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 3 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 267 237
Rank change year-on-year +95 -30 -10
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 539 228 382
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.63% 0.87% 1.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.79% 2.89% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 131 294
10th Percentile £312 £220 £321
25th Percentile £394 £365 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £536
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -6.76% -4.24%
75th Percentile £611 £595 £631
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £532
% change year-on-year -5.00% -6.02% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 10 37
10th Percentile £14.41 £19.85 £15.13
25th Percentile £27.13 £27.38 £21.50
Median hourly rate £33.50 £38.85 £40.28
Median % change year-on-year -13.77% -3.54% -15.21%
75th Percentile £56.69 £66.56 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.40 £84.36
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £41.93 £42.64
% change year-on-year -20.10% -1.67% -3.18%

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 11,255 7,893 11,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.04% 30.28% 31.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,482 4,744 7,449
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £417 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -1.52% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 870 384 878
10th Percentile £15.62 £19.87 £14.22
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £21.46
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% - +2.62%
75th Percentile £63.75 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £81.75 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.52 £46.18
% change year-on-year -36.36% -14.42% +2.62%

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 3 February 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 3 February 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 3 February 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
North of England +21 181 £463 -7.50% 48
London +62 164 £512 -6.95% 53
North West +37 134 £425 -21.00% 36
Midlands +5 87 £438 -2.34% 23
West Midlands +3 62 £475 +6.03% 20
South East -8 44 £514 -0.19% 95
South West +6 41 £550 -3.51% 61
Yorkshire -43 30 £481 +118.75% 5
East Midlands -3 25 £394 - 3
East of England -10 20 £450 -5.26% 39
North East -1 18 £475 +18.01% 7
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 34 (6.31%) Confluence
2 9 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.11%) Apache
4 5 (0.93%) nginx
5 4 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.56%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.37%) CMS
7 2 (0.37%) MTS
8 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.19%) Camunda
8 1 (0.19%) JBoss
8 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.19%) SAS
8 1 (0.19%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 16 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (1.86%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.37%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.19%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (8.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (1.67%) SAP Travel Management
3 8 (1.48%) SAP EHS
4 6 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.93%) SAP QM
5 5 (0.93%) SAP VC
6 4 (0.74%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.74%) SAP BRIM
6 4 (0.74%) SAP EWM
6 4 (0.74%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.74%) SAP PSCD
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.56%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.56%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.56%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.37%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 89 (16.51%) AWS
2 70 (12.99%) Azure
3 29 (5.38%) Power Platform
4 24 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (4.45%) GitHub
5 23 (4.27%) GCP
6 20 (3.71%) Serverless
7 14 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (2.23%) Power Automate
9 11 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.86%) PowerApps
11 9 (1.67%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.30%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.30%) SaaS
13 6 (1.11%) PaaS
13 6 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
14 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (0.74%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.04%) Firewall
2 10 (1.86%) Network Security
3 6 (1.11%) DNS
3 6 (1.11%) WAN
4 4 (0.74%) DHCP
4 4 (0.74%) LAN
4 4 (0.74%) MPLS
4 4 (0.74%) Reverse Proxy
4 4 (0.74%) SSH
4 4 (0.74%) VPN
4 4 (0.74%) VSAN
5 3 (0.56%) 5G
5 3 (0.56%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (0.56%) Unified Communications
5 3 (0.56%) VoIP
5 3 (0.56%) Wireless
6 2 (0.37%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.37%) SNMP
6 2 (0.37%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.08%) Power BI
2 12 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.04%) NoSQL
3 11 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.86%) Metadata
4 10 (1.86%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.86%) Redis
5 9 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.48%) Tableau
7 7 (1.30%) DocumentDB
8 5 (0.93%) BigQuery
8 5 (0.93%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.74%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.56%) Aerospike
10 3 (0.56%) Big Data
10 3 (0.56%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.56%) DataStage
10 3 (0.56%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.56%) GIS
11 2 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 61 (11.32%) JIRA
2 44 (8.16%) Git
3 21 (3.90%) GitLab
4 16 (2.97%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.67%) Mockito
6 8 (1.48%) JUnit
6 8 (1.48%) Selenium
6 8 (1.48%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.11%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.93%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.56%) Android Studio
9 3 (0.56%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.56%) Gatling
9 3 (0.56%) Postman
9 3 (0.56%) Toad
10 2 (0.37%) ERwin
10 2 (0.37%) Grunt
10 2 (0.37%) gulp
10 2 (0.37%) JMeter
10 2 (0.37%) Maven
General
1 184 (34.14%) Social Skills
2 102 (18.92%) Finance
3 81 (15.03%) Public Sector
4 58 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (6.68%) Banking
6 19 (3.53%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.60%) Aerospace
9 11 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.48%) Billing
12 8 (1.48%) Legal
13 7 (1.30%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.11%) Marketing
14 6 (1.11%) Retail
15 4 (0.74%) Local Government
15 4 (0.74%) Military
16 3 (0.56%) Corporate Banking
16 3 (0.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 81 (15.03%) Developer
2 74 (13.73%) Analyst
3 61 (11.32%) Senior
4 56 (10.39%) Consultant
5 51 (9.46%) Architect
6 36 (6.68%) Lead
7 33 (6.12%) Business Analyst
7 33 (6.12%) SAP Consultant
8 21 (3.90%) Java Developer
9 17 (3.15%) Management Consultant
9 17 (3.15%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (2.97%) Senior Developer
11 13 (2.41%) Project Manager
11 13 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (2.04%) Administrator
12 11 (2.04%) Delivery Manager
13 10 (1.86%) Information Security Advisor
13 10 (1.86%) Security Advisor
13 10 (1.86%) Senior Business Analyst
14 9 (1.67%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.01%) Node.js
2 24 (4.45%) REST
3 20 (3.71%) React
4 19 (3.53%) Spring
5 18 (3.34%) JSON
6 16 (2.97%) RESTful
6 16 (2.97%) Spring Boot
7 14 (2.60%) Kafka
7 14 (2.60%) XML
8 12 (2.23%) SAP Fiori
9 11 (2.04%) Middleware
9 11 (2.04%) OpenAPI
10 10 (1.86%) HTML
10 10 (1.86%) Jest
10 10 (1.86%) SAP TM
10 10 (1.86%) Swagger
11 9 (1.67%) .NET
11 9 (1.67%) AngularJS
12 7 (1.30%) OAuth
12 7 (1.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.68%) Product Ownership
2 33 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 25 (4.64%) Management Information System
4 23 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (2.41%) Security Posture
6 10 (1.86%) NHS
6 10 (1.86%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.48%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.30%) Tandem
9 6 (1.11%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.11%) Replication
9 6 (1.11%) SCADA
10 5 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 5 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.93%) Operational Technology
10 5 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.93%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.91%) Linux
2 24 (4.45%) Windows
3 16 (2.97%) Unix
4 7 (1.30%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.11%) Mac OS X
6 5 (0.93%) Android
7 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.37%) Debian
8 2 (0.37%) VMS
9 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.19%) CentOS
9 1 (0.19%) VME
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (29.68%) Agile
2 94 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (17.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 78 (14.47%) CI/CD
5 77 (14.29%) DevOps
6 61 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 58 (10.76%) Test Automation
8 51 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 45 (8.35%) Microservices
10 44 (8.16%) Roadmaps
11 41 (7.61%) Scrum
12 38 (7.05%) Risk Management
13 37 (6.86%) Validation
14 36 (6.68%) Analytics
14 36 (6.68%) Data Modelling
15 35 (6.49%) AI
16 34 (6.31%) Change Management
17 33 (6.12%) Migration
17 33 (6.12%) Project Management
18 32 (5.94%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 67 (12.43%) Python
2 65 (12.06%) SQL
3 61 (11.32%) Java
4 19 (3.53%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.41%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.04%) Ruby
6 11 (2.04%) Scala
7 9 (1.67%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.48%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.11%) ABAP
9 6 (1.11%) C#
10 5 (0.93%) Bash
10 5 (0.93%) Bicep
10 5 (0.93%) COBOL
11 3 (0.56%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.56%) C
11 3 (0.56%) R
11 3 (0.56%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.37%) C++
12 2 (0.37%) JCL
Qualifications
1 224 (41.56%) Security Cleared
2 181 (33.58%) SC Cleared
3 52 (9.65%) Degree
4 25 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.53%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.15%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 6 (1.11%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.93%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.93%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.93%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.93%) PMP
10 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.56%) CCNA
11 3 (0.56%) CCNP
11 3 (0.56%) GIAC
11 3 (0.56%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.38%) QA
2 22 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.90%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.15%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.78%) GRC
6 14 (2.60%) NIST
7 10 (1.86%) Def Stans
7 10 (1.86%) SLA
8 8 (1.48%) GDPR
9 7 (1.30%) ISO 20022
9 7 (1.30%) PSD2
10 6 (1.11%) NCSC
10 6 (1.11%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.11%) PMO
11 5 (0.93%) SEPA
12 4 (0.74%) IFRS
12 4 (0.74%) IFRS 17
12 4 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 4 (0.74%) WCAG
13 3 (0.56%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 40 (7.42%) Docker
2 12 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 11 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.30%) vSphere
5 4 (0.74%) GPFS
5 4 (0.74%) NFS
5 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.37%) ACF2
7 2 (0.37%) QEMU
7 2 (0.37%) RACF
7 2 (0.37%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (0.37%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.19%) HDFS
8 1 (0.19%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 39 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 34 (6.31%) Terraform
3 8 (1.48%) Ansible
4 7 (1.30%) vRealize
5 6 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.93%) VxRail
7 4 (0.74%) Grafana
8 3 (0.56%) Argo
8 3 (0.56%) Istio
8 3 (0.56%) Kibana
8 3 (0.56%) Packer
8 3 (0.56%) PingFederate
8 3 (0.56%) Podman
9 2 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.37%) CA Endevor
9 2 (0.37%) Consul
9 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.37%) SCCM
9 2 (0.37%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.37%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 74 (13.73%) SAP
2 54 (10.02%) Microsoft
3 39 (7.24%) Oracle
4 15 (2.78%) Cisco
5 14 (2.60%) VMware
6 13 (2.41%) Google
7 12 (2.23%) Databricks
7 12 (2.23%) IBM
8 10 (1.86%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.11%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.11%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.93%) AppDynamics
10 5 (0.93%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.74%) Adobe
11 4 (0.74%) Dell
11 4 (0.74%) Foundry
11 4 (0.74%) HP
11 4 (0.74%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.74%) webMethods
12 3 (0.56%) Genesys
265 BPSS Clearance jobs in England