BPSS Clearance Jobs in Wales

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 8 114 123
Rank change year-on-year +106 +9 -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 244 13 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 20.32% 0.59% 0.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.09% 2.58% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 156 9 4
10th Percentile £47,683 - -
25th Percentile £60,000 £37,101 £40,319
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £41,067 £47,164
Median % change year-on-year +58.28% -12.93% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £51,997 £54,557
90th Percentile £75,000 £57,955 -
UK median annual salary £51,645 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% - +10.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 393 504 652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 32.72% 23.03% 38.60%
Number of salaries quoted 241 188 227
10th Percentile £37,733 £26,500 £26,391
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.78% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £59,125
90th Percentile £74,258 £69,890 £68,928
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Wales

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in Wales

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in Wales

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in 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 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
South Wales +90 147 £70,000 +70.45% 29
North Wales - 97 £47,683 - 2
BPSS Clearance
UK

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (1.23%) Confluence
2 1 (0.41%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (6.97%) Simulink
2 10 (4.10%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 7 (2.87%) Teamcenter
2 2 (0.82%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.82%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 3 (1.23%) Azure
1 3 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (1.23%) GitHub
1 3 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (1.23%) Redis
2 2 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 86 (35.25%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.46%) JIRA
3 3 (1.23%) Git
3 3 (1.23%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.41%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 93 (38.11%) Electronics
2 26 (10.66%) Presentation Skills
3 23 (9.43%) Social Skills
4 7 (2.87%) Aerospace
5 6 (2.46%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.46%) Finance
6 5 (2.05%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.23%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.82%) Police
Job Titles
1 101 (41.39%) Systems Engineer
2 75 (30.74%) Senior
3 59 (24.18%) Principal Engineer
4 39 (15.98%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 31 (12.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 25 (10.25%) Engineering Manager
7 20 (8.20%) Architect
8 17 (6.97%) Lead
9 11 (4.51%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.51%) Test Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Mathematical Modeller
10 10 (4.10%) Principal Software Engineer
10 10 (4.10%) Software Assurance Engineer
11 9 (3.69%) Requirements Manager
11 9 (3.69%) Software Architect
12 8 (3.28%) Junior
12 8 (3.28%) Systems Architect
13 7 (2.87%) Junior Systems Engineer
13 7 (2.87%) Senior Test Engineer
13 7 (2.87%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.10%) Middleware
2 3 (1.23%) Django
2 3 (1.23%) FastAPI
2 3 (1.23%) Flask
2 3 (1.23%) GraphQL
2 3 (1.23%) Keycloak
2 3 (1.23%) OAuth
2 3 (1.23%) pytest
2 3 (1.23%) RESTful
2 3 (1.23%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (1.23%) WebSockets
3 2 (0.82%) XML
4 1 (0.41%) CSS
4 1 (0.41%) HTML
4 1 (0.41%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 67 (27.46%) Algorithms
2 13 (5.33%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
4 2 (0.82%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.41%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.41%) Linux
1 1 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (70.08%) Systems Engineering
2 74 (30.33%) Signal Processing
3 70 (28.69%) Technical Leadership
4 62 (25.41%) UML
5 57 (23.36%) Agile
6 43 (17.62%) Mentoring
7 38 (15.57%) Computer Science
8 35 (14.34%) Configuration Management
8 35 (14.34%) SysML
9 33 (13.52%) Test Planning
10 29 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
10 29 (11.89%) Waterfall
11 28 (11.48%) Software Engineering
11 28 (11.48%) Validation
11 28 (11.48%) Verification and Validation
12 27 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
13 26 (10.66%) Mathematics
13 26 (10.66%) MODAF
14 23 (9.43%) Project Management
15 22 (9.02%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.49%) MATLAB
2 17 (6.97%) R
3 14 (5.74%) Python
4 10 (4.10%) Ada
5 6 (2.46%) Ada 95
6 4 (1.64%) SQL
7 2 (0.82%) C
8 1 (0.41%) C#
8 1 (0.41%) Java
8 1 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 124 (50.82%) Degree
2 43 (17.62%) Chartered Engineer
3 12 (4.92%) Master's Degree
4 11 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.64%) HNC
6 3 (1.23%) CISSP
6 3 (1.23%) PhD
6 3 (1.23%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.82%) ACCA
7 2 (0.82%) CIMA
8 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (35.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 22 (9.02%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 18 (7.38%) IEC 61508
4 11 (4.51%) Def Stans
5 7 (2.87%) ARP4754
5 7 (2.87%) DO-254
6 5 (2.05%) HAZOP
7 2 (0.82%) GAAP
7 2 (0.82%) IFRS
System Software
1 3 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.05%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.23%) Grafana
2 3 (1.23%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 75 (30.74%) IBM
2 10 (4.10%) MathWorks
3 3 (1.23%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.82%) Cognos
4 2 (0.82%) Infor
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle
4 2 (0.82%) SAP