BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in London

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 252 287
Rank change year-on-year +90 +35 -3
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 362 118 110
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.78% 0.88% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.28% 3.31% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 106 71
10th Percentile £375 £307 £400
25th Percentile £450 £401 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -2.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £636 £607
90th Percentile £731 £701 £675
England median daily rate £500 £514 £500
% change year-on-year -2.72% +2.80% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.50 - -
Median hourly rate £67.00 - -
75th Percentile £73.00 - -
90th Percentile £88.75 - -
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.50 £38.85
% change year-on-year +31.22% -13.77% -32.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,765 3,567 4,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.35% 26.46% 24.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,171 2,402 2,587
10th Percentile £363 £355 £350
25th Percentile £456 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - -2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £731 £738 £775
England median daily rate £530 £525 £533
% change year-on-year +0.95% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 81 62
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.87 £18.13
25th Percentile £26.06 - £24.18
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -28.14% -24.32%
75th Percentile £83.44 £34.48 £56.00
90th Percentile £155.00 £65.00 £71.00
England median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £53.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -52.55% -1.24%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in London

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in London over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in London

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BPSS Clearance in London over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in London

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
Central London -20 26 £465 +8.14% 18
South London +2 12 £537 -16.61% 2
East London - 2 £725 - 1
West London -25 1 £600 +50.00% 33
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 13 (3.59%) Confluence
2 7 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.38%) CMS
3 5 (1.38%) Headless CMS
4 4 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.83%) WordPress
6 2 (0.55%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.55%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.55%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.28%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.28%) Appian
7 1 (0.28%) SAS
7 1 (0.28%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Trello
5 1 (0.28%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.66%) SAP IBP
3 5 (1.38%) Exchequer
3 5 (1.38%) SAP BRIM
4 4 (1.10%) SAP Convergent Charging
5 3 (0.83%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.55%) Quorum
6 2 (0.55%) R3 Corda
6 2 (0.55%) Ripple
6 2 (0.55%) SAP FI-AR
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.28%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.28%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.28%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 68 (18.78%) AWS
2 60 (16.57%) Azure
3 20 (5.52%) Amazon S3
4 18 (4.97%) Serverless
5 17 (4.70%) AWS Lambda
5 17 (4.70%) GCP
6 16 (4.42%) Power Platform
7 13 (3.59%) GitHub
8 10 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 10 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.93%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (1.93%) Amazon EMR
9 7 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.93%) Bloomreach
9 7 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.38%) AWS Fargate
11 5 (1.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.76%) WebEx
2 7 (1.93%) 5G
2 7 (1.93%) Cisco IPT
2 7 (1.93%) Radio Access Network
2 7 (1.93%) Wireshark
3 5 (1.38%) 3GPP
3 5 (1.38%) NGN
3 5 (1.38%) tcpdump
4 2 (0.55%) 4G
4 2 (0.55%) DNS
4 2 (0.55%) HTTP
4 2 (0.55%) LTE
4 2 (0.55%) Network Security
4 2 (0.55%) SSL
4 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.28%) Intranet
5 1 (0.28%) SAN
5 1 (0.28%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.87%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (3.59%) Metadata
2 13 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (3.31%) Power BI
4 11 (3.04%) MongoDB
5 9 (2.49%) Amazon Aurora
6 8 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.93%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.38%) Amazon Athena
9 5 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.38%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.38%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.10%) Big Data
10 4 (1.10%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.10%) MySQL
10 4 (1.10%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.10%) SQL Server
11 3 (0.83%) Redis
11 3 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (6.08%) JIRA
2 19 (5.25%) Git
2 19 (5.25%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.70%) GitLab
4 5 (1.38%) Postman
5 4 (1.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (1.10%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.10%) Maven
5 4 (1.10%) SonarQube
5 4 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.83%) JMeter
6 3 (0.83%) REST Assured
6 3 (0.83%) Selenium
7 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.55%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.28%) JSUnit
8 1 (0.28%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.28%) TestNG
General
1 125 (34.53%) Public Sector
2 113 (31.22%) Social Skills
3 53 (14.64%) Finance
4 42 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.31%) Legal
7 11 (3.04%) Banking
7 11 (3.04%) Billing
7 11 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.49%) Local Government
8 9 (2.49%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.66%) Military
11 6 (1.66%) Publishing
12 4 (1.10%) Digital Health
12 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.28%) Advertising
13 1 (0.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 52 (14.36%) Architect
2 46 (12.71%) Senior
3 44 (12.15%) Lead
4 32 (8.84%) Developer
5 24 (6.63%) Designer
6 22 (6.08%) Data Engineer
7 21 (5.80%) Consultant
7 21 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (4.97%) Analyst
9 12 (3.31%) Senior Designer
10 11 (3.04%) Interaction Designer
11 10 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (2.76%) Integration Architect
11 10 (2.76%) SAP Consultant
11 10 (2.76%) Scala Engineer
11 10 (2.76%) Senior Interaction Designer
11 10 (2.76%) Technical Architect
11 10 (2.76%) User Researcher
12 9 (2.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (2.49%) Content Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.73%) Terraform
2 22 (6.08%) REST
3 15 (4.14%) HTML
3 15 (4.14%) React
4 14 (3.87%) RESTful
5 12 (3.31%) Node.js
6 11 (3.04%) CSS
6 11 (3.04%) Kafka
7 10 (2.76%) Spring
8 9 (2.49%) Spring Boot
9 8 (2.21%) .NET
9 8 (2.21%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.21%) JSON
10 7 (1.93%) PySpark
11 6 (1.66%) OpenAPI
11 6 (1.66%) Swagger
12 5 (1.38%) CSS3
12 5 (1.38%) Loki
12 5 (1.38%) Next.js
12 5 (1.38%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.29%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.08%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.42%) Cloud Native
4 13 (3.59%) NHS
5 10 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
5 10 (2.76%) Web Conferencing
6 9 (2.49%) Mobile App
6 9 (2.49%) Taxonomies
7 8 (2.21%) AI Agents
8 7 (1.93%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.93%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.66%) Replication
9 6 (1.66%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.38%) BYOD
10 5 (1.38%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.10%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.10%) Social Media
12 3 (0.83%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.59%) Windows
2 11 (3.04%) Linux
3 9 (2.49%) Android
4 6 (1.66%) Unix
5 5 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (32.04%) Agile
2 86 (23.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 59 (16.30%) CI/CD
4 51 (14.09%) AI
5 49 (13.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 44 (12.15%) DevOps
7 36 (9.94%) Decision-Making
7 36 (9.94%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (9.39%) Infrastructure as Code
9 32 (8.84%) Migration
10 28 (7.73%) Analytics
11 27 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (6.91%) Data Modelling
13 24 (6.63%) Software Engineering
14 23 (6.35%) User Research
15 22 (6.08%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 22 (6.08%) Machine Learning
15 22 (6.08%) Test Automation
16 21 (5.80%) Validation
17 20 (5.52%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 53 (14.64%) Python
2 52 (14.36%) SQL
3 28 (7.73%) Java
4 24 (6.63%) JavaScript
5 11 (3.04%) Scala
5 11 (3.04%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.49%) Bash
7 7 (1.93%) C#
8 4 (1.10%) Go
8 4 (1.10%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.10%) R
9 3 (0.83%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.83%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.55%) Solidity
10 2 (0.55%) Swift
11 1 (0.28%) Groovy
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 140 (38.67%) Security Cleared
2 102 (28.18%) SC Cleared
3 12 (3.31%) Degree
4 11 (3.04%) A+ Certification
5 8 (2.21%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.66%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.66%) PhD
7 5 (1.38%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.83%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.83%) CTC Cleared
9 3 (0.83%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.55%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (0.55%) GIAC
10 2 (0.55%) RIBA
11 1 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.35%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.70%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.31%) QA
4 11 (3.04%) GDPR
5 9 (2.49%) WCAG
6 6 (1.66%) PMO
7 4 (1.10%) PERC
8 2 (0.55%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.55%) GMP
8 2 (0.55%) GRC
8 2 (0.55%) GxP
8 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.55%) NIST
8 2 (0.55%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) COBIT
9 1 (0.28%) HL7
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (7.18%) Docker
2 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (4.42%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.87%) Grafana
3 7 (1.93%) Kibana
4 6 (1.66%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.38%) Argo
6 4 (1.10%) Ansible
7 2 (0.55%) Cilium
8 1 (0.28%) Istio
8 1 (0.28%) Packer
8 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.56%) SAP
3 20 (5.52%) Oracle
4 17 (4.70%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.87%) Google
6 9 (2.49%) Databricks
7 6 (1.66%) Splunk
8 5 (1.38%) Dell
9 4 (1.10%) Anaplan
9 4 (1.10%) Informatica
10 3 (0.83%) IBM
10 3 (0.83%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.83%) Pega
10 3 (0.83%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.83%) Talend
11 2 (0.55%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.55%) Ericsson
11 2 (0.55%) Nokia
11 2 (0.55%) Palantir
11 2 (0.55%) Workday