BPSS Clearance Contracts in the Midlands

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 111 158
Rank change year-on-year +19 +47 -7
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 50 47 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.71% 1.46% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.29% 5.38% 4.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 24 31
10th Percentile £197 £224 £150
25th Percentile £351 £379 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £498 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% -7.87% +89.47%
75th Percentile £536 £550 £619
90th Percentile £628 £625 £676
England median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.41% +2.86% +3.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile - £11.07 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £11.99 -
Median hourly rate £13.75 £13.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -62.86% +84.21%
75th Percentile £14.00 £13.75 -
90th Percentile - £14.20 -
England median hourly rate £16.06 £31.68 £42.50
% change year-on-year -49.30% -25.47% +10.39%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

BPSS Clearance falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 945 873 1,033
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.23% 27.06% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 566 704
10th Percentile £255 £313 £205
25th Percentile £338 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +16.67% +8.43%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £550
90th Percentile £688 £700 £638
England median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 49 33
10th Percentile £13.25 £10.77 £11.60
25th Percentile £17.00 £12.50 £13.75
Median hourly rate £24.65 £20.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% - +23.08%
75th Percentile £42.50 £40.25 £25.25
90th Percentile £58.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £40.33 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -26.68% +35.80% +12.50%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
West Midlands +10 36 £470 -10.48% 10
East Midlands +14 14 £355 -25.26% 7
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (2.00%) CICS
1 1 (2.00%) SAS
1 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (30.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.00%) CANalyzer
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.00%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) SAP GTS
2 1 (2.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.00%) Azure
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.00%) Figma
3 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (8.00%) Internet
2 4 (8.00%) MPLS
2 4 (8.00%) WAN
3 3 (6.00%) ADSL
3 3 (6.00%) PSTN
4 1 (2.00%) DWDM
4 1 (2.00%) FlexRay
4 1 (2.00%) SDH
4 1 (2.00%) SONET
4 1 (2.00%) VPN
4 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) DB2
1 1 (2.00%) IDMS
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.00%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Ant
2 3 (6.00%) JMeter
3 1 (2.00%) CANoe
3 1 (2.00%) Git
General
1 15 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.00%) Aerospace
5 3 (6.00%) Automotive
5 3 (6.00%) Electronics
5 3 (6.00%) Finance
6 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.00%) Marketing
7 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (24.00%) Architect
2 9 (18.00%) Solutions Architect
3 8 (16.00%) Analyst
4 6 (12.00%) Developer
5 5 (10.00%) Coordinator
5 5 (10.00%) Project Coordinator
5 5 (10.00%) SQL Developer
5 5 (10.00%) Technical Architect
6 4 (8.00%) Lead
6 4 (8.00%) Test Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Consultant
7 3 (6.00%) Performance Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Performance Test Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (6.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.00%) Desktop Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Desktop Support
8 2 (4.00%) PMO Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Support Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.00%) Infotainment
4 1 (2.00%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (2.00%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.00%) Android
2 7 (14.00%) Apple iOS
3 6 (12.00%) Windows
4 5 (10.00%) Unix
5 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.00%) Linux
6 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Agile
2 9 (18.00%) Scrum
3 8 (16.00%) Software Testing
4 7 (14.00%) Change Control
4 7 (14.00%) Roadmaps
5 6 (12.00%) Architectural Design
5 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (12.00%) TOGAF
6 5 (10.00%) ITIL
6 5 (10.00%) System Testing
6 5 (10.00%) Test Scripting
7 4 (8.00%) Customer Service
7 4 (8.00%) Order Management
7 4 (8.00%) Performance Testing
7 4 (8.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (8.00%) Test Automation
7 4 (8.00%) Time Management
7 4 (8.00%) Workflow
7 4 (8.00%) Zachman Framework
8 3 (6.00%) Data Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.00%) SQL
2 5 (10.00%) Bash
2 5 (10.00%) Bourne shell
2 5 (10.00%) Korn
2 5 (10.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.00%) CLIST
3 1 (2.00%) COBOL
3 1 (2.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) REXX
3 1 (2.00%) SELCOPY
3 1 (2.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (54.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (42.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (18.00%) Degree
4 7 (14.00%) BC Cleared
5 4 (8.00%) ISEB
6 3 (6.00%) ISTQB
6 3 (6.00%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
8 1 (2.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (2.00%) MCSE
8 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) QA
1 5 (10.00%) SLA
2 2 (4.00%) PMO
3 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) SCCM
2 7 (14.00%) AirWatch
3 1 (2.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.00%) Apple
3 6 (12.00%) Oracle
3 6 (12.00%) Samsung
4 5 (10.00%) SAP
5 4 (8.00%) Cisco
6 3 (6.00%) BT
6 3 (6.00%) Openreach
6 3 (6.00%) VMware
7 2 (4.00%) Citrix
8 1 (2.00%) Adobe
8 1 (2.00%) Denodo
8 1 (2.00%) IBM
8 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow
8 1 (2.00%) Syncsort