BPSS Clearance Jobs in England

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 620 931
Rank change year-on-year +301 +311 -261
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 748 353 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.88% 0.38% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.09% 1.16% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 593 175 158
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £21,806
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £49,200
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +6.71% -10.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,218 30,499 34,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.72% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,725 13,726 16,723
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +171 312 £50,000 +5.26% 37
East of England +144 175 £57,500 +10.58% 18
London +52 85 £70,000 +33.33% 16
South East +78 66 £52,293 -34.63% 35
Midlands +26 43 £40,000 -40.74% 20
North of England +25 38 £50,000 +25.00% 33
North West +1 28 £28,422 -28.95% 28
West Midlands +34 22 £60,000 +9.09% 5
East Midlands -4 21 £24,811 -63.24% 15
North East +2 7 £71,636 -4.49% 4
Yorkshire +74 3 £78,273 +11.82% 1
BPSS Clearance
UK

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 98 (13.10%) Confluence
2 17 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (1.74%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.40%) Apache
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 41 (5.48%) Simulink
2 23 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.34%) Trello
5 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.53%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.13%) 1Password
8 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.13%) Blender
8 1 (0.13%) InDesign
8 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 28 (3.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 25 (3.34%) Workday HCM
3 9 (1.20%) Primavera
4 8 (1.07%) Maximo
5 4 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.40%) SAP MM
6 3 (0.40%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CX
7 2 (0.27%) SAP GTS
7 2 (0.27%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.27%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.27%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.13%) ContrOCC
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.13%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 107 (14.30%) Azure
2 58 (7.75%) AWS
3 54 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
4 52 (6.95%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (3.74%) Power Platform
6 20 (2.67%) GitHub
7 17 (2.27%) PaaS
8 16 (2.14%) OCI
9 15 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
11 13 (1.74%) SaaS
12 11 (1.47%) IaaS
13 9 (1.20%) GCP
14 7 (0.94%) Serverless
15 4 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 4 (0.53%) Google Analytics
15 4 (0.53%) Google Data Studio
15 4 (0.53%) Google Sheets
15 4 (0.53%) Google Tag Manager
16 3 (0.40%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.68%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (2.01%) 5G
3 14 (1.87%) Firewall
4 13 (1.74%) VPN
5 11 (1.47%) Ethernet
6 10 (1.34%) 4G
7 9 (1.20%) MPLS
7 9 (1.20%) WAN
8 8 (1.07%) Software-Defined Radio
8 8 (1.07%) Wireless
9 5 (0.67%) 5G NR
9 5 (0.67%) 802.11
9 5 (0.67%) LTE
10 4 (0.53%) DNS
10 4 (0.53%) Internet
11 3 (0.40%) Modbus
11 3 (0.40%) RS-232
11 3 (0.40%) RS-422
11 3 (0.40%) RS-485
11 3 (0.40%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (2.41%) Power BI
2 17 (2.27%) NoSQL
3 14 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
4 10 (1.34%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.34%) Tableau
5 9 (1.20%) GIS
6 8 (1.07%) Big Data
6 8 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.07%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.07%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 8 (1.07%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
7 6 (0.80%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.53%) Metadata
9 4 (0.53%) Power Query
10 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.27%) Redis
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 107 (14.30%) JIRA
2 105 (14.04%) Git
3 95 (12.70%) Visual Studio
4 89 (11.90%) Bitbucket
5 59 (7.89%) Sourcetree
6 45 (6.02%) Rational Rhapsody
7 42 (5.61%) Rational DOORS
8 13 (1.74%) Rational Team Concert
9 10 (1.34%) GitLab
10 8 (1.07%) Jenkins
10 8 (1.07%) SonarQube
10 8 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.67%) Eclipse
11 5 (0.67%) Subversion
12 4 (0.53%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.53%) JMeter
13 2 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.27%) Selenium
13 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
14 1 (0.13%) REST Assured
General
1 163 (21.79%) Social Skills
2 108 (14.44%) Presentation Skills
3 102 (13.64%) Games
4 56 (7.49%) Public Sector
5 50 (6.68%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (5.75%) Manufacturing
7 39 (5.21%) Finance
8 38 (5.08%) Military
9 34 (4.55%) Aerospace
10 30 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (3.74%) Electronics
12 19 (2.54%) Retail
13 18 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.60%) French Language
15 12 (1.60%) Marketing
16 10 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.94%) Italian Language
18 4 (0.53%) German Language
18 4 (0.53%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 123 (16.44%) Developer
2 92 (12.30%) Lead
3 89 (11.90%) Systems Engineer
4 88 (11.76%) 3D Developer
4 88 (11.76%) Games Developer
4 88 (11.76%) Unity 3D Developer
5 87 (11.63%) Architect
6 85 (11.36%) Senior
7 62 (8.29%) Software Engineer
8 56 (7.49%) Consultant
9 38 (5.08%) Analyst
10 33 (4.41%) Senior Developer
11 30 (4.01%) Senior Games Developer
12 28 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
13 25 (3.34%) Mobile Engineer
13 25 (3.34%) Workday Consultant
14 22 (2.94%) Field Engineer
15 21 (2.81%) Security Architect
16 19 (2.54%) Junior
17 18 (2.41%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (11.76%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 48 (6.42%) .NET
3 16 (2.14%) REST
4 15 (2.01%) EDI
5 11 (1.47%) Middleware
6 10 (1.34%) AngularJS
6 10 (1.34%) HTML
7 9 (1.20%) PyTorch
8 8 (1.07%) ARM Templates
8 8 (1.07%) Azure Blueprints
9 7 (0.94%) JSON
9 7 (0.94%) Node.js
10 6 (0.80%) Spring
11 5 (0.67%) 802.1X
11 5 (0.67%) RESTful
12 4 (0.53%) Kafka
12 4 (0.53%) ONNX
12 4 (0.53%) Play Framework
12 4 (0.53%) Spring Boot
12 4 (0.53%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 92 (12.30%) Virtual Reality
2 59 (7.89%) Driving Licence
3 47 (6.28%) Algorithms
4 39 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (5.08%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.34%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.54%) Public Cloud
8 11 (1.47%) Product Ownership
9 10 (1.34%) FPGA
9 10 (1.34%) IoT
9 10 (1.34%) VHDL
10 9 (1.20%) ARM Cortex
10 9 (1.20%) EPoS
11 8 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (1.07%) PCIe
12 5 (0.67%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.67%) Robotics
12 5 (0.67%) Social Media
12 5 (0.67%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 60 (8.02%) Windows
2 22 (2.94%) Linux
3 7 (0.94%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.53%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.53%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.53%) Unix
6 3 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.27%) VMS
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.13%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (27.01%) Software Engineering
2 153 (20.45%) UML
3 142 (18.98%) DevOps
4 135 (18.05%) Agile
5 124 (16.58%) Systems Engineering
6 119 (15.91%) Scrum
7 105 (14.04%) Use Case
8 96 (12.83%) Design Patterns
9 95 (12.70%) Project Management
10 93 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
11 91 (12.17%) Validation
12 63 (8.42%) ITIL
13 62 (8.29%) Mentoring
13 62 (8.29%) Roadmaps
14 57 (7.62%) Analytics
14 57 (7.62%) Mathematics
15 54 (7.22%) Verification and Validation
16 47 (6.28%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
17 46 (6.15%) Project Delivery
18 44 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (16.04%) C#
2 54 (7.22%) C
3 44 (5.88%) Ada
4 39 (5.21%) Python
5 36 (4.81%) MATLAB
6 28 (3.74%) JavaScript
6 28 (3.74%) SQL
7 26 (3.48%) Java
8 13 (1.74%) Scala
8 13 (1.74%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.34%) C++
9 10 (1.34%) R
10 9 (1.20%) PowerShell
10 9 (1.20%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.53%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.53%) VBA
12 3 (0.40%) Ruby
12 3 (0.40%) Rust
12 3 (0.40%) SystemVerilog
13 2 (0.27%) Go
Qualifications
1 598 (79.95%) Security Cleared
2 265 (35.43%) Degree
3 222 (29.68%) SC Cleared
4 35 (4.68%) DBS Check
5 28 (3.74%) TOGAF Certification
6 17 (2.27%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.60%) CTC Cleared
7 12 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.07%) APMG
9 6 (0.80%) IIBA
10 5 (0.67%) PhD
11 4 (0.53%) CCSAM
11 4 (0.53%) CREST Certified
12 3 (0.40%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.40%) HNC
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.27%) CISM
13 2 (0.27%) CISSP
13 2 (0.27%) CSPO
14 1 (0.13%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.21%) SLA
2 30 (4.01%) PCI DSS
3 29 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 13 (1.74%) Def Stans
5 12 (1.60%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.60%) GDPR
6 11 (1.47%) QA
7 10 (1.34%) COSHH
7 10 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (1.34%) MISRA
8 9 (1.20%) NCSC
9 6 (0.80%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.53%) IEC 61508
10 4 (0.53%) MISRA C
11 3 (0.40%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.27%) NIST
13 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 47 (6.28%) Firmware
2 30 (4.01%) KVM
3 17 (2.27%) Docker
4 11 (1.47%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.34%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.53%) Active Directory
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (1.87%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (1.47%) Terraform
4 10 (1.34%) Ansible
4 10 (1.34%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.27%) Grafana
6 2 (0.27%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.13%) Istio
7 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 219 (29.28%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.82%) IBM
3 47 (6.28%) Dell
4 28 (3.74%) Sparx
5 26 (3.48%) Oracle
6 25 (3.34%) Workday
7 24 (3.21%) HP
8 16 (2.14%) Cisco
9 14 (1.87%) Sun
10 11 (1.47%) Mercator
11 9 (1.20%) Darktrace
11 9 (1.20%) Mitel
11 9 (1.20%) NEC
11 9 (1.20%) NetApp
11 9 (1.20%) Ribbon
11 9 (1.20%) SAP
12 8 (1.07%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.94%) Google
14 5 (0.67%) EMC
14 5 (0.67%) Meraki