BPSS Clearance Contracts in Lancashire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
North West > Lancashire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 24 21
Rank change year-on-year +14 -3 +9
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 23 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 11.79% 5.33% 6.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.39% 10.83% 18.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 9
10th Percentile £644 £446 £435
25th Percentile £673 £458 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% +5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £550 £715
90th Percentile - £703 £750
North West median daily rate £625 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 1
10th Percentile - £39.40 -
25th Percentile - £41.99 £37.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £49.88 £39.73
Median % change year-on-year -67.80% +25.53% -
75th Percentile - £54.92 £42.21
90th Percentile - £55.81 -
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £49.88 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.80% -5.00% +127.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 71 120 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 36.41% 49.18% 37.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 64 53
10th Percentile £313 £374 £215
25th Percentile £463 £430 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £523 £487
Median % change year-on-year +12.44% +7.29% +21.75%
75th Percentile £704 £600 £588
90th Percentile £720 £693 £711
North West median daily rate £513 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -1.44% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 33 29
10th Percentile £12.09 £25.75 £27.37
25th Percentile £15.27 £29.30 £37.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £42.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.21% +2.41% -4.60%
75th Percentile £36.17 £49.52 £58.75
90th Percentile £46.18 £53.28 £96.05
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £37.50 £39.87
% change year-on-year -57.17% -5.94% -4.50%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Lancashire

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Lancashire

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Lancashire

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Preston +17 20 - - 2
Blackpool +4 3 £720 +37.14%
BPSS Clearance
North West

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 20 (86.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (86.96%) Taleo
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) GitLab
General
1 20 (86.96%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (13.04%) Developer
1 3 (13.04%) Senior
1 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
2 2 (8.70%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
2 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow Developer
3 1 (4.35%) Java Developer
3 1 (4.35%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Node.js
1 1 (4.35%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (86.96%) Data Protection
1 20 (86.96%) Decision-Making
2 2 (8.70%) ITIL
3 1 (4.35%) Agile
3 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
3 1 (4.35%) Design Patterns
3 1 (4.35%) Line Management
3 1 (4.35%) Microservices
3 1 (4.35%) Roadmaps
3 1 (4.35%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) ServiceNow
2 20 (86.96%) Microsoft