BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in England

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 240 231
Rank change year-on-year +96 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 726 251 382
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.84% 1.02% 1.03%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.57% 3.26% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 164 290
10th Percentile £313 £237 £296
25th Percentile £382 £404 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £582 £618
90th Percentile £673 £669 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 21 52
10th Percentile £20.13 £18.50 £13.99
25th Percentile £23.31 £24.50 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +226.90% -59.30%
75th Percentile £73.95 £75.00 £42.64
90th Percentile £85.36 £77.50 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £43.69 £45.00 £16.06
% change year-on-year -2.91% +180.20% -58.12%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,026 7,704 11,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.93% 31.44% 31.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,750 4,931 7,219
10th Percentile £340 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £537
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.23% -2.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 981 430 963
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £24.54 £17.88
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +25.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £71.50 £68.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.36 £82.25 £76.64
UK median hourly rate £45.46 £42.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.96% +6.25% -25.93%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in England

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
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 BPSS Clearance within the England region over the 6 months to 20 April 2026. 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
London +107 237 £512 -2.88% 55
North of England +21 200 £440 -12.00% 62
North West +22 136 £397 -26.23% 41
Midlands +8 118 £438 -2.34% 19
South East +2 89 £469 -14.10% 63
West Midlands -8 89 £447 +2.41% 18
South West +3 51 £525 +61.54% 58
Yorkshire -33 35 £481 +78.24% 7
North East +3 31 £475 +25.00% 14
East Midlands -4 28 £395 -35.56% 1
East of England -21 27 £450 +125.00% 40
BPSS Clearance
UK

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 44 (6.06%) Confluence
2 14 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.24%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.96%) Apache
4 7 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.69%) nginx
6 3 (0.41%) CMS
6 3 (0.41%) LiveCycle
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.41%) SAS
6 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.28%) CICS
7 2 (0.28%) MTS
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Camunda
8 1 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.14%) Smallworld
Applications
1 36 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.41%) Simulink
7 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) Trello
8 1 (0.14%) Autodesk Inventor
8 1 (0.14%) CATIA
8 1 (0.14%) InVision
8 1 (0.14%) MicroStation
8 1 (0.14%) PTC Creo
8 1 (0.14%) Sketch
8 1 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 35 (4.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (1.65%) SAP Travel Management
3 8 (1.10%) SAP IBP
3 8 (1.10%) SAP PSCD
4 6 (0.83%) SAP EWM
5 5 (0.69%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.55%) iTrent
6 4 (0.55%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.55%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.41%) Exchequer
7 3 (0.41%) ProductWriter
7 3 (0.41%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (0.41%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.41%) SAP VC
8 2 (0.28%) BASE24
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.28%) Primavera
8 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 126 (17.36%) AWS
2 98 (13.50%) Azure
3 41 (5.65%) Power Platform
4 36 (4.96%) GitHub
5 30 (4.13%) Serverless
6 27 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (3.44%) GCP
8 23 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (1.65%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (1.52%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (1.38%) Amazon S3
13 10 (1.38%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (1.24%) Entra ID
14 9 (1.24%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (0.96%) Power Automate
16 6 (0.83%) Azure Functions
16 6 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.65%) DNS
2 11 (1.52%) Firewall
3 10 (1.38%) Network Security
4 5 (0.69%) HTTPS
4 5 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.69%) WAN
4 5 (0.69%) WebEx
5 4 (0.55%) DHCP
5 4 (0.55%) VPN
5 4 (0.55%) VSAN
6 3 (0.41%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.41%) Internet
6 3 (0.41%) MPLS
6 3 (0.41%) SSH
6 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.41%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.41%) Wireless
7 2 (0.28%) Broadband
7 2 (0.28%) NAS
7 2 (0.28%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.55%) Power BI
2 26 (3.58%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (2.89%) SQL Server
4 15 (2.07%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (1.79%) Metadata
7 11 (1.52%) MongoDB
8 10 (1.38%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.10%) DocumentDB
9 8 (1.10%) Redis
10 7 (0.96%) Big Data
10 7 (0.96%) Delta Lake
10 7 (0.96%) Geospatial Data
11 6 (0.83%) Tableau
12 5 (0.69%) DataStage
12 5 (0.69%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.69%) Spark SQL
13 4 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.55%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.55%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 79 (10.88%) JIRA
2 53 (7.30%) Git
3 26 (3.58%) Jenkins
4 25 (3.44%) GitLab
5 10 (1.38%) Selenium
6 8 (1.10%) JUnit
7 7 (0.96%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.96%) Gatling
8 6 (0.83%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.83%) Mockito
9 4 (0.55%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.55%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.41%) JMeter
10 3 (0.41%) Maven
10 3 (0.41%) Toad
10 3 (0.41%) WebDriver
11 2 (0.28%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 228 (31.40%) Social Skills
2 129 (17.77%) Finance
3 109 (15.01%) Public Sector
4 98 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (5.92%) Banking
6 37 (5.10%) Aerospace
7 18 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (2.34%) Legal
9 14 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (1.79%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.24%) Aviation
13 8 (1.10%) Local Government
13 8 (1.10%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.10%) Publishing
14 7 (0.96%) Retail
15 6 (0.83%) Advertising
16 5 (0.69%) Marketing
16 5 (0.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 108 (14.88%) Analyst
2 85 (11.71%) Senior
3 79 (10.88%) Developer
4 68 (9.37%) Lead
5 62 (8.54%) Architect
6 60 (8.26%) Consultant
7 51 (7.02%) Business Analyst
8 45 (6.20%) SAP Consultant
9 29 (3.99%) Administrator
10 28 (3.86%) Data Engineer
11 24 (3.31%) Delivery Manager
12 23 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (2.89%) Designer
14 19 (2.62%) Senior Business Analyst
15 18 (2.48%) Senior Manager
16 15 (2.07%) Java Developer
16 15 (2.07%) Systems Engineer
17 14 (1.93%) Project Manager
17 14 (1.93%) Solutions Architect
18 13 (1.79%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (3.99%) Node.js
2 23 (3.17%) React
2 23 (3.17%) REST
3 21 (2.89%) RESTful
3 21 (2.89%) Spring
4 20 (2.75%) Spring Boot
5 15 (2.07%) .NET
5 15 (2.07%) Kafka
6 14 (1.93%) Middleware
7 13 (1.79%) XML
8 12 (1.65%) HTML
8 12 (1.65%) SAP TM
9 11 (1.52%) JSON
10 10 (1.38%) AngularJS
10 10 (1.38%) OpenAPI
11 9 (1.24%) CSS
11 9 (1.24%) OpenTelemetry
11 9 (1.24%) Playwright
11 9 (1.24%) Swagger
12 8 (1.10%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 56 (7.71%) Product Ownership
2 44 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 36 (4.96%) Cloud Native
4 19 (2.62%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (2.07%) NHS
7 10 (1.38%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.10%) Algorithms
9 7 (0.96%) Data Centre
9 7 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (0.83%) Replication
11 5 (0.69%) Data Structures
11 5 (0.69%) Fat Client
11 5 (0.69%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.69%) Tandem
11 5 (0.69%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 60 (8.26%) Linux
2 33 (4.55%) Windows
3 14 (1.93%) Unix
4 9 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.10%) Android
6 5 (0.69%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.28%) AIX
9 2 (0.28%) Debian
9 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.28%) Solaris
9 2 (0.28%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.14%) CentOS
10 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.14%) VME
10 1 (0.14%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (30.58%) Agile
2 129 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
3 118 (16.25%) CI/CD
4 114 (15.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 110 (15.15%) DevOps
6 75 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (10.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 63 (8.68%) Test Automation
8 57 (7.85%) Roadmaps
9 54 (7.44%) Migration
9 54 (7.44%) Scrum
10 53 (7.30%) Data Modelling
11 52 (7.16%) Analytics
12 50 (6.89%) Infrastructure as Code
12 50 (6.89%) Validation
13 48 (6.61%) Microservices
14 47 (6.47%) Workshop Facilitation
15 46 (6.34%) Decision-Making
16 44 (6.06%) AI
16 44 (6.06%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 107 (14.74%) Python
2 86 (11.85%) SQL
3 67 (9.23%) Java
4 33 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 24 (3.31%) Scala
6 20 (2.75%) PowerShell
7 13 (1.79%) Ruby
8 12 (1.65%) TypeScript
9 11 (1.52%) C#
10 8 (1.10%) Bicep
10 8 (1.10%) C
10 8 (1.10%) C++
10 8 (1.10%) PL/SQL
11 7 (0.96%) Bash
11 7 (0.96%) COBOL
12 5 (0.69%) ABAP
13 4 (0.55%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.41%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.41%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 278 (38.29%) Security Cleared
2 205 (28.24%) SC Cleared
3 48 (6.61%) Degree
4 16 (2.20%) DV Cleared
5 12 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.24%) AWS Certification
6 9 (1.24%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.96%) PMI Certification
8 6 (0.83%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.83%) CompTIA CySA+
8 6 (0.83%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.83%) PMP
9 5 (0.69%) GIAC
10 4 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (0.55%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.41%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.20%) Data Quality
2 43 (5.92%) QA
3 24 (3.31%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.20%) NIST
5 15 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.93%) SLA
7 10 (1.38%) PMO
8 8 (1.10%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.83%) GDPR
9 6 (0.83%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.83%) NCSC
9 6 (0.83%) WCAG
10 5 (0.69%) GRC
10 5 (0.69%) IFRS
10 5 (0.69%) IFRS 17
11 4 (0.55%) PSD2
12 3 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.41%) HL7
12 3 (0.41%) ISO 8583
12 3 (0.41%) SEPA
System Software
1 51 (7.02%) Docker
2 22 (3.03%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.24%) vSphere
5 5 (0.69%) GPFS
5 5 (0.69%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.69%) NFS
5 5 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.28%) ACF2
8 2 (0.28%) QEMU
8 2 (0.28%) RACF
8 2 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
9 1 (0.14%) Postfix
9 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 66 (9.09%) Terraform
2 52 (7.16%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.65%) Grafana
4 11 (1.52%) Ansible
5 8 (1.10%) vRealize
6 7 (0.96%) Kibana
6 7 (0.96%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.69%) Istio
7 5 (0.69%) VxRail
8 4 (0.55%) Argo
8 4 (0.55%) HAProxy
8 4 (0.55%) Packer
8 4 (0.55%) Podman
9 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.41%) SCCM
10 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.28%) CA Endevor
10 2 (0.28%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.28%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.28%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 94 (12.95%) SAP
2 72 (9.92%) Microsoft
3 42 (5.79%) Oracle
4 22 (3.03%) VMware
5 19 (2.62%) Cisco
6 18 (2.48%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.34%) Databricks
8 16 (2.20%) Google
8 16 (2.20%) IBM
9 14 (1.93%) Splunk
10 10 (1.38%) Atlassian
10 10 (1.38%) Workday
11 7 (0.96%) CyberArk
11 7 (0.96%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.69%) BeyondTrust
12 5 (0.69%) Citrix
13 4 (0.55%) Adobe
13 4 (0.55%) Apple
13 4 (0.55%) HP
13 4 (0.55%) Informatica
279 BPSS Clearance jobs in England