BPSS Clearance Contracts in Central London

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 114 137
Rank change year-on-year +4 +23 +35
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 17 15 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.85% 0.62% 0.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.47% 3.04% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 17
10th Percentile - £416 £430
25th Percentile £456 £450 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £475 £533
Median % change year-on-year +10.95% -10.80% -8.97%
75th Percentile £568 £523 £606
90th Percentile £575 £568 £798
London median daily rate £549 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +9.75% -4.76% -2.78%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 490 494 777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 24.49% 20.27% 20.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 314 457
10th Percentile £366 £363 £325
25th Percentile £456 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £663 £643 £700
90th Percentile £763 £775 £817
London median daily rate £525 £540 £575
% change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 5
10th Percentile £24.16 £20.22 £18.06
25th Percentile £27.39 £21.41 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.99 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.87% -49.54% +9.57%
75th Percentile £63.75 £39.56 £53.75
90th Percentile £85.50 £54.38 £71.75
London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year +15.13% -46.84% +6.74%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Central London.

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Central London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Central London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +7 15 £527 +13.33% 3
West End of London - 2 - -
BPSS Clearance
London

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
1 1 (5.88%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (29.41%) Power Automate
1 5 (29.41%) Power Platform
2 4 (23.53%) AWS
2 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) PowerApps
3 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) Power Platform Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Power BI Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) CRM Developer
5 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Information Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Mac Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Security Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) SharePoint Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) CSS
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
1 2 (11.76%) Node.js
1 2 (11.76%) Ruby on Rails
2 1 (5.88%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) MIDP
2 1 (5.88%) React
2 1 (5.88%) REST
2 1 (5.88%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) CRM
2 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (17.65%) DevOps
2 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
2 3 (17.65%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (17.65%) User Experience
3 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (11.76%) Migration
3 2 (11.76%) Project Management
4 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
4 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Data Management
4 1 (5.88%) Facilities Management
4 1 (5.88%) Process Management
4 1 (5.88%) Validation
4 1 (5.88%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C#
2 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.76%) Bash
3 2 (11.76%) Java
3 2 (11.76%) PL/SQL
3 2 (11.76%) Python
3 2 (11.76%) Ruby
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
4 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Apple
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Autodesk
3 1 (5.88%) Google