BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 58 67
Rank change year-on-year +17 +9 +56
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 17 19 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 2.60% 2.91% 4.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.23% 4.70% 7.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 32
10th Percentile £37,450 - -
25th Percentile £41,661 £58,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +80.56% -28.00%
75th Percentile - - £40,500
90th Percentile £91,250 - -
South West median annual salary £34,000 £62,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -45.16% +37.78% -14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 273 404 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 41.74% 61.77% 59.98%
Number of salaries quoted 172 171 321
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £29,440
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,395 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,500 £80,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in Gloucestershire

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Filton +12 10 £42,215 -27.22%
Gloucester +4 5 £80,000 +23.08% 1
Cheltenham - 2 £36,500 - 1
BPSS Clearance
South West

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
1 4 (23.53%) Azure Stack
1 4 (23.53%) Entra ID
2 3 (17.65%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) SD-WAN
1 1 (5.88%) VPN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
1 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Big Data
2 1 (5.88%) EDMS
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Git
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Aerospace
3 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
4 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Avionics
4 3 (17.65%) Electronics
4 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 3 (17.65%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) IT Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Business Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Test Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Graduate
3 1 (5.88%) Graduate Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Graduate Software Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Senior
3 1 (5.88%) Software Developer
3 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) .NET Framework
1 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (5.88%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (5.88%) Blazor
1 1 (5.88%) CSS
1 1 (5.88%) CSS3
1 1 (5.88%) Entity Framework
1 1 (5.88%) HTML
1 1 (5.88%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
1 4 (23.53%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
2 3 (17.65%) Algorithms
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (17.65%) PKI
3 1 (5.88%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 4 (23.53%) Rocky
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) AI
1 9 (52.94%) Innovative Thinking
2 7 (41.18%) Project Management
3 6 (35.29%) Analytics
3 6 (35.29%) Computer Science
3 6 (35.29%) Data Analytics
3 6 (35.29%) Data Science
4 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Containerisation
5 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Computer Vision
6 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (17.65%) Data Acquisition
6 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Machine Learning
6 3 (17.65%) Physics
6 3 (17.65%) Statistical Analysis
6 3 (17.65%) Statistics
6 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (17.65%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) C
1 3 (17.65%) Google Apps Script
1 3 (17.65%) MATLAB
1 3 (17.65%) Python
1 3 (17.65%) Tcl
2 1 (5.88%) C#
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (82.35%) Security Cleared
2 13 (76.47%) SC Cleared
3 9 (52.94%) Degree
4 4 (23.53%) Azure Certification
4 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
4 4 (23.53%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
1 4 (23.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Dell
2 3 (17.65%) Google
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) ConnectWise
3 1 (5.88%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Sophos