CTC Cleared Job Trends in the Highlands

Counter-Terrorist Check (CTC) Clearance
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Highlands with a requirement for CTC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CTC Cleared 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands 1.23% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.57% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary - - £52,500

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Highlands

CTC 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 the Highlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 28 13 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 34.57% 30.23% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £40,500 -
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £52,343 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.00% -0.30% +8.01%

CTC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

CTC Cleared job vacancy trend in the Highlands

CTC Cleared
Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CTC Cleared within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 6 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Alness - 1 - - 1
CTC Cleared
Scotland

CTC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Acquisition
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco