BPSS Clearance Contracts in Cardiff

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 37 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.50% 0.39% 0.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.59% 1.79% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.59 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £20.24 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cardiff

BPSS Clearance falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cardiff.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 63 56 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 31.50% 21.62% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 42 45
10th Percentile £233 £123 £174
25th Percentile £305 £162 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £445 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.71% -15.24% +1.45%
75th Percentile £486 £569 £625
90th Percentile £650 £634 £653
South Wales median daily rate £413 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +3.13% -27.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Median hourly rate £13.08 £16.62 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% - -
South Wales median hourly rate £13.08 £25.36 £18.14
% change year-on-year -48.42% +39.80% -23.62%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Cardiff

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Cardiff

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Software Team Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft