BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in East London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in East 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 1 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.87% - 1.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% - 5.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £743
25th Percentile £713 - £744
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £744
75th Percentile £738 - £745
90th Percentile - - £745
London median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21 51 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 18.26% 36.17% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 44 45
10th Percentile £415 £250 £182
25th Percentile £534 £395 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £466 £550
Median % change year-on-year +44.85% -15.27% +29.41%
75th Percentile £728 £585 £720
90th Percentile £888 £650 £771
London median daily rate £538 £538 £550
% change year-on-year - -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55.75 - -
25th Percentile £56.88 - -
Median hourly rate £58.75 - -
75th Percentile £60.63 - -
90th Percentile £61.75 - -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.65 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.38% -18.56% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in East London

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker