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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 281 263
Rank change year-on-year +104 -18 -36
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 489 260 352
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.57% 0.85% 0.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.68% 2.84% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 156 237
10th Percentile £301 £220 £362
25th Percentile £375 £364 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £626 £600 £631
90th Percentile £700 £672 £712
UK median daily rate £492 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -1.60% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 12 32
10th Percentile £19.90 £20.45 £24.25
25th Percentile £22.63 £33.13 £33.14
Median hourly rate £33.50 £39.43 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% -28.32% -8.33%
75th Percentile £56.69 £65.00 £76.99
90th Percentile £71.73 - £84.36
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £37.93 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.67% -31.05% -8.33%

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 10,443 9,161 11,417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.52% 29.96% 30.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,811 5,607 7,206
10th Percentile £306 £312 £304
25th Percentile £415 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 425 693
10th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.50 £26.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £48.56 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.21% -7.50% +16.67%
75th Percentile £52.54 £68.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.25 £53.50
% change year-on-year -39.03% -22.90% +18.89%

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 2025.

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 4 December 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
North of England +56 191 £469 +17.25% 123
North West +62 140 £450 -10.00% 109
London +37 136 £513 -10.87% 32
Midlands -12 55 £438 -9.79% 38
West Midlands -18 42 £488 +3.72% 27
Yorkshire -14 40 £495 +125.00% 11
South West +9 39 £555 -5.93% 113
South East +8 39 £456 +8.63% 161
East of England -23 18 £515 +134.09% 143
North East +2 14 £488 +17.82% 4
East Midlands -7 13 £350 -42.95% 11
South Coast - 1 £500 -
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 35 (7.16%) Confluence
2 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.23%) nginx
3 6 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.82%) Apache
5 3 (0.61%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.41%) CMS
6 2 (0.41%) MTS
6 2 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) JBoss
7 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.02%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.41%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.41%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.41%) Sketch
5 2 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.41%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
6 1 (0.20%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (6.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.84%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.64%) SAP EHS
4 6 (1.23%) SAP HCM
5 5 (1.02%) Oracle EBS R12
5 5 (1.02%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (1.02%) SAP QM
5 5 (1.02%) SAP VC
6 4 (0.82%) Maximo
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.82%) Oracle SCM
7 3 (0.61%) Oracle ASCP
7 3 (0.61%) SAP BRIM
7 3 (0.61%) SAP Hybris
7 3 (0.61%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (0.61%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (0.41%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (0.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 66 (13.50%) AWS
2 51 (10.43%) Azure
3 19 (3.89%) Serverless
4 17 (3.48%) GitHub
5 15 (3.07%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (3.07%) Power Platform
6 13 (2.66%) SuccessFactors
7 12 (2.45%) GCP
7 12 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.64%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.64%) Power Automate
10 8 (1.64%) SaaS
11 7 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (1.43%) Entra ID
11 7 (1.43%) PaaS
11 7 (1.43%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.66%) Firewall
2 9 (1.84%) DNS
3 6 (1.23%) LAN
3 6 (1.23%) VPN
4 5 (1.02%) Network Security
4 5 (1.02%) WAN
5 4 (0.82%) MPLS
5 4 (0.82%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.82%) SSH
5 4 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.61%) 5G
6 3 (0.61%) BGP
6 3 (0.61%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (0.61%) DHCP
6 3 (0.61%) OpenLDAP
6 3 (0.61%) OSPF
6 3 (0.61%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (0.61%) Unified Communications
6 3 (0.61%) VLAN
6 3 (0.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.45%) Power BI
2 11 (2.25%) MongoDB
2 11 (2.25%) NoSQL
3 9 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (1.43%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.23%) Metadata
5 6 (1.23%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.23%) Redis
6 5 (1.02%) DocumentDB
7 4 (0.82%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.82%) Tableau
8 3 (0.61%) Big Data
8 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.61%) DataStage
8 3 (0.61%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.61%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.41%) Looker
9 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 50 (10.22%) JIRA
2 46 (9.41%) Git
3 19 (3.89%) GitLab
4 18 (3.68%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.04%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.64%) Cucumber
7 7 (1.43%) Mockito
8 6 (1.23%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.23%) JUnit
9 5 (1.02%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.02%) Selenium
10 4 (0.82%) Gradle
10 4 (0.82%) Grunt
10 4 (0.82%) gulp
11 3 (0.61%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.61%) JMeter
11 3 (0.61%) Toad
11 3 (0.61%) webpack
12 2 (0.41%) Axure RP
12 2 (0.41%) WebDriver
General
1 145 (29.65%) Social Skills
2 78 (15.95%) Finance
3 77 (15.75%) Public Sector
4 39 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.11%) Banking
6 21 (4.29%) Aerospace
7 16 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.25%) Aviation
10 9 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.43%) Billing
12 7 (1.43%) Legal
13 5 (1.02%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.82%) Local Government
15 3 (0.61%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.61%) Marketing
15 3 (0.61%) Police
16 2 (0.41%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 71 (14.52%) Developer
2 65 (13.29%) Consultant
3 52 (10.63%) Senior
4 46 (9.41%) Analyst
5 37 (7.57%) Architect
5 37 (7.57%) SAP Consultant
6 29 (5.93%) Lead
7 20 (4.09%) Java Developer
8 18 (3.68%) Business Analyst
9 16 (3.27%) Administrator
9 16 (3.27%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (2.86%) Project Manager
12 13 (2.66%) Senior Developer
13 10 (2.04%) Designer
13 10 (2.04%) Information Security Advisor
13 10 (2.04%) Management Consultant
13 10 (2.04%) Security Advisor
13 10 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (1.84%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.91%) React
2 23 (4.70%) REST
3 18 (3.68%) Node.js
4 16 (3.27%) JSON
5 15 (3.07%) RESTful
6 14 (2.86%) Kafka
7 13 (2.66%) HTML
8 12 (2.45%) SAP Fiori
9 11 (2.25%) Spring
10 10 (2.04%) XML
11 9 (1.84%) AngularJS
11 9 (1.84%) CSS
12 8 (1.64%) ActiveMQ
12 8 (1.64%) Spring Boot
13 7 (1.43%) HTML5
13 7 (1.43%) Jest
13 7 (1.43%) LDAP
14 6 (1.23%) .NET
14 6 (1.23%) CSS3
14 6 (1.23%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 39 (7.98%) Onboarding
2 24 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.68%) Management Information System
4 13 (2.66%) Security Posture
5 9 (1.84%) Cloud Native
5 9 (1.84%) NHS
6 8 (1.64%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.64%) SCADA
7 6 (1.23%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.02%) AI Agents
8 5 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.02%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.02%) Operational Technology
8 5 (1.02%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.82%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.57%) Linux
2 23 (4.70%) Windows
3 20 (4.09%) Unix
4 7 (1.43%) Android
5 6 (1.23%) Mac OS X
6 5 (1.02%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.82%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.20%) CentOS
10 1 (0.20%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.20%) VME
10 1 (0.20%) VMS
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (26.38%) Agile
2 72 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (13.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 57 (11.66%) DevOps
5 52 (10.63%) CI/CD
6 43 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (7.98%) Microservices
8 38 (7.77%) Change Management
8 38 (7.77%) Test Automation
9 34 (6.95%) Scrum
10 31 (6.34%) Migration
10 31 (6.34%) Roadmaps
10 31 (6.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (5.52%) Risk Management
12 26 (5.32%) User Acceptance Testing
12 26 (5.32%) Validation
13 25 (5.11%) AI
14 23 (4.70%) Mentoring
14 23 (4.70%) TDD
15 22 (4.50%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 57 (11.66%) Python
2 47 (9.61%) Java
3 38 (7.77%) SQL
4 18 (3.68%) JavaScript
5 11 (2.25%) Ruby
6 10 (2.04%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.84%) ABAP
8 8 (1.64%) C++
8 8 (1.64%) PL/SQL
8 8 (1.64%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.43%) Bash
10 6 (1.23%) Go
10 6 (1.23%) Scala
11 5 (1.02%) R
12 3 (0.61%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.61%) C#
12 3 (0.61%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.61%) PHP
13 2 (0.41%) COBOL
13 2 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 260 (53.17%) Security Cleared
2 190 (38.85%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.95%) Degree
4 18 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.45%) DV Cleared
5 12 (2.45%) Master's Degree
6 11 (2.25%) BC Cleared
7 10 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 9 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (1.84%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.43%) CCNP
10 4 (0.82%) ISEB
10 4 (0.82%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.61%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.61%) CCNA
11 3 (0.61%) CISM
11 3 (0.61%) MCP
11 3 (0.61%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.41%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.11%) QA
2 19 (3.89%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.25%) GRC
5 10 (2.04%) Def Stans
6 7 (1.43%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.43%) NIST
6 7 (1.43%) PMO
6 7 (1.43%) SLA
7 5 (1.02%) GDPR
7 5 (1.02%) NCSC
7 5 (1.02%) WCAG
8 4 (0.82%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.61%) PSD2
10 2 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.41%) SEPA
11 1 (0.20%) ECSS
11 1 (0.20%) P3O
11 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.20%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (6.34%) Docker
2 18 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.82%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.61%) vSphere
6 1 (0.20%) ACF2
6 1 (0.20%) GPFS
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) NFS
6 1 (0.20%) Postfix
6 1 (0.20%) RACF
6 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (6.13%) Kubernetes
2 26 (5.32%) Terraform
3 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.02%) Ansible
5 4 (0.82%) Grafana
5 4 (0.82%) Packer
5 4 (0.82%) Puppet
5 4 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.61%) Consul
6 3 (0.61%) PingFederate
6 3 (0.61%) vRealize
7 2 (0.41%) Ambari
7 2 (0.41%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.41%) SCCM
7 2 (0.41%) VxRail
7 2 (0.41%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.20%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.20%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.20%) Podman
8 1 (0.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 78 (15.95%) SAP
2 57 (11.66%) Microsoft
3 39 (7.98%) Oracle
4 15 (3.07%) Cisco
5 14 (2.86%) VMware
6 12 (2.45%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.84%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.84%) IBM
8 8 (1.64%) Google
9 7 (1.43%) Adobe
10 6 (1.23%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.02%) AppDynamics
11 5 (1.02%) webMethods
11 5 (1.02%) Workday
12 4 (0.82%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.82%) Salesforce
13 3 (0.61%) Dell
13 3 (0.61%) Juniper
13 3 (0.61%) Palo Alto
13 3 (0.61%) Perforce
492 BPSS Clearance jobs in England