BPSS Clearance Contracts in the East Midlands

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 51 73
Rank change year-on-year +1 +22 -2
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 5 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.89% 1.56% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.36% 4.72% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 8
10th Percentile £465 £199 £296
25th Percentile £556 £200 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £657 £290 £488
Median % change year-on-year +126.38% -40.51% -9.72%
75th Percentile £750 £534 £530
90th Percentile £795 £538 £573
England median daily rate £506 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.25% -9.09% +4.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 149 254 305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 26.61% 32.99% 29.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 147 216
10th Percentile £200 £168 £228
25th Percentile £250 £252 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £363 £500
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% -27.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £550 £581 £625
90th Percentile £650 £659 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 40
10th Percentile £18.43 £12.75 £10.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.72 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.18 £20.00 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +20.90% +6.67% -12.79%
75th Percentile £25.15 £37.88 £29.92
90th Percentile £30.31 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.84 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +2.10% -23.81% +32.91%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Derbyshire +6 3 £700 +250.00% 7
Leicestershire +2 1 - - 1
Nottinghamshire - 1 £410 -
BPSS Clearance
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Siemens NX
2 1 (20.00%) Fusion 360
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) CAD Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Lead
1 1 (20.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior QA Tester
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) CAD
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) PLM
1 2 (40.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) User Stories
2 1 (20.00%) API Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Siemens
2 1 (20.00%) Autodesk
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) SAP