BPSS Clearance Contracts 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 282 317
Rank change year-on-year +3 +35 +98
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 71 115 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.57% 0.66% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.23% 2.76% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 100 110
10th Percentile £400 £400 £355
25th Percentile £454 £422 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £500 £529
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -5.44% -0.24%
75th Percentile £616 £575 £631
90th Percentile £738 £608 £727
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £41.37 - -
25th Percentile £49.42 £23.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.04 £23.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +176.77% - -
75th Percentile £81.86 £23.75 -
90th Percentile £90.64 - -
England median hourly rate £53.75 £16.06 £38.35
% change year-on-year +234.65% -58.12% -19.26%

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 3,182 4,170 5,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 25.67% 23.82% 21.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,143 2,829 3,834
10th Percentile £356 £325 £363
25th Percentile £438 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -6.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £688
90th Percentile £760 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 108 79
10th Percentile £16.78 £14.19 £19.88
25th Percentile £22.27 £19.98 £21.24
Median hourly rate £29.07 £24.99 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.35% -47.40% +6.74%
75th Percentile £56.25 £41.63 £64.75
90th Percentile £72.61 £63.50 £84.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year - -23.81% +32.91%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in London

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in London.

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in London

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in London

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in London.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in London

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BPSS Clearance in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 15 May 2025. 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 +6 16 £527 +9.79% 9
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.23%) Confluence
2 2 (2.82%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.41%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.41%) Revit
2 1 (1.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (8.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (7.04%) SAP PS
3 3 (4.23%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (1.41%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.41%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.41%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.72%) Azure
2 11 (15.49%) AWS
3 9 (12.68%) Power Platform
4 7 (9.86%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (7.04%) Power Automate
6 4 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (5.63%) GCP
6 4 (5.63%) PowerApps
7 3 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
7 3 (4.23%) GitHub
7 3 (4.23%) Serverless
8 2 (2.82%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (2.82%) AWS KMS
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.82%) SaaS
9 1 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (1.41%) Azure Functions
9 1 (1.41%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.23%) Firewall
2 1 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.41%) IPsec
2 1 (1.41%) Kerberos
2 1 (1.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.86%) Power BI
2 4 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (4.23%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (4.23%) BigQuery
3 3 (4.23%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (4.23%) Tableau
4 2 (2.82%) Big Data
4 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.82%) MySQL
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.41%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (1.41%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.41%) Looker
5 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.41%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (1.41%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.63%) JIRA
2 2 (2.82%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.41%) AdminStudio
3 1 (1.41%) ERwin
3 1 (1.41%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) GitLab
3 1 (1.41%) Jasmine
3 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.41%) JUnit
3 1 (1.41%) Maven
3 1 (1.41%) MSI
3 1 (1.41%) SpecFlow
General
1 24 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.31%) Finance
3 10 (14.08%) Public Sector
4 8 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Banking
6 1 (1.41%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.41%) French Language
6 1 (1.41%) Games
6 1 (1.41%) Legal
6 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (22.54%) Developer
2 11 (15.49%) Consultant
3 8 (11.27%) SAP Consultant
4 7 (9.86%) Architect
5 5 (7.04%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (5.63%) Analyst
6 4 (5.63%) Lead
6 4 (5.63%) Power Platform Developer
6 4 (5.63%) Technical Architect
7 3 (4.23%) Automation Developer
7 3 (4.23%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 3 (4.23%) Project Consultant
7 3 (4.23%) SAP PS Consultant
8 2 (2.82%) Business Analyst
8 2 (2.82%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
8 2 (2.82%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (2.82%) Junior
8 2 (2.82%) Power BI Developer
8 2 (2.82%) SAP P2P Consultant
8 2 (2.82%) Technical Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.68%) .NET
2 6 (8.45%) CSS
2 6 (8.45%) HTML
3 4 (5.63%) jQuery
3 4 (5.63%) Node.js
3 4 (5.63%) React
3 4 (5.63%) REST
4 2 (2.82%) .NET Core
4 2 (2.82%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.82%) OAuth
4 2 (2.82%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.82%) RESTful
4 2 (2.82%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (2.82%) Spring
4 2 (2.82%) Spring Boot
4 2 (2.82%) Swagger
4 2 (2.82%) Web Services
5 1 (1.41%) Middleware
5 1 (1.41%) MIDP
5 1 (1.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Onboarding
2 5 (7.04%) Low-Code
3 3 (4.23%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.82%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (2.82%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.41%) IoT
5 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Linux
1 2 (2.82%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.72%) Agile
1 14 (19.72%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (12.68%) Project Delivery
3 8 (11.27%) CI/CD
3 8 (11.27%) DevOps
3 8 (11.27%) Microservices
3 8 (11.27%) Project Management
3 8 (11.27%) User Experience
4 7 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (9.86%) Data Modelling
4 7 (9.86%) Migration
5 6 (8.45%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (8.45%) CRM
5 6 (8.45%) Decision-Making
5 6 (8.45%) Roadmaps
5 6 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (7.04%) Computer Science
6 5 (7.04%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (7.04%) Data Pipeline
6 5 (7.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 18 (25.35%) SQL
2 9 (12.68%) C#
3 8 (11.27%) JavaScript
4 5 (7.04%) Java
4 5 (7.04%) Python
5 3 (4.23%) Bash
5 3 (4.23%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.82%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.82%) Ruby
6 2 (2.82%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (42.25%) Security Cleared
2 18 (25.35%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.27%) Degree
4 5 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.41%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.41%) PMP
5 1 (1.41%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) QA
2 3 (4.23%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.82%) PMO
4 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (5.63%) Docker
2 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.41%) RACF
2 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Terraform
2 2 (2.82%) Ansible
2 2 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (2.82%) SCCM
3 1 (1.41%) CEMLI
3 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.41%) Packer
3 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (16.90%) SAP
2 8 (11.27%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.45%) Oracle
4 5 (7.04%) Ariba
5 4 (5.63%) Databricks
5 4 (5.63%) OutSystems
6 2 (2.82%) Apple
6 2 (2.82%) Google
7 1 (1.41%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.41%) Autodesk
7 1 (1.41%) Citrix
7 1 (1.41%) ESRI
7 1 (1.41%) Genesys
7 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.41%) Splunk
7 1 (1.41%) TIBCO