BC Cleared Contracts in England

Basic Check (BC) Clearance
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 537 608
Rank change year-on-year +43 +71 +163
Contract jobs citing BC Cleared 4 15 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.040% 0.066%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.049% 0.13% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 15
10th Percentile £468 £543 £581
25th Percentile £494 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £590
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% +22.92%
75th Percentile £619 £629 £656
90th Percentile £653 £638 £700
UK median daily rate £463 £600 £590
% change year-on-year -22.92% +1.69% +22.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 11
10th Percentile - £13.63 £12.50
25th Percentile - £14.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate - £16.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - -13.16% -26.92%
75th Percentile - £22.69 £25.50
90th Percentile - £29.38 £70.25
UK median hourly rate - £16.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year - -26.67% -35.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

BC Cleared 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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,216 11,342 13,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.94% 30.48% 27.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,177 7,037 8,723
10th Percentile £282 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 987 645
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.67
25th Percentile £20.07 £20.75 £22.51
Median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +35.80%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.19 £77.19 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.65 £40.94 £55.50
% change year-on-year -32.47% -26.23% +24.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing BC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for BC Cleared in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BC Cleared in England.

Daily rate trend for BC Cleared in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BC Cleared in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BC Cleared in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BC Cleared in England.

Hourly rate trend for BC Cleared in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BC Cleared within the England region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
South East +42 2 - - 4
London +33 1 £450 -21.74% 12
North of England +3 1 £650 - 7
Yorkshire - 1 £650 - 1
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Business Change Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Business Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Change Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) ETL Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Security
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) ETL Development
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) APMG
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft