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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 73 239
Rank change year-on-year +66 +166 +12
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 545 315 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.64% 3.42% 0.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.28% 9.49% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 213 276 29
10th Percentile £37,574 £27,500 £34,650
25th Percentile £47,683 £31,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £65,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% +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 1,800 3,318 2,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 51.65% 35.98% 41.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,013 2,159 1,266
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.19% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £79,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

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 1 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 1 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 +27 198 £57,500 +4.55% 22
Dorset +97 172 £47,683 -39.08% 6
Somerset +54 101 £47,683 +46.72% 3
Gloucestershire +30 55 £58,000 +61.11% 27
Wiltshire +35 10 £50,893 -18.57% 5
Devon +23 8 £61,500 +2.95% 8
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 8 (1.47%) Confluence
2 6 (1.10%) Apache
3 2 (0.37%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.37%) nginx
Applications
1 41 (7.52%) Mathcad
1 41 (7.52%) Mathematica
2 20 (3.67%) Simulink
3 15 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.18%) ProjectWise
5 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 33 (6.06%) Teamcenter
2 6 (1.10%) Infor LN
2 6 (1.10%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 10 (1.83%) Azure
2 6 (1.10%) AWS
2 6 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (1.10%) GitHub
2 6 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
3 5 (0.92%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 4 (0.73%) AWS CloudTrail
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (0.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (0.37%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.18%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.10%) Redis
2 6 (1.10%) Tableau
3 4 (0.73%) Power BI
4 3 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.37%) GIS
5 2 (0.37%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 74 (13.58%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (2.20%) JIRA
3 6 (1.10%) Eclipse
3 6 (1.10%) Eclipse RCP
3 6 (1.10%) Git
3 6 (1.10%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (1.10%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.18%) GitLab
General
1 104 (19.08%) Electronics
2 60 (11.01%) Presentation Skills
3 45 (8.26%) Aerospace
4 31 (5.69%) Social Skills
5 20 (3.67%) Finance
6 18 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (2.39%) Automotive
8 12 (2.20%) Aeronautics
9 6 (1.10%) Police
9 6 (1.10%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.73%) Military
11 3 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.37%) Legal
13 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 179 (32.84%) Principal Engineer
2 176 (32.29%) Senior
3 138 (25.32%) Systems Engineer
4 66 (12.11%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 55 (10.09%) Engineering Manager
6 46 (8.44%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 33 (6.06%) Lead
8 32 (5.87%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 30 (5.50%) Software Engineer
10 28 (5.14%) Requirements Manager
11 27 (4.95%) Software Assurance Engineer
12 24 (4.40%) Lead Systems Engineer
13 23 (4.22%) Junior
14 20 (3.67%) Junior Systems Engineer
15 18 (3.30%) Team Leader
16 11 (2.02%) Senior Manager
17 10 (1.83%) Architect
18 9 (1.65%) Security Architect
18 9 (1.65%) Security Manager
18 9 (1.65%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.10%) CSS
1 6 (1.10%) Django
1 6 (1.10%) FastAPI
1 6 (1.10%) Flask
1 6 (1.10%) GraphQL
1 6 (1.10%) HTML
1 6 (1.10%) JSP
1 6 (1.10%) Keycloak
1 6 (1.10%) Middleware
1 6 (1.10%) OAuth
1 6 (1.10%) pytest
1 6 (1.10%) RESTful
1 6 (1.10%) SQLAlchemy
1 6 (1.10%) WebSockets
2 3 (0.55%) .NET
3 1 (0.18%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.18%) EDI
3 1 (0.18%) OpenAPI
3 1 (0.18%) Web Services
3 1 (0.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (3.67%) SCADA
2 15 (2.75%) Management Information System
3 10 (1.83%) Onboarding
4 5 (0.92%) e-Learning
5 4 (0.73%) CMDB
6 2 (0.37%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.37%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.47%) Linux
1 8 (1.47%) Windows
2 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (74.13%) Systems Engineering
2 120 (22.02%) Mathematics
3 99 (18.17%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 90 (16.51%) Decision-Making
5 88 (16.15%) Requirements Management
6 86 (15.78%) UML
7 80 (14.68%) SysML
8 78 (14.31%) Software Engineering
9 73 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
10 72 (13.21%) Software Assurance
11 67 (12.29%) Agile
12 62 (11.38%) Cybersecurity
12 62 (11.38%) Physics
13 60 (11.01%) MODAF
14 54 (9.91%) Coaching
15 53 (9.72%) FMEA
16 46 (8.44%) Mentoring
17 45 (8.26%) Safety Engineering
18 42 (7.71%) Validation
19 41 (7.52%) Finite Element Analysis
Programming Languages
1 93 (17.06%) MATLAB
2 14 (2.57%) Python
3 12 (2.20%) SQL
4 7 (1.28%) C#
5 6 (1.10%) Java
6 3 (0.55%) Ada
6 3 (0.55%) Rust
7 2 (0.37%) Perl
7 2 (0.37%) PHP
8 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 382 (70.09%) Degree
2 84 (15.41%) Chartered Engineer
3 75 (13.76%) Master's Degree
4 21 (3.85%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.67%) Numerate Degree
6 13 (2.39%) HNC
6 13 (2.39%) HND
7 9 (1.65%) CISSP
8 7 (1.28%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.10%) ACCA
9 6 (1.10%) CIMA
10 5 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.55%) PhD
12 2 (0.37%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (26.06%) IEC 61508
2 98 (17.98%) Def Stans
3 21 (3.85%) ARP4754
3 21 (3.85%) DO-254
4 17 (3.12%) HAZOP
5 6 (1.10%) GAAP
5 6 (1.10%) IFRS
6 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.37%) GDPR
6 2 (0.37%) QA
System Software
1 7 (1.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 40 (7.34%) Functional Safety
2 7 (1.28%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.10%) Grafana
3 6 (1.10%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.18%) Packer
4 1 (0.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (4.40%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.85%) IBM
3 13 (2.39%) ANSYS
4 6 (1.10%) Cognos
4 6 (1.10%) Infor
4 6 (1.10%) Oracle
4 6 (1.10%) SAP
4 6 (1.10%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.37%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.18%) IBM Sterling