Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Lancashire > Blackpool
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Blackpool with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 7 | 14 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +7 | -4 |
| Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Blackpool | - | 12.00% | 7.58% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | - | 33.33% | 15.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £644 | £428 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £673 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £720 | £463 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +55.68% | -7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £635 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £538 | £625 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.92% | +35.14% | -7.50% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Blackpool
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 Blackpool.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 2 | 9 | 32 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool | 40.00% | 36.00% | 48.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £673 | £454 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £514 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £720 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +30.91% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £683 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £525 | £588 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.64% | +15.20% | +4.72% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £11.00 | - |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | - | £16.06 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -62.21% | - |
BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool
Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Blackpool.
BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Blackpool
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Blackpool.