Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South West > Cornwall
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cornwall with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 4 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cornwall | - | 19.23% | - |
| As % of the Qualifications category | - | 45.45% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £150 | - |
| South West median daily rate | £450 | £525 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.29% | -6.67% | +12.50% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cornwall
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 Cornwall.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cornwall | 14.29% | 42.31% | 17.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £178 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £190 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £150 | £210 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +233.33% | -28.57% | +61.54% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £164 | £230 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £325 | £242 |
| South West median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £67.02 | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £70.00 | £64.57 |
| % change year-on-year | -64.07% | +8.41% | +7.62% |
BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall
Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cornwall.
BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cornwall
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Cornwall.