BPSS Clearance Contracts in the South East

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 30 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 168 103 215
Rank change year-on-year -65 +112 -30
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 32 115 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.57% 2.05% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.27% 5.55% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 67 29
10th Percentile £239 £346 £362
25th Percentile £425 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -10.71% +12.56%
75th Percentile £631 £680 £631
90th Percentile £650 £721 £650
England median daily rate £500 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -7.45% +2.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 4
10th Percentile - £14.00 £46.28
25th Percentile £11.80 £18.50 £48.19
Median hourly rate £18.00 £25.00 £58.02
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% -56.91% +25.45%
75th Percentile £19.50 £54.64 £69.59
90th Percentile £20.01 £59.25 £76.89
England median hourly rate £16.06 £23.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -30.17% -38.67% -2.60%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,519 2,072 2,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.87% 36.87% 31.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,454 1,336 1,563
10th Percentile £350 £300 £301
25th Percentile £450 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £625
90th Percentile £734 £700 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 136 84
10th Percentile £17.74 £19.00 £18.58
25th Percentile £28.13 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +33.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £72.77 £56.62
90th Percentile £87.46 £76.37 £66.91
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -27.27% +37.50% +9.59%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the South East

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the South East

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the South East

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the South East

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Hampshire -29 14 £592 +39.24% 10
Thames Valley -43 12 £438 -35.66% 24
Berkshire -26 7 £450 -35.02% 3
Buckinghamshire +24 5 £425 -29.17% 1
Surrey +16 2 £525 -
Middlesex - 2 £180 -
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (6.25%) SAS
1 2 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.13%) SPSS
2 1 (3.13%) Stata
Business Applications
1 7 (21.88%) SAP HR
2 2 (6.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (15.63%) Boomi
3 2 (6.25%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) Azure AKS
3 2 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.25%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (6.25%) PaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) LAN
1 3 (9.38%) Network Security
1 3 (9.38%) VPN
1 3 (9.38%) WAN
2 2 (6.25%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (6.25%) Wireless
3 1 (3.13%) DNS
3 1 (3.13%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.13%) Internet
3 1 (3.13%) IPsec
3 1 (3.13%) MPLS
3 1 (3.13%) OSPF
3 1 (3.13%) PPP
3 1 (3.13%) RIP
3 1 (3.13%) SNMP
3 1 (3.13%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.13%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.13%) VoIP
3 1 (3.13%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Git
General
1 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Finance
3 2 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Advertising
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (21.88%) Analyst
2 4 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 3 (9.38%) C# Developer
3 3 (9.38%) Developer
4 2 (6.25%) Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Asset Management Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) DSP Engineer
4 2 (6.25%) IT Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Senior
4 2 (6.25%) Service Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Transition Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Transition Project Manager
5 1 (3.13%) Administrator
5 1 (3.13%) Data Analyst
5 1 (3.13%) Lead
5 1 (3.13%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) D3.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 2 (6.25%) CMDB
2 2 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.25%) VHDL
3 1 (3.13%) IoT
3 1 (3.13%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Linux
2 2 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Logistics
2 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (12.50%) Project Management
3 4 (12.50%) Service Management
4 3 (9.38%) Mathematics
4 3 (9.38%) Physics
5 2 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 2 (6.25%) Configuration Management
5 2 (6.25%) Customer Service
5 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.25%) Data Entry
5 2 (6.25%) Data Protection
5 2 (6.25%) DevOps
5 2 (6.25%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.25%) Inventory Management
5 2 (6.25%) IT Asset Management
5 2 (6.25%) Statistics
5 2 (6.25%) Test Automation
5 2 (6.25%) Time Management
5 2 (6.25%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) C#
1 3 (9.38%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) C
2 2 (6.25%) C++
2 2 (6.25%) Embedded C
2 2 (6.25%) Embedded C++
2 2 (6.25%) Python
2 2 (6.25%) R
2 2 (6.25%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.13%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 27 (84.38%) Security Cleared
2 25 (78.13%) SC Cleared
3 8 (25.00%) Degree
4 3 (9.38%) CCNP
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.25%) APMP
5 2 (6.25%) CCSA
5 2 (6.25%) ISEB
5 2 (6.25%) JNCIA
5 2 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (3.13%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) CCDP
6 1 (3.13%) CCIP
6 1 (3.13%) CCNA
6 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.25%) Firmware
2 1 (3.13%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) SAP
3 5 (15.63%) Dell
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco
4 3 (9.38%) Juniper
5 2 (6.25%) Blue Coat
5 2 (6.25%) BMC
5 2 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 2 (6.25%) Palo Alto
5 2 (6.25%) Remedy
6 1 (3.13%) ADVA
6 1 (3.13%) Alcatel-Lucent