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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 76 223
Rank change year-on-year +69 +147 +14
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 552 305 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.39% 3.30% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.74% 9.35% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 209 268 30
10th Percentile £37,574 £27,500 £35,075
25th Percentile £47,683 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,785 £50,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.57% +8.11% -22.92%
75th Percentile £58,000 £63,750 £61,563
90th Percentile £61,500 £65,000 £68,125
England median annual salary £51,564 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +4.76% +6.71%

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 1,856 3,261 2,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 51.76% 35.24% 42.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 2,137 1,250
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £30,413
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,017
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.68% +1.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £79,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
Bristol +28 199 £57,500 +4.55% 23
Dorset +101 176 £47,683 -39.08% 8
Somerset +55 104 £47,683 +46.72% 2
Gloucestershire +29 55 £58,000 +61.11% 35
Devon +25 9 £61,500 +2.95% 5
Wiltshire +30 8 £58,393 -6.57% 2
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 6 (1.09%) Apache
1 6 (1.09%) Confluence
2 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.36%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 38 (6.88%) Mathcad
1 38 (6.88%) Mathematica
2 20 (3.62%) Simulink
3 15 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.18%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 33 (5.98%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.09%) Infor LN
2 6 (1.09%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 8 (1.45%) Azure
2 4 (0.72%) AWS
2 4 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (0.72%) GitHub
2 4 (0.72%) GitHub Actions
2 4 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (0.72%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 2 (0.36%) AWS CloudTrail
3 2 (0.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (0.36%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.18%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.09%) Tableau
2 5 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.72%) Redis
4 3 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.54%) Power BI
5 2 (0.36%) GIS
6 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.18%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 66 (11.96%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (1.45%) JIRA
3 6 (1.09%) Eclipse
3 6 (1.09%) Eclipse RCP
3 6 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (0.72%) Git
4 4 (0.72%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.18%) GitLab
General
1 104 (18.84%) Electronics
2 75 (13.59%) Presentation Skills
3 45 (8.15%) Aerospace
4 27 (4.89%) Social Skills
5 22 (3.99%) Finance
6 18 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (2.36%) Automotive
8 12 (2.17%) Aeronautics
9 6 (1.09%) Police
10 4 (0.72%) Legal
10 4 (0.72%) Military
10 4 (0.72%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 178 (32.25%) Principal Engineer
2 166 (30.07%) Senior
3 153 (27.72%) Systems Engineer
4 58 (10.51%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 55 (9.96%) Engineering Manager
6 46 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 33 (5.98%) Lead
8 30 (5.43%) Software Engineer
9 28 (5.07%) Requirements Manager
10 27 (4.89%) Senior Electrical Engineer
10 27 (4.89%) Software Assurance Engineer
11 24 (4.35%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 23 (4.17%) Junior
13 20 (3.62%) Junior Systems Engineer
14 18 (3.26%) Team Leader
15 11 (1.99%) Senior Manager
16 10 (1.81%) Architect
17 9 (1.63%) Security Architect
17 9 (1.63%) Security Manager
17 9 (1.63%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.09%) CSS
1 6 (1.09%) HTML
1 6 (1.09%) JSP
1 6 (1.09%) Middleware
2 5 (0.91%) .NET
3 4 (0.72%) Django
3 4 (0.72%) FastAPI
3 4 (0.72%) Flask
3 4 (0.72%) GraphQL
3 4 (0.72%) Keycloak
3 4 (0.72%) OAuth
3 4 (0.72%) pytest
3 4 (0.72%) RESTful
3 4 (0.72%) SQLAlchemy
3 4 (0.72%) WebSockets
4 1 (0.18%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.18%) NumPy
4 1 (0.18%) OpenAPI
4 1 (0.18%) Pandas
4 1 (0.18%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.72%) Management Information System
1 15 (2.72%) SCADA
2 7 (1.27%) e-Learning
3 6 (1.09%) Onboarding
4 4 (0.72%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.36%) CMDB
5 2 (0.36%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.81%) Linux
1 10 (1.81%) Windows
2 4 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (74.09%) Systems Engineering
2 112 (20.29%) Mathematics
3 101 (18.30%) UML
4 99 (17.93%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 95 (17.21%) SysML
6 90 (16.30%) Decision-Making
7 82 (14.86%) Agile
8 80 (14.49%) Requirements Management
9 79 (14.31%) Cybersecurity
10 78 (14.13%) Software Engineering
11 75 (13.59%) MODAF
12 72 (13.04%) Software Assurance
13 70 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
14 62 (11.23%) Physics
15 55 (9.96%) Safety Engineering
16 54 (9.78%) Coaching
17 50 (9.06%) FMEA
18 46 (8.33%) Mentoring
19 42 (7.61%) Validation
20 38 (6.88%) Finite Element Analysis
Programming Languages
1 108 (19.57%) MATLAB
2 14 (2.54%) Python
3 10 (1.81%) SQL
4 7 (1.27%) C#
5 6 (1.09%) Java
6 4 (0.72%) Perl
6 4 (0.72%) PHP
7 3 (0.54%) Ada
7 3 (0.54%) Rust
8 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 391 (70.83%) Degree
2 94 (17.03%) Chartered Engineer
3 89 (16.12%) Master's Degree
4 20 (3.62%) Security Cleared
5 15 (2.72%) Numerate Degree
6 13 (2.36%) HNC
6 13 (2.36%) HND
7 9 (1.63%) CISSP
8 7 (1.27%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.09%) ACCA
9 6 (1.09%) CIMA
10 3 (0.54%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.54%) PhD
11 2 (0.36%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (25.54%) IEC 61508
2 105 (19.02%) Def Stans
3 21 (3.80%) ARP4754
3 21 (3.80%) DO-254
4 17 (3.08%) HAZOP
5 6 (1.09%) GAAP
5 6 (1.09%) IFRS
6 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.36%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.36%) GDPR
6 2 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 5 (0.91%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 32 (5.80%) Functional Safety
2 5 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.72%) Grafana
3 4 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.18%) Packer
4 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (3.99%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.80%) IBM
3 13 (2.36%) ANSYS
4 6 (1.09%) Cognos
4 6 (1.09%) Infor
4 6 (1.09%) Oracle
4 6 (1.09%) SAP
5 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.36%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.18%) IBM Sterling