Security Cleared Jobs in Scotland

Security Clearance
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 83 36
Rank change year-on-year -39 -47 -2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 39 316 360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.32% 4.73% 7.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.98% 26.12% 25.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28 97 44
10th Percentile £29,375 £25,200 £32,575
25th Percentile £44,688 £31,250 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% +25.15%
75th Percentile £78,125 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £90,668 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £61,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.96% -4.17% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,309 1,210 1,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 44.34% 18.10% 30.02%
Number of salaries quoted 644 543 436
10th Percentile £37,574 £26,700 £28,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £34,287 £38,197
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +16.21%
75th Percentile £60,265 £63,750 £67,603
90th Percentile £63,000 £79,600 £77,715
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,563
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.34% +8.30%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Scotland

Security Cleared
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in Scotland.

Salary trend for Security Cleared in Scotland

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Cleared in Scotland

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Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
Glasgow +65 23 £62,500 +7.76% 58
Fife -7 3 - - 7
Renfrewshire - 3 £52,500 - 33
Aberdeen +24 2 - - 15
Argyll and Bute +2 2 £67,500 +146.35% 2
Lanarkshire -9 2 £59,500 - 10
Dunbartonshire +2 1 £52,500 - 3
Edinburgh -58 1 £81,764 +39.05% 49
West Lothian - 1 £62,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £31,000 -
Security Cleared
UK

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.26%) SAP Portal
2 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.56%) Apache
3 1 (2.56%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.56%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.56%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (5.13%) OCI
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) VPN
2 1 (2.56%) DHCP
2 1 (2.56%) DNS
2 1 (2.56%) Firewall
2 1 (2.56%) Intranet
2 1 (2.56%) Network Security
2 1 (2.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.56%) Metadata
1 1 (2.56%) MySQL
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle ODI
1 1 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.13%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.56%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) GitLab
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.38%) Finance
2 6 (15.38%) Law
3 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Marketing
4 3 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.69%) Military
5 2 (5.13%) Electronics
5 2 (5.13%) Legal
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (15.38%) Analyst
1 6 (15.38%) Architect
1 6 (15.38%) Consultant
2 5 (12.82%) Senior
3 3 (7.69%) Administrator
3 3 (7.69%) Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Security Architect
4 2 (5.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) IT Administrator
4 2 (5.13%) IT Graduate
4 2 (5.13%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (5.13%) Security Analyst
4 2 (5.13%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (5.13%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Software Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Team Leader
4 2 (5.13%) Test Development Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Test Engineer
4 2 (5.13%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.56%) OpenCV
1 1 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (2.56%) OpenVINO
1 1 (2.56%) RESTful
1 1 (2.56%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (5.13%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (5.13%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) IoT
3 1 (2.56%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (33.33%) Windows
2 9 (23.08%) Linux
3 6 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.69%) AIX
4 3 (7.69%) Solaris
5 2 (5.13%) Unix
5 2 (5.13%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.95%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (17.95%) Project Delivery
2 6 (15.38%) Computer Science
2 6 (15.38%) Customer Experience
2 6 (15.38%) Open Source
2 6 (15.38%) Project Management
2 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (12.82%) Agile
3 5 (12.82%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (12.82%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (12.82%) CRM
3 5 (12.82%) Service Delivery
3 5 (12.82%) SIEM
4 4 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (10.26%) Data Privacy
4 4 (10.26%) Decision-Making
4 4 (10.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 4 (10.26%) Kalman Filter
4 4 (10.26%) OSINT
4 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (7.69%) C++
2 3 (7.69%) SQL
3 2 (5.13%) C
3 2 (5.13%) C#
4 1 (2.56%) Bash
4 1 (2.56%) Java
4 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.56%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (64.10%) SC Cleared
2 11 (28.21%) DV Cleared
3 9 (23.08%) Degree
4 5 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
5 2 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.13%) CCA
5 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.56%) APMG
6 1 (2.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) NIST
1 2 (5.13%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.56%) GRC
2 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.56%) NCSC
2 1 (2.56%) NIST 800
2 1 (2.56%) P3O
2 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.13%) vSphere
4 1 (2.56%) Docker
4 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.82%) SAP
3 3 (7.69%) Oracle
3 3 (7.69%) VMware
4 2 (5.13%) ArcSight
4 2 (5.13%) Cisco
4 2 (5.13%) Juniper
4 2 (5.13%) McAfee
4 2 (5.13%) Mentor Graphics
4 2 (5.13%) NetApp
4 2 (5.13%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.13%) Splunk
5 1 (2.56%) Databricks
5 1 (2.56%) Dynatrace
5 1 (2.56%) Workday