BPSS Clearance Contracts in Gloucestershire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 53 59
Rank change year-on-year +19 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 7 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 2.55% 1.17% 0.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.86% 1.89% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £536
25th Percentile - £644 £571
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £663 £637
Median % change year-on-year - +4.08% +30.56%
75th Percentile - £681 £695
90th Percentile - - £727
South West median daily rate £288 £459 £600
% change year-on-year -37.32% -23.56% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £57.19 £16.11 -
25th Percentile £63.87 £16.45 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £17.01 -
Median % change year-on-year +340.92% - -
75th Percentile - £17.57 -
90th Percentile - £17.91 -
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £75.00 £61.25
% change year-on-year - +22.45% -5.75%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 144 264 338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 52.55% 61.54% 71.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 144 242
10th Percentile £250 £425 £400
25th Percentile £450 £513 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £661 £691 £675
90th Percentile £752 £759 £724
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 28
10th Percentile £53.87 £15.75 £49.25
25th Percentile £58.25 £15.86 £64.63
Median hourly rate £71.50 £24.25 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +194.85% -68.91% +41.82%
75th Percentile £75.00 £68.75 £83.31
90th Percentile - £68.88 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Gloucestershire

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Gloucestershire

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Gloucestershire

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Gloucestershire

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cheltenham +13 4 - - 5
Filton +3 1 - - 7
BPSS Clearance
South West

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Cucumber
1 4 (57.14%) Cypress.io
1 4 (57.14%) Jenkins
2 2 (28.57%) Rational Statemate
General
1 2 (28.57%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
1 4 (57.14%) Test Leader
2 3 (42.86%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Control Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Validation
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Integration
2 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Software Testing
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Application Security
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (28.57%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (28.57%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Twitter