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 29 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 40 180
Rank change year-on-year -13 +140 -99
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 9 10 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.05% 2.36% 1.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.88% 7.87% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 30
10th Percentile £57,000 £35,750 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £77,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% +29.17% +3.96%
75th Percentile - £80,000 £79,688
90th Percentile - £97,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 153 127 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 17.92% 30.02% 14.52%
Number of salaries quoted 45 53 210
10th Percentile £25,375 £31,250 £26,175
25th Percentile £27,500 £39,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £63,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.51% +26.00% -9.79%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £86,500 £85,900 £77,500
Scotland median annual salary £34,000 £51,645 £50,000
% change year-on-year -34.17% +3.29% -9.09%

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 29 March 2026.

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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) IaaS
2 1 (11.11%) PaaS
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 2 (22.22%) Back Office
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support
2 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Site Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior .NET Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
1 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Acquisition
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Patch Management
2 2 (22.22%) Software Deployment
2 2 (22.22%) Ticket Management
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 1 (11.11%) RBAC
3 1 (11.11%) SOAR
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) CASB
1 1 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco