Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 95 | 81 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -14 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | - | 0.43% | 0.89% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | - | 1.69% | 2.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £24,240 | £52,250 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £24,523 | £60,313 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £24,811 | £75,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -67.03% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £24,828 | £80,438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £24,840 | £83,775 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £28,000 | £40,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +78.77% | -30.00% | +9.59% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire
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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cheshire.
| Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 219 | 415 | 270 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 27.90% | 25.44% | 30.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 54 | 285 | 123 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £26,250 | £25,420 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,500 | £32,500 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £46,250 | £45,000 | £49,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.78% | -8.16% | +8.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £57,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £62,875 | £72,000 | £88,350 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -13.04% | +21.05% |
BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Cheshire.