Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 555 835
Rank change year-on-year +212 +280 -186
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 839 455 427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 0.47% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.03% 1.40% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 654 258 189
10th Percentile £25,500 £32,750 £24,361
25th Percentile £37,101 £41,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £68,283
90th Percentile £77,500 £88,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £52,375 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.72% +10.26% -13.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,701 32,451 45,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.99% 33.33% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 17,227 14,614 19,248
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,555 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the UK

BPSS Clearance
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +275 736 £55,000 +4.76% 183
UK excluding London +286 662 £52,000 -0.72% 168
Work from Home +262 415 £57,500 -4.17% 78
South West +145 295 £52,500 +10.53% 37
East of England +139 184 £55,000 -31.25% 17
London +64 77 £68,750 +30.95% 19
South East +59 69 £48,500 -37.42% 43
Midlands +15 45 £43,750 -35.19% 14
North of England +32 41 £28,422 -28.95% 41
North West -1 30 £28,000 -30.00% 27
West Midlands +20 24 £60,000 +9.09% 6
East Midlands -5 21 £24,811 -63.24% 8
Wales +6 13 £41,067 -12.93% 7
Scotland -62 13 £24,240 -51.52% 11
North East -3 6 £65,000 -13.33% 6
Northern Ireland - 6 £28,000 - 2
Yorkshire +67 5 £78,273 -7.91% 8

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 84 (10.01%) Confluence
2 19 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.15%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (1.67%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.36%) Apache
7 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.24%) CMS
7 2 (0.24%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 41 (4.89%) Simulink
2 23 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (1.19%) Trello
6 5 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.48%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.12%) 1Password
8 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) Blender
8 1 (0.12%) InDesign
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 26 (3.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 25 (2.98%) Workday HCM
3 9 (1.07%) Primavera
4 5 (0.60%) Maximo
5 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.12%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 150 (17.88%) Azure
2 92 (10.97%) AWS
3 52 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (3.22%) GitHub
6 26 (3.10%) Power Platform
7 24 (2.86%) GCP
8 23 (2.74%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (2.62%) PaaS
10 19 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (1.67%) SaaS
12 13 (1.55%) OCI
13 10 (1.19%) IaaS
13 10 (1.19%) Serverless
14 7 (0.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
16 5 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
16 5 (0.60%) Slack
17 4 (0.48%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 44 (5.24%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (2.15%) VPN
3 16 (1.91%) Firewall
4 15 (1.79%) 5G
5 11 (1.31%) Ethernet
6 10 (1.19%) 4G
6 10 (1.19%) LAN
7 9 (1.07%) MPLS
7 9 (1.07%) WAN
8 8 (0.95%) Software-Defined Radio
9 5 (0.60%) 5G NR
9 5 (0.60%) 802.11
9 5 (0.60%) LTE
9 5 (0.60%) SAN
9 5 (0.60%) Wireless
10 4 (0.48%) DNS
10 4 (0.48%) Internet
11 3 (0.36%) Modbus
11 3 (0.36%) Tactical Data Link
11 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.93%) Relational Database
2 19 (2.26%) Power BI
3 13 (1.55%) NoSQL
4 11 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (1.19%) Tableau
6 8 (0.95%) Big Data
6 8 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 6 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (0.72%) Redis
7 6 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (0.72%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.60%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.48%) GIS
9 4 (0.48%) Metadata
9 4 (0.48%) Power Query
10 3 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 97 (11.56%) JIRA
2 92 (10.97%) Git
3 82 (9.77%) Visual Studio
4 75 (8.94%) Bitbucket
5 59 (7.03%) Sourcetree
6 44 (5.24%) Rational Rhapsody
7 42 (5.01%) Rational DOORS
8 15 (1.79%) GitLab
9 13 (1.55%) Rational Team Concert
10 9 (1.07%) Jenkins
10 9 (1.07%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.72%) Postman
12 5 (0.60%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.60%) Subversion
13 4 (0.48%) CircleCI
13 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.48%) git-flow
13 4 (0.48%) JMeter
14 3 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
15 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
General
1 212 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 103 (12.28%) Presentation Skills
3 88 (10.49%) Games
3 88 (10.49%) Public Sector
4 64 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (6.32%) Finance
6 44 (5.24%) Manufacturing
6 44 (5.24%) Military
7 34 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (3.93%) Aerospace
8 33 (3.93%) Retail
9 28 (3.34%) Electronics
10 24 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (2.74%) French Language
12 16 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.19%) Marketing
15 7 (0.83%) Italian Language
16 4 (0.48%) German Language
16 4 (0.48%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 133 (15.85%) Developer
2 122 (14.54%) Senior
3 96 (11.44%) Architect
4 92 (10.97%) Lead
5 89 (10.61%) Systems Engineer
6 74 (8.82%) 3D Developer
6 74 (8.82%) Games Developer
6 74 (8.82%) Unity 3D Developer
7 61 (7.27%) Software Engineer
8 52 (6.20%) Consultant
9 51 (6.08%) Senior Developer
10 42 (5.01%) Analyst
11 35 (4.17%) Field Engineer
12 33 (3.93%) Mobile Engineer
13 32 (3.81%) Field Service Engineer
13 32 (3.81%) Security Architect
14 30 (3.58%) Senior Games Developer
15 27 (3.22%) Junior
16 26 (3.10%) Full Stack Developer
16 26 (3.10%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (8.82%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 52 (6.20%) .NET
3 36 (4.29%) HTML
4 34 (4.05%) Node.js
5 30 (3.58%) CSS
5 30 (3.58%) RESTful
6 26 (3.10%) Web Services
7 15 (1.79%) EDI
8 14 (1.67%) ASP.NET
9 13 (1.55%) ASP.NET Core
9 13 (1.55%) REST
10 11 (1.31%) Middleware
11 10 (1.19%) Express.js
11 10 (1.19%) OAuth
11 10 (1.19%) OpenID
12 9 (1.07%) ARM Templates
12 9 (1.07%) Azure Blueprints
12 9 (1.07%) JSON
12 9 (1.07%) PyTorch
13 7 (0.83%) SGML
Miscellaneous
1 84 (10.01%) Driving Licence
2 78 (9.30%) Virtual Reality
3 74 (8.82%) Onboarding
4 54 (6.44%) Management Information System
5 53 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (5.60%) Algorithms
7 23 (2.74%) EPoS
8 21 (2.50%) Public Cloud
9 16 (1.91%) Data Centre
10 15 (1.79%) Product Ownership
11 14 (1.67%) Cyberattack
12 11 (1.31%) iPhone
13 10 (1.19%) FPGA
13 10 (1.19%) IoT
13 10 (1.19%) VHDL
14 9 (1.07%) ARM Cortex
15 8 (0.95%) CMDB
15 8 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.95%) PCIe
16 7 (0.83%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 80 (9.54%) Windows
2 31 (3.69%) Linux
3 7 (0.83%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.48%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.48%) Unix
4 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.12%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (25.98%) Software Engineering
2 163 (19.43%) DevOps
3 151 (18.00%) Agile
4 147 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
5 136 (16.21%) UML
6 124 (14.78%) Systems Engineering
7 117 (13.95%) Scrum
8 97 (11.56%) Project Management
9 91 (10.85%) Use Case
10 89 (10.61%) Validation
11 84 (10.01%) Design Patterns
12 81 (9.65%) ITIL
13 72 (8.58%) Roadmaps
14 64 (7.63%) Analytics
15 62 (7.39%) Mentoring
16 59 (7.03%) Full Stack Development
17 58 (6.91%) Stakeholder Management
18 57 (6.79%) Mathematics
19 55 (6.56%) Cybersecurity
20 54 (6.44%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 125 (14.90%) C#
2 58 (6.91%) Python
3 53 (6.32%) C
4 52 (6.20%) JavaScript
5 46 (5.48%) Java
6 45 (5.36%) Ada
7 36 (4.29%) MATLAB
8 30 (3.58%) SQL
9 21 (2.50%) Go
10 13 (1.55%) Scala
11 10 (1.19%) R
12 9 (1.07%) C++
12 9 (1.07%) TypeScript
13 8 (0.95%) Shell Script
14 6 (0.72%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.72%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.48%) VBA
16 3 (0.36%) Rust
16 3 (0.36%) SystemVerilog
17 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 664 (79.14%) Security Cleared
2 254 (30.27%) Degree
3 248 (29.56%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.29%) DBS Check
5 26 (3.10%) TOGAF Certification
6 16 (1.91%) Master's Degree
7 13 (1.55%) Azure Certification
8 12 (1.43%) AWS Certification
8 12 (1.43%) CISM
8 12 (1.43%) CISSP
8 12 (1.43%) CTC Cleared
8 12 (1.43%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.19%) OSCP
10 8 (0.95%) APMG
11 6 (0.72%) IIBA
12 5 (0.60%) PhD
13 4 (0.48%) APMP
13 4 (0.48%) CCSAM
13 4 (0.48%) CREST Certified
14 3 (0.36%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.39%) SLA
2 39 (4.65%) PCI DSS
3 33 (3.93%) Accessibility
4 15 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 15 (1.79%) QA
5 13 (1.55%) Def Stans
6 12 (1.43%) GDPR
7 11 (1.31%) NCSC
8 10 (1.19%) COSHH
8 10 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.19%) MISRA
9 6 (0.72%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.48%) IEC 61508
10 4 (0.48%) MISRA C
11 3 (0.36%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.36%) NIST
12 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 61 (7.27%) Firmware
2 39 (4.65%) KVM
3 24 (2.86%) Docker
4 19 (2.26%) Active Directory
5 13 (1.55%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.19%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (2.38%) Ansible
2 19 (2.26%) Terraform
3 18 (2.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (1.91%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.19%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.72%) Grafana
6 6 (0.72%) Kibana
7 4 (0.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.12%) Istio
9 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 221 (26.34%) Microsoft
2 71 (8.46%) Dell
3 63 (7.51%) IBM
4 39 (4.65%) HP
5 26 (3.10%) Sparx
6 25 (2.98%) Workday
7 23 (2.74%) NetApp
7 23 (2.74%) Oracle
8 16 (1.91%) Cisco
9 15 (1.79%) Mercator
10 14 (1.67%) Sun
11 12 (1.43%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.31%) Google
13 9 (1.07%) Darktrace
13 9 (1.07%) Mitel
13 9 (1.07%) NEC
13 9 (1.07%) Ribbon
14 7 (0.83%) Salesforce
15 5 (0.60%) EMC
15 5 (0.60%) Splunk