BPSS Clearance Contracts in the Midlands

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 101 108 152
Rank change year-on-year +7 +44 -9
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 37 60 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.36% 1.79% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.21% 6.38% 4.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 29
10th Percentile £179 £354 £168
25th Percentile £209 £411 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -8.80% +83.05%
75th Percentile £536 £540 £615
90th Percentile £638 £617 £676
England median daily rate £500 £549 £525
% change year-on-year -8.91% +4.55% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile - £11.07 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £11.99 -
Median hourly rate £13.75 £13.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -62.86% +59.09%
75th Percentile £14.00 £13.75 -
90th Percentile - £14.20 -
England median hourly rate £16.06 £38.35 £47.50
% change year-on-year -58.12% -19.26% +37.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 878 941 981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.33% 28.02% 19.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 598 662
10th Percentile £230 £255 £201
25th Percentile £325 £400 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £605 £550
90th Percentile £681 £699 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 67 35
10th Percentile £13.20 £10.94 £11.95
25th Percentile £17.00 £13.51 £13.74
Median hourly rate £24.65 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.74% -5.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile £42.50 £27.94 £24.63
90th Percentile £56.75 £65.00 £37.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £39.50
% change year-on-year -23.81% +32.91% +4.50%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands -8 25 £500 +1.52% 9
East Midlands +24 12 £290 -40.51% 17
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (2.70%) CICS
1 1 (2.70%) SAS
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.70%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.70%) AWS
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.70%) Figma
2 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
2 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.81%) Ethernet
1 4 (10.81%) Internet
1 4 (10.81%) MPLS
1 4 (10.81%) WAN
2 3 (8.11%) ADSL
2 3 (8.11%) PSTN
3 1 (2.70%) DWDM
3 1 (2.70%) Firewall
3 1 (2.70%) Network Security
3 1 (2.70%) SDH
3 1 (2.70%) SONET
3 1 (2.70%) VPN
3 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) DB2
1 1 (2.70%) IDMS
1 1 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.70%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Ant
2 3 (8.11%) JMeter
3 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 16 (43.24%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.70%) Finance
5 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Analyst
2 6 (16.22%) Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Coordinator
3 5 (13.51%) Project Coordinator
3 5 (13.51%) SQL Developer
4 4 (10.81%) Architect
4 4 (10.81%) Test Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Performance Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Performance Test Engineer
5 3 (8.11%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.41%) Data Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Desktop Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Desktop Support
6 2 (5.41%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) PMO Coordinator
6 2 (5.41%) Project Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Test Analyst
6 2 (5.41%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Onboarding
2 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.70%) CMDB
3 1 (2.70%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.70%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (2.70%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Unix
2 4 (10.81%) Windows
3 3 (8.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.70%) Linux
4 1 (2.70%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Agile
2 9 (24.32%) Scrum
3 8 (21.62%) Software Testing
4 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (13.51%) ITIL
5 5 (13.51%) System Testing
5 5 (13.51%) Test Scripting
6 4 (10.81%) Customer Service
6 4 (10.81%) Order Management
6 4 (10.81%) Performance Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
6 4 (10.81%) Test Automation
6 4 (10.81%) Time Management
6 4 (10.81%) Workflow
7 3 (8.11%) Change Control
7 3 (8.11%) Conflict Management
7 3 (8.11%) Data Collection
7 3 (8.11%) Data Design
7 3 (8.11%) DevOps
7 3 (8.11%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) SQL
2 5 (13.51%) Bash
2 5 (13.51%) Bourne shell
2 5 (13.51%) Korn
2 5 (13.51%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.70%) CLIST
3 1 (2.70%) COBOL
3 1 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.70%) REXX
3 1 (2.70%) SELCOPY
Qualifications
1 17 (45.95%) Security Cleared
2 14 (37.84%) SC Cleared
3 9 (24.32%) Degree
4 4 (10.81%) BC Cleared
4 4 (10.81%) ISEB
5 3 (8.11%) ISTQB
5 3 (8.11%) NVQ Level 3
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.70%) CISSP
7 1 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (2.70%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) QA
1 6 (16.22%) SLA
2 2 (5.41%) PMO
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 1 (2.70%) ISO17020
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Oracle
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco
4 3 (8.11%) BT
4 3 (8.11%) Openreach
5 2 (5.41%) Citrix
5 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.70%) Adobe
6 1 (2.70%) Apple
6 1 (2.70%) Denodo
6 1 (2.70%) IBM
6 1 (2.70%) Syncsort
6 1 (2.70%) VMware