BPSS Clearance Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 207 255
Rank change year-on-year +73 +48 +34
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 140 51 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.59% 0.82% 0.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.01% 1.83% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 118 40 44
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,050 £44,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £64,688 £67,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £49,200
% change year-on-year - +11.79% -10.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,796 2,790 3,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.79% 44.83% 39.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,755 1,423 1,721
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £35,343
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +3.31%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the South West

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the South West

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the South West

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Bristol +67 74 £55,000 +4.76% 8
Gloucestershire +15 29 £50,000 -28.57% 2
Wiltshire +4 24 £62,500 +78.57% 4
Devon +4 4 £41,206 -36.61% 7
Somerset +4 3 £32,500 -31.58% 4
Dorset -26 1 £36,000 -14.79%
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 24 (17.14%) Confluence
2 6 (4.29%) ArcGIS
3 5 (3.57%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.71%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.71%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 13 (9.29%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.71%) Simulink
3 6 (4.29%) Trello
4 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.43%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.71%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 17 (12.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (2.14%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 41 (29.29%) Azure
2 30 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (12.14%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (7.14%) AWS
5 9 (6.43%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (2.14%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.14%) Miro
6 3 (2.14%) Snowflake
7 1 (0.71%) GCP
7 1 (0.71%) IaaS
7 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.86%) Firewall
2 10 (7.14%) TCP/IP
2 10 (7.14%) VLAN
3 1 (0.71%) 4G
3 1 (0.71%) 5G
3 1 (0.71%) LAN
3 1 (0.71%) OpenVPN
3 1 (0.71%) Tactical Data Link
3 1 (0.71%) WAN
3 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.43%) Power BI
2 6 (4.29%) Big Data
2 6 (4.29%) Relational Database
2 6 (4.29%) Snowflake Schema
2 6 (4.29%) Star Schema
2 6 (4.29%) Tableau
3 4 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.43%) GIS
Development Applications
1 33 (23.57%) JIRA
2 25 (17.86%) Git
3 24 (17.14%) Bitbucket
4 23 (16.43%) Sourcetree
4 23 (16.43%) Visual Studio
5 10 (7.14%) Rational DOORS
6 9 (6.43%) Rational Rhapsody
7 2 (1.43%) Rational Team Concert
7 2 (1.43%) Subversion
General
1 26 (18.57%) Games
1 26 (18.57%) Presentation Skills
2 22 (15.71%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 8 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.71%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.29%) Finance
6 5 (3.57%) Military
7 3 (2.14%) Back Office
7 3 (2.14%) Law
8 2 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.43%) Welsh Language
9 1 (0.71%) Electronics
9 1 (0.71%) French Language
9 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.71%) Polish Language
9 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (17.86%) Developer
2 23 (16.43%) 3D Developer
2 23 (16.43%) Games Developer
2 23 (16.43%) Unity 3D Developer
3 22 (15.71%) Architect
4 18 (12.86%) Senior
4 18 (12.86%) Solutions Architect
4 18 (12.86%) Systems Engineer
5 16 (11.43%) Software Engineer
6 14 (10.00%) Lead
7 12 (8.57%) Analyst
7 12 (8.57%) Consultant
7 12 (8.57%) Senior Developer
7 12 (8.57%) Senior Games Developer
8 10 (7.14%) IT Consultant
8 10 (7.14%) Solutions Consultant
8 10 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
9 8 (5.71%) Project Manager
10 7 (5.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 7 (5.00%) ITSM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (16.43%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 17 (12.14%) .NET
3 4 (2.86%) Middleware
4 3 (2.14%) ADO
5 2 (1.43%) PyTorch
5 2 (1.43%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.71%) EDI
6 1 (0.71%) Web Services
6 1 (0.71%) Windows Identity Foundation
6 1 (0.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (16.43%) Virtual Reality
2 7 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.29%) Driving Licence
3 6 (4.29%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.86%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (1.43%) FPGA
5 2 (1.43%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.43%) Robotics
5 2 (1.43%) VHDL
6 1 (0.71%) Blog
6 1 (0.71%) iPhone
6 1 (0.71%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.71%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.57%) Linux
1 5 (3.57%) Windows
2 3 (2.14%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.43%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.71%) Android
4 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.71%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.57%) UML
2 46 (32.86%) DevOps
3 40 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 33 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (22.86%) Use Case
6 28 (20.00%) Analytics
7 26 (18.57%) ITIL
7 26 (18.57%) Scrum
8 23 (16.43%) Design Patterns
9 22 (15.71%) Project Management
10 20 (14.29%) Agile
11 18 (12.86%) Business Strategy
11 18 (12.86%) TOGAF
12 17 (12.14%) ArchiMate
12 17 (12.14%) Architectural Patterns
12 17 (12.14%) Business Case
12 17 (12.14%) Data Analytics
12 17 (12.14%) Full Stack Development
12 17 (12.14%) Microservices
12 17 (12.14%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.43%) C#
2 13 (9.29%) Ada
3 8 (5.71%) Python
4 7 (5.00%) C
5 6 (4.29%) MATLAB
5 6 (4.29%) R
5 6 (4.29%) SQL
5 6 (4.29%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.14%) C++
7 2 (1.43%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.71%) Rust
8 1 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 123 (87.86%) Security Cleared
2 77 (55.00%) Degree
3 67 (47.86%) SC Cleared
4 17 (12.14%) TOGAF Certification
5 11 (7.86%) DBS Check
5 11 (7.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (7.14%) CEH
6 10 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (5.71%) Master's Degree
8 6 (4.29%) IIBA
9 3 (2.14%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.43%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.43%) CSPO
10 2 (1.43%) PhD
11 1 (0.71%) HNC
11 1 (0.71%) MAPM
11 1 (0.71%) MCITP
11 1 (0.71%) MCSE
11 1 (0.71%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.14%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.14%) Def Stans
1 3 (2.14%) GDPR
2 2 (1.43%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.43%) MISRA
3 1 (0.71%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.71%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.71%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.71%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (7.86%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.86%) Firmware
3 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.71%) XenApp
3 1 (0.71%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 64 (45.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.14%) Sparx
3 11 (7.86%) VMware
4 9 (6.43%) IBM
5 3 (2.14%) ESRI
6 2 (1.43%) Dell
6 2 (1.43%) Google
6 2 (1.43%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.71%) Apple
7 1 (0.71%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.71%) CA
7 1 (0.71%) Cisco
7 1 (0.71%) Citrix
7 1 (0.71%) EMC
7 1 (0.71%) HP
7 1 (0.71%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (0.71%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.71%) Riverbed
7 1 (0.71%) Symantec