BPSS Clearance Contracts in Hertfordshire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 70 66
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 -7
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 14 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.69% 0.77% 1.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.88% 1.71% 4.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £494
25th Percentile - - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +34.97%
75th Percentile £408 - £631
90th Percentile £433 - -
East of England median daily rate £230 £595 £509
% change year-on-year -61.34% +16.90% +24.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 5
10th Percentile £35.13 - -
25th Percentile £37.91 £61.25 £16.49
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +212.50% -42.10%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £80.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £14.50 £41.25
% change year-on-year +279.31% -64.85% +19.43%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hertfordshire

BPSS Clearance is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 287 351 254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 34.75% 45.29% 32.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 191 116
10th Percentile £218 £275 £190
25th Percentile £325 £389 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% +11.11% +1.12%
75th Percentile £638 £676 £566
90th Percentile £724 £738 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 81 61
10th Percentile £38.74 £49.00 £35.00
25th Percentile - £53.75 £47.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.20% +11.61% +21.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £74.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £35.33 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +68.21% +7.69% -43.92%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Hertfordshire

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Hertfordshire

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Hertfordshire

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Hertfordshire

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
Stevenage -3 12 £450 - 7
Hatfield - 2 £365 -
BPSS Clearance
East of England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Windchill
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (7.14%) Ethernet
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Eclipse
1 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Aerospace
3 2 (14.29%) Aviation
4 1 (7.14%) Electronics
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Law
4 1 (7.14%) Military
4 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Configuration Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Data Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Data Migration Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Migration Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Senior
1 2 (14.29%) Senior Configuration Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
1 2 (14.29%) Technical Support
1 2 (14.29%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) C Software Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Communications Officer
2 1 (7.14%) Lead
2 1 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Real Time Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Real Time Software Engineer
2 1 (7.14%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) HTML
1 1 (7.14%) Node.js
1 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
1 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (21.43%) Service Management
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (14.29%) Data Migration
2 2 (14.29%) DevSecOps
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
2 2 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
2 2 (14.29%) Line Management
2 2 (14.29%) Migration
2 2 (14.29%) PLM
2 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) Validation
2 2 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
2 2 (14.29%) Visualisation
3 1 (7.14%) Agile
3 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
3 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C++
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (7.14%) C
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) CCENT
4 1 (7.14%) CCNP
4 1 (7.14%) CCSA
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.14%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Micro Focus
2 2 (14.29%) Twitter
3 1 (7.14%) Blue Coat
3 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.14%) Juniper
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto