BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in Abingdon

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Abingdon with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Abingdon 5.26% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £388 £625 -
% change year-on-year -38.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £40.19 £27.76 -
% change year-on-year +44.78% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Abingdon

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 Abingdon.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon 36.84% 25.00% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £426 - -
25th Percentile £453 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% - -
75th Percentile £506 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £433 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -17.62% +23.53% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £23.41 - -
25th Percentile £28.05 - -
Median hourly rate £36.41 - -
75th Percentile £45.39 - -
90th Percentile £50.41 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £24.46 £37.03 £48.75
% change year-on-year -33.95% -24.04% +73.12%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Abingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BPSS Clearance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon.

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Abingdon

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in Abingdon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing BPSS Clearance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle