SC Cleared Job Trends in Inverness

Security Check (SC) Clearance
Highlands > Inverness

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Inverness with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 3 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Inverness 1.72% 16.67% -
As % of the Qualifications category 10.00% 28.57% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 - -
75th Percentile £37,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Highlands median annual salary £36,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Inverness

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 Inverness.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Inverness 17.24% 58.33% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,750 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £40,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -32.50% -
75th Percentile £37,000 £43,250 £62,000
90th Percentile - - -
Highlands median annual salary £33,500 £40,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -17.28% -32.50% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Inverness

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

SC Cleared job vacancy trend in Inverness

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Inverness

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Inverness 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NGN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Operations Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto