BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Exeter

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Exeter with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 1.38% - 2.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.00% - 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £29,218
25th Percentile £25,375 - £31,795
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,150 - £36,436
75th Percentile £26,925 - £59,728
90th Percentile - - £73,495
Devon median annual salary £26,150 - £49,468
% change year-on-year - - -23.90%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 60 70 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 27.52% 31.96% 56.60%
Number of salaries quoted 25 47 44
10th Percentile £27,125 £27,598 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £34,404 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £43,491 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% +2.33% +11.03%
75th Percentile £48,750 £45,312 £47,684
90th Percentile £55,750 £67,000 £58,537
Devon median annual salary £38,000 £43,491 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.63% +2.33% +10.71%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BPSS Clearance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Exeter

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Legal
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Break Fix Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Field Hardware Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (100.00%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Dell