BPSS Clearance Contracts in Manchester

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 87 67 87
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 -10
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 14 53 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.92% 2.78% 2.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.78% 10.45% 11.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 46 25
10th Percentile £550 £438 £355
25th Percentile £575 £516 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £569 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% +19.74% -3.46%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £550
90th Percentile - £650 £645
North West median daily rate £625 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate £33.00 - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
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
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 370 507 472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 24.29% 26.60% 18.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 375 340
10th Percentile £300 £338 £263
25th Percentile £425 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £663 £628 £633
90th Percentile £795 £700 £688
North West median daily rate £513 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -1.44% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 14
10th Percentile £24.12 £19.78 -
25th Percentile £25.50 £20.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £22.85 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +85.98% +46.35% -44.75%
75th Percentile £73.75 £35.26 £48.44
90th Percentile £96.00 £70.00 £56.25
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 Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester 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
Bolton - 1 - - 1
BPSS Clearance
North West

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) MongoDB
2 1 (7.14%) RDBMS
2 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) GitLab
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Java Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Node.js Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Data Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Pega Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) Node.js
2 5 (35.71%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Tandem
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Design Patterns
1 6 (42.86%) Microservices
2 5 (35.71%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
3 3 (21.43%) PLM
3 3 (21.43%) User Stories
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Architectural Design
5 1 (7.14%) Backlog Management
5 1 (7.14%) Business Process Modelling
5 1 (7.14%) Content Management
5 1 (7.14%) CRM
5 1 (7.14%) Data Design
5 1 (7.14%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (7.14%) Open Source
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
5 1 (7.14%) SOA
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Debt
5 1 (7.14%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) BC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Pega
2 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow