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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 262 281
Rank change year-on-year +99 +19 -22
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 381 107 104
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 0.80% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.58% 3.01% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 311 95 66
10th Percentile £375 £305 £384
25th Percentile £456 £400 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +6.02%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £622
90th Percentile £725 £702 £688
England median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.50 - -
Median hourly rate £54.00 - -
75th Percentile £73.00 - -
90th Percentile £88.75 - -
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.50 £39.43
% change year-on-year +31.22% -15.03% -31.23%

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 5,786 3,550 4,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.63% 26.50% 25.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,197 2,383 2,581
10th Percentile £363 £356 £350
25th Percentile £457 £436 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -0.09% -2.27%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £775
England median daily rate £535 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 82 65
10th Percentile £19.50 £19.54 £18.13
25th Percentile £24.38 - £25.99
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -31.66% -29.90%
75th Percentile £78.75 £34.87 £57.50
90th Percentile £155.00 £64.83 £73.50
England median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £52.50
% change year-on-year +98.81% -52.10% -2.36%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -12 25 £488 +25.00% 22
South London +3 14 £537 -16.61% 1
East London +5 2 £725 - 1
West London -18 2 £613 +53.13% 22
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 (3.41%) Confluence
2 8 (2.10%) CMS
3 7 (1.84%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.31%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.31%) Headless CMS
5 4 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.05%) WordPress
6 2 (0.52%) Cloud Foundry
6 2 (0.52%) Ethereum
6 2 (0.52%) Hyperledger
6 2 (0.52%) nginx
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.26%) Appian
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
7 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.26%) Trello
4 1 (0.26%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 10 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.31%) Exchequer
2 5 (1.31%) SAP BRIM
3 4 (1.05%) SAP Convergent Charging
3 4 (1.05%) SAP IBP
4 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.52%) Quorum
4 2 (0.52%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.52%) Ripple
4 2 (0.52%) SAP FI-AR
5 1 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.26%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.26%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 75 (19.69%) AWS
2 61 (16.01%) Azure
3 21 (5.51%) Amazon S3
4 19 (4.99%) Serverless
5 18 (4.72%) GCP
6 17 (4.46%) Power Platform
7 16 (4.20%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (4.20%) GitHub
8 12 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (2.62%) Bloomreach
10 9 (2.36%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.84%) Amazon EMR
12 7 (1.84%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (1.84%) OCI
13 6 (1.57%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.57%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (1.31%) Alation
14 5 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.62%) WebEx
2 7 (1.84%) 5G
2 7 (1.84%) Cisco IPT
2 7 (1.84%) Radio Access Network
2 7 (1.84%) Wireshark
3 5 (1.31%) 3GPP
3 5 (1.31%) NGN
3 5 (1.31%) tcpdump
4 2 (0.52%) 4G
4 2 (0.52%) DNS
4 2 (0.52%) HTTP
4 2 (0.52%) LTE
4 2 (0.52%) Network Security
4 2 (0.52%) SAN
4 2 (0.52%) SSL
4 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.26%) Firewall
5 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.26%) Intranet
5 1 (0.26%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (3.41%) Metadata
2 13 (3.41%) Power BI
3 12 (3.15%) MongoDB
4 9 (2.36%) Amazon Aurora
5 7 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.84%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (1.31%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (1.31%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.05%) Big Data
8 4 (1.05%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.05%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.05%) MySQL
8 4 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.05%) SQL Server
9 3 (0.79%) Redis
9 3 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (5.51%) Jenkins
1 21 (5.51%) JIRA
2 19 (4.99%) Git
2 19 (4.99%) GitLab
3 5 (1.31%) Postman
4 4 (1.05%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (1.05%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.05%) Maven
4 4 (1.05%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.79%) JMeter
5 3 (0.79%) REST Assured
5 3 (0.79%) Selenium
6 2 (0.52%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.52%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.26%) Appium
7 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
7 1 (0.26%) Gatling
7 1 (0.26%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 136 (35.70%) Public Sector
2 120 (31.50%) Social Skills
3 51 (13.39%) Finance
4 41 (10.76%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
6 12 (3.15%) Legal
7 11 (2.89%) Banking
7 11 (2.89%) Billing
7 11 (2.89%) Local Government
8 9 (2.36%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.10%) Manufacturing
9 8 (2.10%) Publishing
10 6 (1.57%) Military
10 6 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.79%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.52%) Police
14 1 (0.26%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 56 (14.70%) Architect
2 53 (13.91%) Senior
3 47 (12.34%) Lead
4 32 (8.40%) Developer
5 25 (6.56%) Designer
6 24 (6.30%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (6.04%) Data Engineer
8 19 (4.99%) Consultant
9 18 (4.72%) Analyst
10 14 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (3.41%) Technical Architect
11 13 (3.41%) User Researcher
12 12 (3.15%) Interaction Designer
12 12 (3.15%) Senior Designer
13 11 (2.89%) Integration Architect
14 10 (2.62%) Scala Engineer
14 10 (2.62%) Senior Interaction Designer
15 9 (2.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 9 (2.36%) Content Designer
15 9 (2.36%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.87%) Terraform
2 22 (5.77%) REST
3 15 (3.94%) HTML
4 14 (3.67%) React
5 12 (3.15%) Node.js
5 12 (3.15%) RESTful
6 11 (2.89%) CSS
6 11 (2.89%) Kafka
7 9 (2.36%) Spring
8 8 (2.10%) JSON
8 8 (2.10%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.84%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.57%) .NET
10 6 (1.57%) Loki
10 6 (1.57%) OpenAPI
10 6 (1.57%) PySpark
10 6 (1.57%) Swagger
10 6 (1.57%) Web Services
11 5 (1.31%) Next.js
11 5 (1.31%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.19%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.77%) Product Ownership
3 19 (4.99%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.15%) NHS
5 11 (2.89%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (2.62%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.62%) Web Conferencing
7 9 (2.36%) Taxonomies
8 8 (2.10%) AI Agents
8 8 (2.10%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.84%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.57%) Replication
11 5 (1.31%) BYOD
11 5 (1.31%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.31%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.05%) Reference Data
13 3 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.67%) Windows
2 12 (3.15%) Linux
3 9 (2.36%) Android
4 5 (1.31%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.31%) Unix
5 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (31.50%) Agile
2 93 (24.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 63 (16.54%) CI/CD
4 57 (14.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 56 (14.70%) AI
6 49 (12.86%) DevOps
7 41 (10.76%) Decision-Making
8 37 (9.71%) Infrastructure as Code
9 35 (9.19%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (8.92%) Migration
11 31 (8.14%) Analytics
12 30 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (7.61%) Data Modelling
14 28 (7.35%) User Research
15 24 (6.30%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 24 (6.30%) Machine Learning
15 24 (6.30%) Software Engineering
15 24 (6.30%) Test Automation
16 22 (5.77%) Validation
16 22 (5.77%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 53 (13.91%) Python
1 53 (13.91%) SQL
2 26 (6.82%) Java
3 24 (6.30%) JavaScript
4 11 (2.89%) Scala
5 10 (2.62%) Bash
5 10 (2.62%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.57%) C#
7 4 (1.05%) Go
7 4 (1.05%) Kotlin
7 4 (1.05%) R
8 3 (0.79%) Groovy
8 3 (0.79%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.52%) ABAP
9 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.52%) Solidity
9 2 (0.52%) Swift
10 1 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.26%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 156 (40.94%) Security Cleared
2 115 (30.18%) SC Cleared
3 13 (3.41%) Degree
4 12 (3.15%) A+ Certification
5 9 (2.36%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.57%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.57%) PhD
7 4 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.05%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.79%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.79%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.52%) CCNA
9 2 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.52%) GIAC
9 2 (0.52%) MCSE
9 2 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.30%) Data Quality
2 18 (4.72%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.41%) QA
4 11 (2.89%) GDPR
5 9 (2.36%) WCAG
6 6 (1.57%) PMO
7 4 (1.05%) PERC
8 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.79%) NCSC
8 3 (0.79%) NIST
9 2 (0.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.52%) GMP
9 2 (0.52%) GRC
9 2 (0.52%) GxP
9 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 2 (0.52%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.26%) COBIT
10 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
System Software
1 29 (7.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (4.46%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.20%) Grafana
3 9 (2.36%) Kibana
4 6 (1.57%) Argo
4 6 (1.57%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.05%) Ansible
6 2 (0.52%) Cilium
7 1 (0.26%) Istio
7 1 (0.26%) Karpenter
7 1 (0.26%) Packer
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (9.97%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.35%) SAP
3 22 (5.77%) Oracle
4 16 (4.20%) ServiceNow
5 13 (3.41%) Google
6 7 (1.84%) Databricks
7 6 (1.57%) Dell
7 6 (1.57%) Splunk
8 5 (1.31%) IBM
9 4 (1.05%) Anaplan
9 4 (1.05%) Informatica
10 3 (0.79%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.79%) Pega
10 3 (0.79%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.79%) Talend
11 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.52%) Ericsson
11 2 (0.52%) Nokia
11 2 (0.52%) Palantir
11 2 (0.52%) Tagetik