BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in Luton

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Luton with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.38% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £54 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £60.00 - £21.01

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 42 28 49
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 28.97% 34.15% 24.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 29
10th Percentile £62 - £378
25th Percentile £361 £121 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £582 - £580
90th Percentile £625 £509 £600
Bedfordshire median daily rate £528 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.63% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 2
10th Percentile £61.00 £44.45 £23.25
25th Percentile £62.97 £50.00 £28.13
Median hourly rate £68.21 £55.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.02% +46.67% -42.31%
75th Percentile £77.50 £68.00 £48.13
90th Percentile £90.40 £82.70 £53.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £41.50 £21.01
% change year-on-year +64.36% +97.52% -63.14%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Luton

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Implementation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) PLM
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Siemens