BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in the Isle of Wight

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South East > Isle of Wight

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Isle of Wight with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Isle of Wight 8.33% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £81 - -
South East median daily rate £488 £515 £570
% change year-on-year -5.34% -9.65% -2.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Isle of Wight

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 the Isle of Wight.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Isle of Wight 8.33% - 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £81 - £440
75th Percentile - - £460
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% +3.77%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Isle of Wight

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in the Isle of Wight

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in the Isle of Wight

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 Isle of Wight region over the 6 months to 9 March 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
Cowes - 1 £81 - 2
BPSS Clearance
South East

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Isle of Wight 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared