BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 28 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 1.61% 1.71% -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.66% 6.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £611 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.18% - -
75th Percentile £634 £600 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £469 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -14.73% -8.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 53 62 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 28.49% 26.50% 22.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 27 30
10th Percentile £321 £151 £270
25th Percentile £411 £189 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £506
Median % change year-on-year - +8.64% +9.46%
75th Percentile £775 £600 £575
90th Percentile - - £668
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 6
10th Percentile - £16.81 £14.69
25th Percentile £12.21 £18.03 £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.83 £22.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.61% +25.71% -
75th Percentile £17.44 £24.18 £18.75
90th Percentile £21.52 £48.04 £19.13
North West median hourly rate £27.38 £46.18 £45.88
% change year-on-year -40.72% +0.65% +20.74%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Merseyside

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
Liverpool +5 3 £623 - 1
BPSS Clearance
North West

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP EHS
1 2 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Management Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP