BPSS Clearance Jobs in South Wales

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 8 98 103
Rank change year-on-year +90 +5 -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 147 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 15.69% 0.57% 0.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 59.27% 2.52% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 125 5 0
10th Percentile £60,000 - -
25th Percentile £62,000 £37,101 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £41,067 -
Median % change year-on-year +70.45% - -
75th Percentile £70,600 £45,034 -
90th Percentile £75,000 - -
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £41,067 £47,164
% change year-on-year +58.28% -12.93% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 248 357 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 26.47% 22.78% 38.68%
Number of salaries quoted 187 129 149
10th Percentile £47,000 £28,500 £26,391
25th Percentile £57,500 £37,101 £32,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £46,604 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.47% +3.56% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £61,250 £61,627
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,120 £69,000
Wales median annual salary £62,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +37.78% +5.88% -5.56%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in South Wales

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in South Wales.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in South Wales

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in South Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in South Wales

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Newport - 143 £70,000 - 22
Monmouthshire - 3 £65,000 - 4
Bridgend - 1 - -
BPSS Clearance
Wales

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.04%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (6.80%) Mathcad
1 10 (6.80%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.04%) Azure
1 3 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (2.04%) GitHub
1 3 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (2.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 68 (46.26%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.08%) JIRA
3 3 (2.04%) Git
3 3 (2.04%) SonarQube
General
1 72 (48.98%) Electronics
2 16 (10.88%) Social Skills
3 5 (3.40%) Manufacturing
4 3 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (2.04%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.68%) Finance
Job Titles
1 57 (38.78%) Systems Engineer
2 43 (29.25%) Principal Engineer
3 42 (28.57%) Senior
4 33 (22.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 24 (16.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 17 (11.56%) Architect
7 11 (7.48%) Lead
7 11 (7.48%) Test Engineer
8 10 (6.80%) Mathematical Modeller
8 10 (6.80%) Principal Software Engineer
8 10 (6.80%) Software Engineer
9 9 (6.12%) Software Architect
10 8 (5.44%) Engineering Manager
10 8 (5.44%) Systems Architect
11 7 (4.76%) Senior Software Test Engineer
11 7 (4.76%) Senior Test Engineer
11 7 (4.76%) Software Test Engineer
12 5 (3.40%) Project Manager
12 5 (3.40%) Radar Engineer
13 4 (2.72%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.12%) Middleware
2 3 (2.04%) Django
2 3 (2.04%) FastAPI
2 3 (2.04%) Flask
2 3 (2.04%) GraphQL
2 3 (2.04%) Keycloak
2 3 (2.04%) OAuth
2 3 (2.04%) pytest
2 3 (2.04%) RESTful
2 3 (2.04%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (2.04%) WebSockets
3 2 (1.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (45.58%) Algorithms
2 8 (5.44%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.36%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (61.22%) Systems Engineering
2 74 (50.34%) Signal Processing
3 70 (47.62%) Technical Leadership
4 39 (26.53%) Mentoring
5 35 (23.81%) Configuration Management
6 33 (22.45%) Test Planning
7 31 (21.09%) Computer Science
8 29 (19.73%) Agile
8 29 (19.73%) Waterfall
9 28 (19.05%) UML
10 20 (13.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 17 (11.56%) Software Engineering
11 17 (11.56%) Validation
11 17 (11.56%) Verification and Validation
12 16 (10.88%) Customer Requirements
13 14 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (9.52%) SDLC
14 13 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (8.84%) Project Management
15 12 (8.16%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.56%) MATLAB
1 17 (11.56%) R
2 13 (8.84%) Python
3 9 (6.12%) Ada
4 6 (4.08%) Ada 95
5 3 (2.04%) SQL
6 2 (1.36%) C
Qualifications
1 57 (38.78%) Degree
2 38 (25.85%) Chartered Engineer
3 11 (7.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.72%) HNC
5 3 (2.04%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.04%) PhD
5 3 (2.04%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (58.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 22 (14.97%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 3 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.04%) Grafana
1 3 (2.04%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.04%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 68 (46.26%) IBM
2 10 (6.80%) MathWorks
3 3 (2.04%) Microsoft