SC Cleared Jobs in Scotland

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 68 57
Rank change year-on-year -33 -11 +47
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 239 192 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.56% 4.15% 5.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.61% 14.06% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 38 38 65
10th Percentile £46,669 £36,075 £19,313
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,072 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +22.40% +16.06%
75th Percentile £79,388 £72,575 -
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,875 £65,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,063 £57,267
% change year-on-year -4.27% +4.88% +4.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

SC Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,219 1,366 1,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.17% 29.55% 26.42%
Number of salaries quoted 550 426 500
10th Percentile £26,700 £28,625 £25,450
25th Percentile £34,000 £38,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £45,607
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +16.21% +1.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,603 £60,500
90th Percentile £79,600 £77,715 £81,375
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.86% +7.73% -

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SC Cleared in Scotland

SC Cleared
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for SC Cleared in Scotland

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing SC Cleared in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SC Cleared in Scotland

SC Cleared
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 -71 127 £60,000 -3.23% 17
Edinburgh +59 95 £58,800 -5.16% 34
Scottish Borders +1 5 - -
Argyll and Bute -7 4 £44,000 -32.31% 5
South Lanarkshire - 3 - -
Lanarkshire -8 1 - - 7
Fife -9 1 - - 1
Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
SC Cleared
UK

SC 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 60 (25.10%) ArcGIS
1 60 (25.10%) GeoServer
2 8 (3.35%) Confluence
2 8 (3.35%) WebLogic
3 6 (2.51%) IIS
4 2 (0.84%) JBoss
4 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (3.35%) Sketch
2 4 (1.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (3.35%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 6 (2.51%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.42%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 86 (35.98%) Azure
2 73 (30.54%) AWS
3 12 (5.02%) Miro
4 8 (3.35%) Amazon EKS
4 8 (3.35%) Amazon SQS
4 8 (3.35%) Figma
4 8 (3.35%) Heroku
5 5 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.26%) dbt
6 3 (1.26%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.26%) Serverless
7 2 (0.84%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.84%) OCI
8 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.60%) BGP
2 8 (3.35%) DNS
2 8 (3.35%) SSL
2 8 (3.35%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.51%) Firewall
3 6 (2.51%) WAN
4 3 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (1.26%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (1.26%) HSRP
4 3 (1.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.26%) MPLS
4 3 (1.26%) OSPF
4 3 (1.26%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (1.26%) VLAN
4 3 (1.26%) VRRP
5 2 (0.84%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (25.52%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (25.10%) GIS
2 60 (25.10%) QGIS
3 10 (4.18%) RDBMS
3 10 (4.18%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (3.35%) Oracle Database
5 6 (2.51%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.09%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.84%) MySQL
8 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.42%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.42%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (7.53%) JIRA
2 6 (2.51%) Git
3 2 (0.84%) IntelliJ
3 2 (0.84%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.42%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.42%) JUnit
4 1 (0.42%) Mockito
4 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 62 (25.94%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.37%) Public Sector
3 16 (6.69%) Finance
4 12 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (2.93%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.51%) Police
7 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (0.84%) Games
7 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.42%) Law
8 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 99 (41.42%) Senior
2 69 (28.87%) Software Engineer
3 44 (18.41%) Senior Software Engineer
4 42 (17.57%) Architect
5 24 (10.04%) Lead
6 23 (9.62%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (7.11%) Analyst
7 17 (7.11%) Developer
8 15 (6.28%) Designer
8 15 (6.28%) Presales Solution Architect
9 14 (5.86%) Systems Engineer
10 13 (5.44%) Business Analyst
11 12 (5.02%) Senior Developer
12 11 (4.60%) Product Manager
13 10 (4.18%) UI Designer
13 10 (4.18%) UI/UX Designer
13 10 (4.18%) UX Designer
14 9 (3.77%) Project Manager
15 8 (3.35%) Senior Manager
15 8 (3.35%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (27.20%) React
2 60 (25.10%) Leaflet
2 60 (25.10%) OpenLayers
2 60 (25.10%) PostGIS
3 57 (23.85%) .NET
4 52 (21.76%) .NET Core
4 52 (21.76%) CSS
5 17 (7.11%) AngularJS
6 15 (6.28%) Node.js
7 12 (5.02%) Spring
8 10 (4.18%) Django
8 10 (4.18%) HTML
9 9 (3.77%) Hibernate
9 9 (3.77%) Spring Boot
10 8 (3.35%) Express.js
10 8 (3.35%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (3.35%) REST
11 7 (2.93%) RESTful
12 6 (2.51%) WebRTC
13 4 (1.67%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.18%) Virtual Team
2 8 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (3.35%) Public Cloud
3 6 (2.51%) Clustering
3 6 (2.51%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.09%) Operational Technology
5 3 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.26%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.26%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.84%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.42%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.53%) Linux
2 8 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (3.35%) Ubuntu
3 6 (2.51%) Windows
4 4 (1.67%) Unix
5 2 (0.84%) VMS
5 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (76.99%) Actionable Insight
2 136 (56.90%) Agile
3 86 (35.98%) DevOps
4 74 (30.96%) Software Engineering
5 60 (25.10%) Web Development
6 55 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (12.97%) Workshop Facilitation
8 30 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (11.72%) User Research
10 25 (10.46%) Project Management
10 25 (10.46%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 24 (10.04%) Business Case
12 23 (9.62%) Presales
12 23 (9.62%) Prototyping
13 20 (8.37%) Customer Experience
14 19 (7.95%) Scrum
15 18 (7.53%) Digital Customer Experience
15 18 (7.53%) Risk Management
15 18 (7.53%) User Experience
16 17 (7.11%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 70 (29.29%) Python
2 61 (25.52%) JavaScript
3 40 (16.74%) C#
4 14 (5.86%) SQL
5 12 (5.02%) Java
6 2 (0.84%) Ruby
7 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 239 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.88%) Degree
3 8 (3.35%) AWS Certification
3 8 (3.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 8 (3.35%) Azure Certification
3 8 (3.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 4 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.26%) CCIE
5 3 (1.26%) CCNP
5 3 (1.26%) HNC
6 2 (0.84%) MCSE
6 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.42%) CCNA
7 1 (0.42%) CISSP
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.42%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.42%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.21%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.18%) WCAG
3 6 (2.51%) COBIT
4 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (1.26%) QA
5 2 (0.84%) NIST
5 2 (0.84%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (2.51%) VMware NSX
2 3 (1.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.51%) OpenView
2 2 (0.84%) SCCM
2 2 (0.84%) WSUS
3 1 (0.42%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 60 (25.10%) ESRI
2 14 (5.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.86%) Oracle
3 10 (4.18%) VMware
4 8 (3.35%) Sparx
5 6 (2.51%) BMC
5 6 (2.51%) HP
5 6 (2.51%) Remedy
5 6 (2.51%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.67%) Cisco
7 2 (0.84%) Apple
7 2 (0.84%) Cadence
8 1 (0.42%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.42%) Concur
8 1 (0.42%) IFS
8 1 (0.42%) Juniper
8 1 (0.42%) NEC
8 1 (0.42%) Palo Alto