Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 579 872
Rank change year-on-year +251 +293 -217
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 856 451 375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 0.44% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.11% 1.36% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 679 247 188
10th Percentile £25,700 £30,000 £24,042
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,384 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.15% +11.97% -6.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.47% - -13.64%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,491 33,185 42,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.72% 32.68% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 17,282 14,890 18,866
10th Percentile £28,254 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,350 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +2.70% +1.01%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the UK

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the UK

BPSS Clearance
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +287 749 £55,000 +4.76% 175
UK excluding London +280 666 £52,000 +9.47% 151
Work from Home +292 418 £59,000 -9.23% 78
South West +151 315 £50,000 +5.26% 33
East of England +151 176 £57,500 +10.58% 14
London +44 80 £70,000 +33.33% 23
South East +72 71 £52,293 -30.28% 31
Midlands +22 43 £40,000 -40.74% 24
North of England +17 36 £49,000 +22.50% 39
North West -6 27 £28,000 -30.00% 35
West Midlands +20 22 £60,000 +9.09% 7
East Midlands -3 21 £24,811 -63.24% 17
Wales +15 12 £41,067 -
Scotland -65 12 £24,240 -1.06% 12
North East +1 6 £65,000 -13.33% 3
Northern Ireland - 5 £28,000 - 1
Yorkshire +65 3 £78,273 +9.86% 1

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (11.45%) Confluence
2 19 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.10%) Exchange Server 2010
4 17 (1.99%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.70%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.35%) Apache
7 2 (0.23%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.23%) CMS
7 2 (0.23%) WordPress
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
Applications
1 41 (4.79%) Simulink
2 23 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.17%) Trello
5 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.47%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.12%) 1Password
8 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) Blender
8 1 (0.12%) InDesign
8 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (3.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 25 (2.92%) Workday HCM
3 9 (1.05%) Primavera
4 7 (0.82%) Maximo
5 2 (0.23%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.23%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.12%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.12%) SAP CX
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.12%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 161 (18.81%) Azure
2 101 (11.80%) AWS
3 63 (7.36%) Azure DevOps
4 57 (6.66%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (3.97%) Power Platform
6 30 (3.50%) GitHub
7 28 (3.27%) GCP
8 25 (2.92%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (2.69%) PaaS
10 20 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (1.75%) OCI
12 14 (1.64%) Serverless
13 13 (1.52%) SaaS
14 10 (1.17%) IaaS
15 8 (0.93%) Amazon EKS
15 8 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.93%) Slack
16 6 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
17 5 (0.58%) Azure Cognitive Services
17 5 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 44 (5.14%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (2.10%) VPN
3 15 (1.75%) 5G
4 14 (1.64%) Firewall
5 13 (1.52%) LAN
6 11 (1.29%) Ethernet
7 10 (1.17%) 4G
8 9 (1.05%) MPLS
8 9 (1.05%) WAN
9 8 (0.93%) Software-Defined Radio
10 7 (0.82%) Wireless
11 5 (0.58%) 5G NR
11 5 (0.58%) 802.11
11 5 (0.58%) LTE
11 5 (0.58%) SAN
12 4 (0.47%) DNS
12 4 (0.47%) Internet
13 3 (0.35%) RS-232
13 3 (0.35%) RS-485
13 3 (0.35%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.39%) Relational Database
2 19 (2.22%) Power BI
3 17 (1.99%) NoSQL
4 13 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
5 10 (1.17%) SQL Server
5 10 (1.17%) Tableau
6 8 (0.93%) Big Data
6 8 (0.93%) GIS
6 8 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 7 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 6 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.70%) Redis
8 6 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (0.70%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.47%) Metadata
9 4 (0.47%) Power Query
10 2 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 113 (13.20%) JIRA
2 112 (13.08%) Git
3 96 (11.21%) Visual Studio
4 89 (10.40%) Bitbucket
5 59 (6.89%) Sourcetree
6 45 (5.26%) Rational Rhapsody
7 42 (4.91%) Rational DOORS
8 19 (2.22%) GitLab
9 13 (1.52%) Jenkins
9 13 (1.52%) Rational Team Concert
10 8 (0.93%) SonarQube
11 7 (0.82%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.82%) git-flow
11 7 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (0.70%) Postman
13 5 (0.58%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.58%) Subversion
14 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.47%) JMeter
15 2 (0.23%) Mockito
General
1 209 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 121 (14.14%) Presentation Skills
3 102 (11.92%) Games
3 102 (11.92%) Public Sector
4 64 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (5.26%) Finance
6 44 (5.14%) Manufacturing
7 37 (4.32%) Military
8 35 (4.09%) Aerospace
9 34 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (3.27%) Electronics
11 27 (3.15%) Retail
12 23 (2.69%) French Language
13 19 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.52%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.40%) Marketing
17 7 (0.82%) Italian Language
18 4 (0.47%) German Language
18 4 (0.47%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 149 (17.41%) Developer
2 118 (13.79%) Senior
3 103 (12.03%) Architect
4 95 (11.10%) Lead
5 89 (10.40%) Systems Engineer
6 88 (10.28%) 3D Developer
6 88 (10.28%) Games Developer
6 88 (10.28%) Unity 3D Developer
7 64 (7.48%) Software Engineer
8 59 (6.89%) Consultant
9 49 (5.72%) Senior Developer
10 45 (5.26%) Analyst
11 35 (4.09%) Security Architect
12 33 (3.86%) Mobile Engineer
13 31 (3.62%) Field Engineer
14 30 (3.50%) Senior Games Developer
15 29 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (3.15%) Junior
17 26 (3.04%) Field Service Engineer
18 25 (2.92%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (10.28%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 56 (6.54%) .NET
3 34 (3.97%) HTML
4 31 (3.62%) Node.js
5 27 (3.15%) CSS
6 26 (3.04%) RESTful
7 22 (2.57%) Web Services
8 18 (2.10%) REST
9 15 (1.75%) EDI
10 11 (1.29%) Middleware
11 10 (1.17%) JSON
12 9 (1.05%) AngularJS
12 9 (1.05%) ASP.NET
12 9 (1.05%) Express.js
12 9 (1.05%) PyTorch
13 8 (0.93%) ARM Templates
13 8 (0.93%) ASP.NET Core
13 8 (0.93%) Azure Blueprints
13 8 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (0.93%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 92 (10.75%) Virtual Reality
2 83 (9.70%) Onboarding
3 76 (8.88%) Driving Licence
4 61 (7.13%) Management Information System
5 48 (5.61%) Self-Motivation
6 47 (5.49%) Algorithms
7 21 (2.45%) Public Cloud
8 19 (2.22%) Data Centre
9 17 (1.99%) Cyberattack
9 17 (1.99%) EPoS
10 15 (1.75%) Product Ownership
11 14 (1.64%) iPhone
12 10 (1.17%) FPGA
12 10 (1.17%) IoT
12 10 (1.17%) VHDL
13 9 (1.05%) ARM Cortex
13 9 (1.05%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.93%) CMDB
14 8 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.93%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 76 (8.88%) Windows
2 34 (3.97%) Linux
3 7 (0.82%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.58%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.47%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.47%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.47%) Unix
6 3 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.12%) Android
8 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (27.34%) Software Engineering
2 174 (20.33%) DevOps
3 160 (18.69%) Agile
4 154 (17.99%) UML
5 138 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
5 138 (16.12%) Scrum
6 124 (14.49%) Systems Engineering
7 105 (12.27%) Use Case
8 101 (11.80%) Project Management
9 98 (11.45%) Design Patterns
10 90 (10.51%) Validation
11 78 (9.11%) ITIL
12 77 (9.00%) Roadmaps
13 67 (7.83%) Analytics
14 64 (7.48%) Mentoring
15 63 (7.36%) Full Stack Development
16 60 (7.01%) Stakeholder Management
17 57 (6.66%) Cybersecurity
17 57 (6.66%) Mathematics
18 55 (6.43%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 138 (16.12%) C#
2 58 (6.78%) Python
3 55 (6.43%) JavaScript
4 54 (6.31%) C
5 46 (5.37%) Ada
5 46 (5.37%) Java
6 36 (4.21%) MATLAB
7 32 (3.74%) SQL
8 20 (2.34%) Go
9 13 (1.52%) Scala
9 13 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 11 (1.29%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.17%) C++
11 10 (1.17%) R
12 8 (0.93%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.70%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.58%) PHP
15 4 (0.47%) VBA
16 3 (0.35%) Rust
16 3 (0.35%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 681 (79.56%) Security Cleared
2 281 (32.83%) SC Cleared
3 270 (31.54%) Degree
4 35 (4.09%) DBS Check
5 29 (3.39%) TOGAF Certification
6 17 (1.99%) Master's Degree
7 16 (1.87%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.75%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.75%) CISM
8 15 (1.75%) CISSP
9 13 (1.52%) OSCP
10 12 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
10 12 (1.40%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.93%) APMG
12 6 (0.70%) IIBA
13 5 (0.58%) PhD
14 4 (0.47%) APMP
14 4 (0.47%) CCSAM
14 4 (0.47%) CREST Certified
15 3 (0.35%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.54%) SLA
2 39 (4.56%) PCI DSS
3 31 (3.62%) Accessibility
4 29 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 16 (1.87%) QA
6 13 (1.52%) Def Stans
7 12 (1.40%) GDPR
8 10 (1.17%) COSHH
8 10 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (1.17%) MISRA
8 10 (1.17%) NCSC
9 6 (0.70%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.47%) IEC 61508
10 4 (0.47%) MISRA C
11 3 (0.35%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.35%) NIST
12 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (6.43%) Firmware
2 39 (4.56%) KVM
3 27 (3.15%) Docker
4 25 (2.92%) Active Directory
5 11 (1.29%) Hyper-V
6 10 (1.17%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (2.57%) Ansible
1 22 (2.57%) Terraform
2 20 (2.34%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (1.17%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.70%) Grafana
5 6 (0.70%) Kibana
6 4 (0.47%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.12%) Istio
8 1 (0.12%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 239 (27.92%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.59%) Dell
3 59 (6.89%) IBM
4 33 (3.86%) HP
5 29 (3.39%) Sparx
6 25 (2.92%) Oracle
6 25 (2.92%) Workday
7 17 (1.99%) NetApp
8 16 (1.87%) Cisco
9 15 (1.75%) Mercator
10 14 (1.64%) Google
10 14 (1.64%) Sun
11 12 (1.40%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.05%) Darktrace
12 9 (1.05%) Mitel
12 9 (1.05%) NEC
12 9 (1.05%) Ribbon
13 7 (0.82%) McAfee
13 7 (0.82%) Salesforce
13 7 (0.82%) SAP