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 27 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 258 281
Rank change year-on-year +77 +23 +22
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 291 116 104
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.46% 0.85% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.29% 3.30% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 106 85
10th Percentile £368 £311 £400
25th Percentile £437 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £504 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +0.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £575
90th Percentile £755 £695 £643
England median daily rate £483 £500 £484
% change year-on-year -3.40% +3.36% -12.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 0 0
10th Percentile £19.50 - -
25th Percentile £24.38 - -
Median hourly rate £67.00 - -
75th Percentile £88.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £43.96 £28.52 £16.06
% change year-on-year +54.16% +77.55% -58.12%

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 5,499 3,510 3,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.64% 25.68% 23.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,964 2,377 2,744
10th Percentile £371 £332 £331
25th Percentile £453 £430 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -2.28% -2.32%
75th Percentile £638 £659 £650
90th Percentile £728 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 83 73
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.15 £17.93
25th Percentile £27.13 £25.02 £22.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +114.71% -6.85% -50.91%
75th Percentile £73.00 £43.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £63.65 £68.60
England median hourly rate £54.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +114.71% -41.51% -21.82%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +4 35 £513 +10.51% 5
South London -11 5 £613 -4.89% 1
West London -20 1 £600 +50.00% 6
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 (4.47%) Confluence
2 5 (1.72%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.03%) WordPress
5 2 (0.69%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (0.69%) Ethereum
5 2 (0.69%) Hyperledger
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.69%) SAS
6 1 (0.34%) Appian
Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.41%) SAP IBP
2 6 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.72%) SAP BRIM
4 4 (1.37%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 4 (1.37%) SAP HR
4 4 (1.37%) SAP Travel Management
5 2 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.69%) Exchequer
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.69%) ProductWriter
5 2 (0.69%) Quorum
5 2 (0.69%) R3 Corda
5 2 (0.69%) Ripple
5 2 (0.69%) SAP FI-AR
6 1 (0.34%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.34%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.34%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.34%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.34%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 57 (19.59%) Azure
2 48 (16.49%) AWS
3 16 (5.50%) Amazon S3
3 16 (5.50%) Power Platform
4 14 (4.81%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (4.81%) GCP
5 13 (4.47%) Serverless
6 12 (4.12%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (3.78%) GitHub
8 7 (2.41%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (2.41%) Amazon EMR
8 7 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 6 (2.06%) dbt
9 6 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (2.06%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.37%) AWS Fargate
11 4 (1.37%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.75%) WebEx
2 3 (1.03%) Cisco IPT
3 2 (0.69%) DNS
3 2 (0.69%) NAS
3 2 (0.69%) SAN
3 2 (0.69%) SSL
4 1 (0.34%) 4G
4 1 (0.34%) 5G
4 1 (0.34%) Firewall
4 1 (0.34%) HTTP
4 1 (0.34%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.34%) Intranet
4 1 (0.34%) IPsec
4 1 (0.34%) LTE
4 1 (0.34%) Multicast
4 1 (0.34%) Network Security
4 1 (0.34%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.34%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.34%) WAN
4 1 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.47%) Power BI
2 11 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.75%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.06%) Amazon Athena
4 6 (2.06%) Delta Lake
4 6 (2.06%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (2.06%) Metadata
4 6 (2.06%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.72%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.37%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.37%) Big Data
6 4 (1.37%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.37%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.37%) Spark SQL
7 3 (1.03%) Apache Hudi
7 3 (1.03%) Presto
Development Applications
1 21 (7.22%) JIRA
2 17 (5.84%) Git
3 10 (3.44%) GitLab
3 10 (3.44%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (1.37%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.69%) JMeter
5 2 (0.69%) Maven
5 2 (0.69%) MLflow
5 2 (0.69%) Selenium
5 2 (0.69%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.34%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.34%) ERwin
6 1 (0.34%) Gatling
6 1 (0.34%) JSUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Postman
6 1 (0.34%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.34%) Zephyr
General
1 85 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 79 (27.15%) Public Sector
3 45 (15.46%) Finance
4 35 (12.03%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.81%) Banking
6 11 (3.78%) Legal
7 10 (3.44%) Billing
8 8 (2.75%) Local Government
9 7 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.06%) Publishing
11 5 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.37%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.69%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.34%) Advertising
14 1 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 37 (12.71%) Senior
2 29 (9.97%) Developer
3 26 (8.93%) Lead
4 25 (8.59%) Architect
5 24 (8.25%) Consultant
6 22 (7.56%) Data Engineer
6 22 (7.56%) Designer
7 15 (5.15%) Analyst
7 15 (5.15%) SAP Consultant
8 12 (4.12%) Interaction Designer
8 12 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (3.78%) Senior Designer
9 11 (3.78%) User Researcher
10 10 (3.44%) Scala Engineer
11 9 (3.09%) Senior Interaction Designer
12 8 (2.75%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (2.75%) Content Designer
13 7 (2.41%) Azure Data Engineer
13 7 (2.41%) Integration Consultant
13 7 (2.41%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.81%) React
2 13 (4.47%) HTML
2 13 (4.47%) REST
3 11 (3.78%) PySpark
3 11 (3.78%) RESTful
4 10 (3.44%) CSS
5 9 (3.09%) AngularJS
6 8 (2.75%) .NET
6 8 (2.75%) Node.js
7 7 (2.41%) JSON
8 6 (2.06%) GeoJSON
8 6 (2.06%) Spring
8 6 (2.06%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.72%) Matplotlib
9 5 (1.72%) Pandas
9 5 (1.72%) Polars
9 5 (1.72%) scikit-learn
10 4 (1.37%) HTML5
10 4 (1.37%) OAuth
10 4 (1.37%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.87%) Onboarding
2 18 (6.19%) NHS
2 18 (6.19%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.12%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.09%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.75%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (2.75%) Web Conferencing
6 7 (2.41%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.37%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.37%) PMI
8 4 (1.37%) Reference Data
8 4 (1.37%) Social Media
9 3 (1.03%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.03%) Legacy Code
9 3 (1.03%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.50%) Windows
2 9 (3.09%) Linux
3 7 (2.41%) Android
4 5 (1.72%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.37%) Unix
6 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.34%) VMS
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.62%) Agile
2 56 (19.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 42 (14.43%) CI/CD
4 34 (11.68%) DevOps
5 33 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (11.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 28 (9.62%) AI
7 25 (8.59%) Decision-Making
8 24 (8.25%) Analytics
9 23 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
10 22 (7.56%) Migration
10 22 (7.56%) Test Automation
11 21 (7.22%) User Research
12 20 (6.87%) Roadmaps
13 19 (6.53%) Data Modelling
13 19 (6.53%) Machine Learning
13 19 (6.53%) Scrum
14 18 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
15 16 (5.50%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (5.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 53 (18.21%) Python
2 45 (15.46%) SQL
3 22 (7.56%) Java
3 22 (7.56%) JavaScript
4 12 (4.12%) TypeScript
5 10 (3.44%) Scala
6 5 (1.72%) Bash
7 4 (1.37%) C#
8 2 (0.69%) ABAP
8 2 (0.69%) C++
8 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (0.69%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.69%) Ruby
8 2 (0.69%) Solidity
8 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.34%) Go
9 1 (0.34%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.34%) Swift
9 1 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 101 (34.71%) Security Cleared
2 73 (25.09%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.12%) Degree
4 8 (2.75%) A+ Certification
5 6 (2.06%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.72%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (1.37%) CompTIA CySA+
7 4 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.03%) GIAC
8 3 (1.03%) PhD
9 2 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.69%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.69%) RIBA
9 2 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.34%) ACSP
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.34%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.31%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.47%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.75%) QA
4 7 (2.41%) GDPR
5 5 (1.72%) WCAG
6 3 (1.03%) HL7
6 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.03%) NCSC
6 3 (1.03%) NIST
6 3 (1.03%) PMO
7 2 (0.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.69%) DICOM
7 2 (0.69%) GMP
7 2 (0.69%) GxP
7 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (0.69%) PERC
7 2 (0.69%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (6.19%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (7.56%) Terraform
2 11 (3.78%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.41%) Grafana
4 4 (1.37%) Kibana
5 3 (1.03%) Argo
6 1 (0.34%) Istio
6 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.34%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.34%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.93%) SAP
3 15 (5.15%) ServiceNow
4 13 (4.47%) Google
5 11 (3.78%) Oracle
6 10 (3.44%) Databricks
7 6 (2.06%) Splunk
7 6 (2.06%) Workday
8 4 (1.37%) Pega
9 3 (1.03%) Informatica
9 3 (1.03%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.69%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.69%) Dell
10 2 (0.69%) Palantir
10 2 (0.69%) Tagetik
10 2 (0.69%) Veritas
11 1 (0.34%) Okta
11 1 (0.34%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.34%) Qualtrics
11 1 (0.34%) Zscaler