BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 23 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 9.54% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 27.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 23 0 0
10th Percentile £315 - -
25th Percentile £355 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £457 - -
90th Percentile £473 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £465 £550 £700
% change year-on-year -15.45% -21.43% +48.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 83 30 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 34.44% 24.19% 25.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 27 19
10th Percentile £305 £356 £418
25th Percentile £350 £373 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -21.18% - +1.02%
75th Percentile £465 £578 £544
90th Percentile £575 £616 £598
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +12.99%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Knutsford

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

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

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Knutsford over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Knutsford

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 3 (13.04%) Confluence
2 2 (8.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) AWS
1 5 (21.74%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) GitHub
2 3 (13.04%) npm
3 2 (8.70%) GCP
3 2 (8.70%) IaaS
3 2 (8.70%) OpenShift
3 2 (8.70%) PaaS
3 2 (8.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (34.78%) JIRA
2 7 (30.43%) Git
3 4 (17.39%) Cypress.io
4 3 (13.04%) Cucumber
4 3 (13.04%) GitLab
4 3 (13.04%) Grunt
4 3 (13.04%) gulp
4 3 (13.04%) Jenkins
4 3 (13.04%) JUnit
4 3 (13.04%) SonarQube
5 1 (4.35%) ESLint
General
1 11 (47.83%) Banking
2 8 (34.78%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.35%) Legal
5 1 (4.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Developer
2 5 (21.74%) Java Developer
3 4 (17.39%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.04%) UI Developer
5 2 (8.70%) Change Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Governance Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Lead
5 2 (8.70%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Banking Business Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Banking Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Delivery Project Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Project Change Manager
6 1 (4.35%) React Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (34.78%) REST
2 7 (30.43%) React
2 7 (30.43%) Spring
2 7 (30.43%) Spring Boot
3 5 (21.74%) Node.js
4 4 (17.39%) Jest
4 4 (17.39%) Redux
5 3 (13.04%) Ajax
5 3 (13.04%) CSS
5 3 (13.04%) CSS3
5 3 (13.04%) Enzyme
5 3 (13.04%) HTML
5 3 (13.04%) HTML5
5 3 (13.04%) JSON
5 3 (13.04%) Kafka
5 3 (13.04%) LESS
5 3 (13.04%) Nightwatchjs
5 3 (13.04%) RESTful
5 3 (13.04%) Sass
6 2 (8.70%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Cloud Native
1 2 (8.70%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
1 2 (8.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
1 2 (8.70%) Tandem
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Linux
2 2 (8.70%) Unix
3 1 (4.35%) Android
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Agile
2 7 (30.43%) Change Management
2 7 (30.43%) CI/CD
2 7 (30.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (26.09%) Performance Optimisation
4 5 (21.74%) Microservices
4 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) AI
5 4 (17.39%) Code Quality
5 4 (17.39%) Containerisation
5 4 (17.39%) Release Management
5 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (13.04%) API Integration
6 3 (13.04%) Clean Code
6 3 (13.04%) Cryptography
6 3 (13.04%) Fintech
6 3 (13.04%) Front End Development
6 3 (13.04%) Sprint Planning
6 3 (13.04%) Sprint Retrospective
6 3 (13.04%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) Java
1 7 (30.43%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) SQL
3 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
4 2 (8.70%) PHP
5 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 5 (21.74%) BC Cleared
3 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.70%) Degree
3 2 (8.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) QA
2 4 (17.39%) Accessibility
2 4 (17.39%) ISO 20022
3 2 (8.70%) PSD2
3 2 (8.70%) SEPA
4 1 (4.35%) PMO
4 1 (4.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.70%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle
2 3 (13.04%) Gemalto
2 3 (13.04%) Perforce
2 3 (13.04%) Thales
3 2 (8.70%) AppDynamics
3 2 (8.70%) IBM
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.35%) Xamarin