BPSS Clearance Contracts in Wales

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 44 52
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +12
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 5 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.50% 1.35% 1.08%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.91% 5.00% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £625 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -
75th Percentile £588 £675 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 £20.24 -
Median % change year-on-year +122.39% - -
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £16.06 £44.33
% change year-on-year +173.97% -63.77% +7.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 128 120 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 38.44% 27.03% 45.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 75 192
10th Percentile £230 £140 £188
25th Percentile £285 £285 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £488 £603 £625
90th Percentile £645 £664 £650
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 26 16
10th Percentile £18.63 £13.12 -
25th Percentile £23.54 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.27 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% +39.31% -28.86%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £20.10
90th Percentile £33.98 £86.90 £49.38
UK median hourly rate £27.65 £40.94 £55.50
% change year-on-year -32.47% -26.23% +24.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
South Wales +6 3 - - 2
West Wales - 1 £575 -
North Wales - 1 - - 3
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Research Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Blog
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (40.00%) Cyberattack
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Demand Management
3 1 (20.00%) Facilities Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Master's Degree
1 3 (60.00%) PhD
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco