BPSS Clearance Contracts in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 119 130
Rank change year-on-year +30 +11 -32
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 63 49 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.00% 1.41% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.58% 2.69% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 36 33
10th Percentile £150 £419 £370
25th Percentile £158 £541 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £600 £678 £631
90th Percentile £675 £750 £649
England median daily rate £507 £541 £528
% change year-on-year -6.20% +2.46% +6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 2
10th Percentile £17.23 £40.32 £61.74
25th Percentile £40.32 £55.00 £62.96
Median hourly rate £75.00 £67.50 £64.99
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +3.86% +159.96%
75th Percentile £77.50 £77.50 £67.02
90th Percentile - £82.99 £68.24
England median hourly rate £16.06 £38.35 £47.50
% change year-on-year -58.12% -19.26% +30.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

BPSS Clearance is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,759 1,823 1,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 55.91% 52.45% 40.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,117 1,347 1,046
10th Percentile £353 £400 £325
25th Percentile £465 £478 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £522
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +11.03% +9.79%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £725 £734 £680
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 140 90
10th Percentile £22.05 £39.35 £43.54
25th Percentile £40.00 £57.01 £52.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £65.00 £63.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +2.77% +40.56%
75th Percentile £72.50 £78.44 £68.30
90th Percentile £80.00 £86.29 £75.10
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £40.26
% change year-on-year -23.81% +30.42% +4.56%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the South West

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the South West

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the South West

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the South West over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the South West

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Devon +15 18 £165 -65.26% 4
Bristol +8 18 £600 - 12
Gloucestershire +9 5 £663 +4.08% 3
Somerset 0 5 - - 10
Wiltshire -4 5 £450 -23.66% 5
Cornwall - 5 £150 -
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:

Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (3.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.81%) Power Platform
2 7 (11.11%) Azure
3 6 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.59%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.76%) LAN
1 3 (4.76%) WAN
1 3 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (4.76%) Wireless
1 3 (4.76%) WLAN
2 1 (1.59%) 4G
2 1 (1.59%) 5G
2 1 (1.59%) DNS
2 1 (1.59%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (23.81%) Power BI
2 8 (12.70%) SQL Server
3 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 6 (9.52%) Relational Database
3 6 (9.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 6 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (9.52%) Tableau
General
1 24 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.16%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.87%) Telecoms
4 6 (9.52%) Police
5 5 (7.94%) Aerospace
5 5 (7.94%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.35%) Aviation
7 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Legal
8 1 (1.59%) Finance
8 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (19.05%) Technical Support
2 11 (17.46%) Data Engineer
3 10 (15.87%) Support Engineer
3 10 (15.87%) Technical Engineer
3 10 (15.87%) Technical Support Engineer
4 7 (11.11%) Lead
5 6 (9.52%) Field Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) Field Support Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) Service Manager
5 6 (9.52%) Support Specialist
5 6 (9.52%) Technical Specialist
5 6 (9.52%) Technical Support Specialist
6 5 (7.94%) Architect
6 5 (7.94%) Data Migration Engineer
6 5 (7.94%) Migration Engineer
7 4 (6.35%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.76%) Developer
8 3 (4.76%) Service Level Manager
8 3 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.76%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) CSS
1 1 (1.59%) Flask
1 1 (1.59%) HTML
1 1 (1.59%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.46%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.94%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.35%) CMDB
4 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
4 3 (4.76%) Solar Power
5 2 (3.17%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.59%) Animation
6 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.59%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.75%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (23.81%) ITIL
3 14 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (19.05%) Agile
5 11 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (14.29%) ITSM
6 9 (14.29%) Service Management
7 8 (12.70%) Data Modelling
8 7 (11.11%) Coaching
8 7 (11.11%) Data Migration
8 7 (11.11%) Line Management
8 7 (11.11%) Migration
8 7 (11.11%) Project Management
9 6 (9.52%) ETL
9 6 (9.52%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (9.52%) Performance Optimisation
9 6 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
10 5 (7.94%) PLM
11 4 (6.35%) Capacity Planning
11 4 (6.35%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) SQL
2 6 (9.52%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 37 (58.73%) SC Cleared
3 13 (20.63%) Degree
4 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.05%) SLA
2 6 (9.52%) QA
3 3 (4.76%) Accessibility
4 2 (3.17%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) SCCM
2 1 (1.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 9 (14.29%) Remedy
2 6 (9.52%) BT
2 6 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.94%) Micro Focus
4 4 (6.35%) Twitter
5 1 (1.59%) BMC
5 1 (1.59%) NEC
5 1 (1.59%) VMware