BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Renfrewshire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Scotland > Renfrewshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Renfrewshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 10 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 6 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Renfrewshire 6.82% 2.56% -
As % of the Qualifications category 23.08% 10.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £49,690 - -
25th Percentile £50,075 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,717 £44,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.26% - -
75th Percentile £51,358 - -
90th Percentile £51,743 - -
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £44,000 £25,250
% change year-on-year +47.73% +74.26% -36.48%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Renfrewshire

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 Renfrewshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 26 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Renfrewshire 29.55% 25.64% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,100 -
25th Percentile £45,342 £44,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - -
75th Percentile £56,875 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £68,500 £64,250 -
Scotland median annual salary £33,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -39.09% +10.00% -9.09%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Renfrewshire

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Renfrewshire

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Renfrewshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Renfrewshire citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Renfrewshire citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in Renfrewshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Renfrewshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Lochwinnoch - 3 £52,000 -
Erskine - 2 - -
BPSS Clearance
Scotland

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Renfrewshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 1 (16.67%) Windchill
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Control Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Monitoring Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 2 (33.33%) Data Acquisition
1 2 (33.33%) Matrix Management
1 2 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) CAD
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) PDM
2 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) HNC
1 2 (33.33%) HND
2 1 (16.67%) Chartered Engineer