BPSS Clearance Contracts in Manchester

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 82 69
Rank change year-on-year +14 -13 +19
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 11 14 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.19% 0.92% 2.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.18% 3.88% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 13 43
10th Percentile £445 £550 £430
25th Percentile £498 £575 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £563
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +11.11% +18.42%
75th Percentile £615 £675 £600
90th Percentile £646 - £650
North West median daily rate £538 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -13.92% +13.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £33.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +127.27% - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £75.00 £16.06 £49.88
% change year-on-year +367.00% -67.80% -5.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 263 361 502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 28.40% 23.80% 26.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 214 369
10th Percentile £300 £313 £338
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £619
90th Percentile £713 £805 £700
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 25 17
10th Percentile - £24.14 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £25.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £46.25 £49.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +96.00% +54.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £73.75 £37.50
90th Percentile £74.13 £94.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

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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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 1 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
Bolton -8 1 - - 7
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (9.09%) SAP PM
2 1 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) Power Automate
3 1 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (9.09%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) Grunt
1 1 (9.09%) gulp
1 1 (9.09%) Jasmine
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) Mocha
1 1 (9.09%) Subversion
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Data Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Data Migration Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Migration Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Power Platform Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Front-End Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) CSS
1 2 (18.18%) HTML
2 1 (9.09%) HTML5
2 1 (9.09%) jQuery
2 1 (9.09%) Mustache
2 1 (9.09%) Node.js
2 1 (9.09%) React
2 1 (9.09%) Sass
2 1 (9.09%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Agile
2 3 (27.27%) Data Mapping
2 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Validation
3 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 2 (18.18%) ETL
3 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (18.18%) Logistics
3 2 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) Scrum
3 2 (18.18%) Web Development
4 1 (9.09%) Contextual Inquiry
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (9.09%) Focus Group
4 1 (9.09%) Task Automation
4 1 (9.09%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 1 (9.09%) Java
3 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Citrix
2 1 (9.09%) IBM
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) VMware