Security Cleared Job Trends in Glasgow

Security Clearance
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Glasgow with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 58 136
Rank change year-on-year +2 +78 -88
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 13 26 83
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.23% 3.73% 2.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.39% 14.36% 18.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4 21 52
10th Percentile £66,000 £26,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £75,000 £43,750 £53,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +8.33% +6.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile - £100,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - +12.07% +16.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 176 181 454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 16.59% 25.97% 13.63%
Number of salaries quoted 47 56 191
10th Percentile £25,375 £27,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £28,125 £31,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -19.09% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £68,000
90th Percentile £88,500 £90,000 £84,750
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Glasgow

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Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Security Cleared

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Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Glasgow over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Glasgow

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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 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) GitHub
2 1 (7.69%) Google Play
2 1 (7.69%) IaaS
2 1 (7.69%) PaaS
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
2 1 (7.69%) Cucumber
2 1 (7.69%) IntelliJ
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) JUnit
2 1 (7.69%) Maven
2 1 (7.69%) Mockito
2 1 (7.69%) SonarQube
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Back Office
2 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Aviation
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support
2 2 (15.38%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Site Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Software Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.69%) .NET Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Android Developer
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Java Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Java Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) RESTful
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) Android SDK
2 1 (7.69%) CSS
2 1 (7.69%) CSS3
2 1 (7.69%) HTML
2 1 (7.69%) HTML5
2 1 (7.69%) React
2 1 (7.69%) Spring
2 1 (7.69%) Spring Batch
2 1 (7.69%) Spring Boot
2 1 (7.69%) Spring Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.69%) PKI
1 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Clean Code
2 3 (23.08%) Customer Experience
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Ticket Management
3 2 (15.38%) Analytics
3 2 (15.38%) Code Quality
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Acquisition
3 2 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 2 (15.38%) DevOps
3 2 (15.38%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (15.38%) ITIL
3 2 (15.38%) Patch Management
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (15.38%) SDLC
3 2 (15.38%) Software Deployment
3 2 (15.38%) User Experience
4 1 (7.69%) Android Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.69%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) SC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) QA
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.69%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) CASB
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Computacenter
3 1 (7.69%) Dell
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) HP