BPSS Clearance Contracts in Wales

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 38 57 65
Rank change year-on-year +19 +8 -15
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 4 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.09% 1.32% 0.83%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.82% 3.38% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 6
10th Percentile £532 £424 £329
25th Percentile £585 £474 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £633 £565 £610
Median % change year-on-year +11.95% -7.38% +31.89%
75th Percentile £675 £636 £623
90th Percentile - £675 £626
UK median daily rate £513 £540 £538
% change year-on-year -5.09% +0.47% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.13
Median hourly rate - - £18.75
75th Percentile - - £19.38
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.06 £31.68 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.30% -33.32% +82.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 83 237 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 22.62% 38.98% 32.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 179 229
10th Percentile £218 £188 £286
25th Percentile £475 £398 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -3.23% +15.73%
75th Percentile £668 £619 £615
90th Percentile £725 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £531 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.45% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 13
10th Percentile £11.01 - £19.98
25th Percentile £15.51 £16.98 £20.75
Median hourly rate £25.18 £18.14 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +38.81% -60.78% +112.35%
75th Percentile £85.50 £20.10 £47.40
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -25.93% +23.15% +13.90%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Wales

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Wales

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Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales 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
South Wales +13 4 £633 +11.95% 1
BPSS Clearance
UK

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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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Business Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior SQL Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) PLM
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) RedGate