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 citing SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	38	79	57
Rank change year-on-year	+41	-22	-8
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared	46	8	21
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow	2.80%	0.94%	2.19%
As % of the Qualifications category	25.27%	4.10%	9.59%
Number of salaries quoted	17	7	10
10^th Percentile	£46,200	£77,500	£35,531
25^th Percentile	£59,999	-	£40,063
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£67,874	£90,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-24.58%	+50.00%	+14.29%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£95,000	£80,000
90^th Percentile	-	£100,000	£93,425
Scotland median annual salary	£70,000	£73,801	£59,430
% change year-on-year	-5.15%	+24.18%	+8.05%

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 citing academic qualifications or professional certifications in Glasgow.

	6 months to 14 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing academic qualifications or professional certifications	182	195	219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow	11.06%	22.91%	22.81%
Number of salaries quoted	88	70	96
10^th Percentile	£26,615	£28,250	£35,875
25^th Percentile	£32,750	£29,000	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,500	£36,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+40.28%	-34.55%	+10.00%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£62,188	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£70,000	£85,000	£90,000
Scotland median annual salary	£54,000	£33,500	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+61.19%	-36.19%	-

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 Salary Trend in Glasgow

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 14 November 2026.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Glasgow

SC Cleared Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 Glasgow region citing SC Cleared.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	46
2	Test Automation	32.6%	15
3	Thales	30.4%	14
3	Validation	30.4%	14
5	Software Engineering	28.3%	13
6	Mentoring	23.9%	11
6	Problem-Solving	23.9%	11
8	Agile	21.7%	10
8	Verification and Validation	21.7%	10
10	Data Quality	19.6%	9
11	Continuous Improvement	17.4%	8
12	Accessibility	15.2%	7
12	AI	15.2%	7
12	Coaching	15.2%	7
12	Systems Engineering	15.2%	7
16	Analytics	13.0%	6
16	Community of Practice	13.0%	6
16	Infrastructure Engineering	13.0%	6
19	BPSS Clearance	10.9%	5
19	C++	10.9%	5
19	CI/CD	10.9%	5
19	Clean Code	10.9%	5
19	Coverity	10.9%	5
19	Data Science	10.9%	5
19	Degree	10.9%	5
19	Feature Engineering	10.9%	5
19	Git	10.9%	5
19	Machine Learning	10.9%	5
19	Mathematics	10.9%	5
19	MLOps	10.9%	5

SC Cleared Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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	Security Cleared	100.0%	46
2	BPSS Clearance	10.9%	5
2	Degree	10.9%	5
4	CISM	4.3%	2
4	CISMP	4.3%	2
4	CISSP	4.3%	2
4	ISEB	4.3%	2
4	ISO 27001 Lead Implementer	4.3%	2