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 15 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.44% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £54 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £60.13 - -
25th Percentile £60.31 - -
Median hourly rate £61.25 - -
75th Percentile £62.81 - -
90th Percentile £63.38 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £61.25 - £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 78 50 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 37.50% 45.45% 22.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 16
10th Percentile £74 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £500 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £494
Median % change year-on-year - +3.80% -10.23%
75th Percentile £600 £580 £550
90th Percentile £650 £603 £575
Bedfordshire median daily rate £519 £500 £488
% change year-on-year +3.75% +2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 17 5
10th Percentile £62.00 £63.30 £49.25
25th Percentile £62.97 £67.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £74.00 £84.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% +30.00% -21.21%
75th Percentile £75.00 £88.00 £80.00
90th Percentile £81.73 £92.50 £80.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £74.00 £80.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.50% +23.08% -21.21%

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
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Contractor hourly 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 (33.33%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (66.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Implementation Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) PLM
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (66.67%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Design Automation
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Siemens
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco