BPSS Clearance Contracts in Manchester

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 70 83
Rank change year-on-year -7 +13 -13
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 14 43 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.96% 2.36% 2.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.00% 9.41% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 38 28
10th Percentile £550 £443 £359
25th Percentile £588 £531 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £569 £478
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% +19.11% -1.34%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £585
90th Percentile £675 £646 £641
North West median daily rate £625 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +13.64% +10.00% +3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate £33.00 - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £49.88 £52.50
% change year-on-year -67.80% -5.00% +174.01%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

BPSS Clearance is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 350 457 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 24.12% 25.04% 18.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 337 351
10th Percentile £313 £337 £281
25th Percentile £425 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year - +0.96% +9.47%
75th Percentile £663 £630 £628
90th Percentile £805 £700 £676
North West median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 16 22
10th Percentile £21.93 £19.63 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £20.00 £14.44
Median hourly rate £38.75 £25.00 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% -38.65% +44.17%
75th Percentile £73.75 £37.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £92.25 £70.00 £80.40
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £40.54 £41.36
% change year-on-year -60.38% -1.98% +0.87%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
Bolton - 1 - -
BPSS Clearance
North West

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) GitLab
General
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Legal
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Java Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Node.js Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) Node.js
2 5 (35.71%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Microservices
2 5 (35.71%) CI/CD
2 5 (35.71%) Design Patterns
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 3 (21.43%) PLM
5 2 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
5 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) User Stories
6 1 (7.14%) Business Case
6 1 (7.14%) Information Security
6 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (7.14%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (7.14%) Migration
6 1 (7.14%) Project Management
6 1 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (7.14%) Technical Debt
6 1 (7.14%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (78.57%) Security Cleared
2 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft