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 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 55 66
Rank change year-on-year +20 +11 -19
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 6 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.46% 1.20% 0.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.19% 2.81% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 9
10th Percentile £522 £407 £130
25th Percentile £561 £432 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year +36.13% -4.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £527 £615
90th Percentile - £554 £626
UK median daily rate £500 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -8.26% +3.81% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.12 - -
Median hourly rate £20.24 - -
75th Percentile £20.35 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.06 £31.68 £45.00
% change year-on-year -49.30% -29.61% +73.21%

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 97 249 331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 23.66% 42.71% 35.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 192 242
10th Percentile £136 £185 £293
25th Percentile £220 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% -4.55% +21.68%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £601
90th Percentile £689 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 11
10th Percentile £11.02 - £19.91
25th Percentile £16.65 £16.98 £20.75
Median hourly rate £22.83 £18.14 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -60.78% +138.89%
75th Percentile £82.19 £20.10 £47.14
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +34.85%

BPSS Clearance
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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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Wales over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram 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 16 June 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
South Wales +18 6 £650 +36.13% 2
BPSS Clearance
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:

Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Data Scientist
2 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Business Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (50.00%) Data Science
1 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (50.00%) Open Source
1 3 (50.00%) Physics
1 3 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (33.33%) PLM
2 2 (33.33%) Statistical Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Time Series Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Service Design
3 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 3 (50.00%) PhD
3 1 (16.67%) DBS Check