BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in Derby

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derby with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 5 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 2.84% 4.17% 3.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.35% 7.84% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £627 £605
25th Percentile £575 £658 £614
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 £627
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +11.64% -
75th Percentile £625 £750 £629
90th Percentile - £795 £629
Derbyshire median daily rate £600 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +71.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.01 - -
Median hourly rate £17.12 - -
75th Percentile £18.22 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £17.12 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 68 51 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 38.64% 53.13% 40.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 30 25
10th Percentile £200 £170 £274
25th Percentile £338 £203 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £538
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -13.95% +8.86%
75th Percentile £575 £569 £600
90th Percentile £635 £728 £620
Derbyshire median daily rate £513 £488 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.52% +1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 11 12
10th Percentile £16.01 £24.25 -
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.04 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.28 £25.15 £20.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +20.94% +17.35%
75th Percentile £25.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile £28.91 - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £24.28 £25.15 £20.80
% change year-on-year -3.46% +20.94% +17.35%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Derby

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Daily Rate Trend in Derby

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing BPSS Clearance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing BPSS Clearance

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (20.00%) CAD
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) PLM
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens