375 £72,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £70,000
Scotland median annual salary £44,000 £50,309 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.54% +0.62% +4.39%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Glasgow

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Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SC Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Glasgow over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SC 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
1 6 (42.86%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (35.71%) Law
2 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Consultant
1 6 (42.86%) Senior
2 5 (35.71%) Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Data Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Data Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Power Platform Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Data Architect
4 2 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) AWS Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) Senior ServiceNow Consultant
5 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (7.14%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Agile
1 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
2 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
2 3 (21.43%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) CRM
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Analysis
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
3 2 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 2 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (14.29%) SIEM
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Governance
4 1 (7.14%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (7.14%) Security Operations
4 1 (7.14%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.14%) APMG
4 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) P3O
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) ArcSight
2 1 (7.14%) Pega
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow