BPSS Clearance Contracts in Shropshire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
West Midlands > Shropshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 35 87
Rank change year-on-year +18 +52 -27
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 9 31 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire 7.03% 16.67% 1.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 10.71% 32.63% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 7
10th Percentile £291 £419 £559
25th Percentile £448 £420 £587
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% -10.33% +65.75%
75th Percentile £536 £540 £633
90th Percentile - £542 £670
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £574
% change year-on-year - -12.89% +61.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Shropshire

BPSS Clearance is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 84 95 215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 65.63% 51.08% 33.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 72 154
10th Percentile £358 £420 £384
25th Percentile £394 £490 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £536 - £550
90th Percentile £538 £562 £635
West Midlands median daily rate £450 £525 £464
% change year-on-year -14.29% +13.21% +14.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £11.50
25th Percentile - £52.50 £11.88
Median hourly rate £14.00 £55.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.55% +323.08% -
75th Percentile - £57.50 £14.38
90th Percentile - - £14.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.50 £19.00 £17.28
% change year-on-year +50.00% +9.95% +9.23%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Shropshire

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Shropshire

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Shropshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Shropshire

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Telford +18 9 £500 -7.06% 1
BPSS Clearance
West Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Shropshire 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 1 (11.11%) CICS
1 1 (11.11%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) VPN
1 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) DB2
1 1 (11.11%) IDMS
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (11.11%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Ant
2 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IBM Mainframe Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Desktop Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Mainframe Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Unix
2 1 (11.11%) Mac OS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
2 1 (11.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Scrum
2 5 (55.56%) Software Testing
2 5 (55.56%) System Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Bash
1 5 (55.56%) Bourne shell
1 5 (55.56%) Korn
1 5 (55.56%) PL/SQL
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) CLIST
2 1 (11.11%) COBOL
2 1 (11.11%) REXX
2 1 (11.11%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Apple
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Denodo
3 1 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (11.11%) Syncsort