BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in Kent

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 3.95% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 18.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £329 - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 - -
75th Percentile £528 - -
90th Percentile £574 - -
South East median daily rate £483 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -10.06% -2.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £37.21 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £42.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £42.00 £40.13 £18.00
% change year-on-year +4.66% +122.94% -62.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 49 24 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 21.49% 21.05% 15.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 19 20
10th Percentile £155 £187 £256
25th Percentile £431 £200 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £375 £333
Median % change year-on-year +18.00% +12.78% -19.39%
75th Percentile £500 £463 £495
90th Percentile £569 £688 £675
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 4
10th Percentile £21.11 - £15.84
25th Percentile £25.31 £76.70 £21.09
Median hourly rate £31.24 £78.40 £45.37
Median % change year-on-year -60.15% +72.80% -21.45%
75th Percentile £42.00 £80.10 £66.74
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.26% -1.97%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Kent

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Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Kent over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Kent

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Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Rochester - 5 - - 2
BPSS Clearance
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) OCI
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Functional Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Budgeting
1 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Data Transformation
2 1 (11.11%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle