The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 12 August 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
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 contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.
Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications
414
864
979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London
19.11%
13.34%
14.03%
Number of daily rates quoted
243
628
670
Median daily rate
£513
£513
£500
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-
+2.50%
+5.26%
10th Percentile
£271
£304
£306
90th Percentile
£650
£688
£700
Central London median daily rate
£500
£500
£500
Number of hourly rates quoted
10
12
59
Median hourly rate
£35.25
£27.72
£18.70
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.19%
+48.21%
+0.03%
10th Percentile
£17.93
£10.63
£14.00
90th Percentile
£46.18
£55.08
£30.75
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£22.06
£18.70
% change year-on-year
+58.69%
+17.94%
-
BPSS Clearance Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
BPSS Clearance Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the City of London.
BPSS Clearance Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 August 2020.
BPSS Clearance Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 12 August 2020, IT contractor jobs citing BPSS Clearance also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for BPSS Clearance.
BPSS Clearance Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
