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 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 73 50
Rank change year-on-year -4 -23 +25
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 10 18 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.27% 1.65% 3.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.81% 8.07% 16.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 8
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,123 £34,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £36,000 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -13.04% +19.79%
75th Percentile - £61,250 £71,563
90th Percentile £100,000 £78,550 £90,500
Scotland median annual salary £73,801 £58,800 £55,000
% change year-on-year +25.51% +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 208 223 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 26.43% 20.40% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 72 92 105
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,000 £32,850
25th Percentile £29,188 £40,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60,313 £77,500 £60,800
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £67,000
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.19% - +9.38%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Glasgow

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

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

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Glasgow

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
General
1 2 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Data Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Data Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Data Architect
3 2 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) AWS Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Management Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Pega Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Power Platform Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Agile
1 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (20.00%) SIEM
1 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (10.00%) Coaching
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Innovation
2 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (10.00%) OSINT
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (10.00%) Robotic Process Automation
2 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (10.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (10.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) APMG
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) P3O
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) ArcSight
2 1 (10.00%) Pega