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 6 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Abingdon 10.00% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 13.64% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £592 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £592 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £52.50 £27.76 -
% change year-on-year +89.12% - -

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 22 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon 73.33% 33.33% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £412 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £506 - -
90th Percentile £515 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £440 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -2.22% +5.88% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £32.19 - -
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £28.48 £26.53 £60.00
% change year-on-year +7.33% -55.78% +55.52%

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) IAM Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Identity Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth2
1 1 (33.33%) OpenID
1 1 (33.33%) SailPoint
1 1 (33.33%) SAML
1 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Unix
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Runbook
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Attestation
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) RBAC
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) BeyondTrust
1 2 (66.67%) CyberArk
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft