Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Merseyside > Liverpool
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Liverpool with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 26 | - | 31 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool | 0.68% | - | 1.44% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 1.96% | - | 5.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £502 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £505 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -0.95% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £546 |
| Merseyside median daily rate | - | - | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -0.95% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Liverpool
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 Liverpool.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 51 | 56 | 54 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool | 34.46% | 35.67% | 25.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 34 | 31 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £243 | £153 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £213 | £473 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £263 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +109.52% | -49.52% | +11.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £668 | £600 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | - | £654 |
| Merseyside median daily rate | £550 | £394 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.68% | -24.28% | +15.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 12 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.65 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £12.21 | £18.03 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.83 | £21.80 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.98% | +24.54% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £17.44 | £23.69 | £18.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £17.70 | £24.18 | £19.20 |
| Merseyside median hourly rate | £17.44 | £22.44 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.27% | +28.21% | - |
BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool
Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.
BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Liverpool.