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 11 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 26 135
Rank change year-on-year -23 +109 -79
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 14 22 95
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.42% 5.31% 2.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.33% 16.54% 18.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 71
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,225 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,750 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +9.91% -3.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,063 £65,175
90th Percentile £90,000 £99,825 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +15.74% +2.86%

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 168 133 521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 16.99% 32.13% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 38 46 202
10th Percentile £25,375 £31,000 £29,399
25th Percentile £25,844 £39,938 £39,417
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £62,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +24.50% -9.44%
75th Percentile £58,750 £77,688 £62,847
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,750 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £46,000 £51,780 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.16% +3.56% -5.66%

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 11 May 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 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) IaaS
2 1 (7.14%) PaaS
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Back Office
3 2 (14.29%) Electronics
3 2 (14.29%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Marketing
3 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Police
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
1 4 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support
2 2 (14.29%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Field Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Field Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) IT Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) IT Support
2 2 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Site Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (7.14%) DevOps Platform Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Java Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Java Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Driving Licence
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) PKI
3 1 (7.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (21.43%) Ticket Management
2 2 (14.29%) Analytics
2 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Acquisition
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) ITSM
2 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 2 (14.29%) Patch Management
2 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
2 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 2 (14.29%) Software Deployment
3 1 (7.14%) B2B
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
3 1 (7.14%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) A+ Certification
2 2 (14.29%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) CASB
1 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) Computacenter
3 1 (7.14%) Dell
3 1 (7.14%) HP