Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
West Midlands > Shropshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 | 23 | 20 | 34 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | +14 | +54 |
| Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Shropshire | 6.92% | 6.72% | 16.37% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 16.98% | 10.00% | 32.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £248 | £291 | £419 |
| 25th Percentile | £315 | £448 | £420 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £428 | £500 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.50% | -7.06% | -10.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £536 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £538 | - | £545 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £410 | £500 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.00% | -1.96% | -10.99% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Shropshire
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 Shropshire.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 53 | 90 | 86 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire | 40.77% | 67.16% | 50.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 37 | 68 | 65 |
| 10th Percentile | £368 | £350 | £420 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £360 | £490 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £512 | £501 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.25% | -7.27% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £536 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £552 | £538 | £558 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £498 | £450 | £528 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.56% | -14.69% | +12.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £52.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £14.00 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -74.55% | +323.08% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £57.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £28.18 | £28.50 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.12% | +50.00% | +1.33% |
BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Shropshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Shropshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telford | -2 | 8 | £402 | -19.60% | 4 |
| BPSS Clearance West Midlands |
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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: