BPSS Clearance Contracts in the Midlands

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 93 105
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 +49
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 50 40 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.05% 1.46% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.76% 4.64% 6.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 31 26
10th Percentile £309 £200 £375
25th Percentile £375 £356 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £447 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.26% -18.73% +13.40%
75th Percentile £725 £508 £621
90th Percentile £825 £627 £703
England median daily rate £500 £484 £550
% change year-on-year +3.36% -12.05% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £44.35 £13.40 £10.86
25th Percentile £44.88 £13.63 £11.48
Median hourly rate £47.00 £14.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +235.71% +7.69% -62.86%
75th Percentile £50.38 - £13.50
90th Percentile £51.65 - -
England median hourly rate £28.52 £16.06 £38.35
% change year-on-year +77.55% -58.12% -19.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 740 862 793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.33% 31.41% 25.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 540 525
10th Percentile £168 £275 £313
25th Percentile £313 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £606
90th Percentile £650 £713 £720
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 19
10th Percentile £17.91 £13.08 £11.53
25th Percentile £18.87 £14.82 £13.10
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% -10.44% +25.58%
75th Percentile £31.00 £51.91 £65.00
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.00 £65.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.13
% change year-on-year -41.51% -22.00% +26.00%

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 27 July 2025.

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 27 July 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
West Midlands -4 31 £464 +3.80% 40
East Midlands +6 19 £492 +3.04% 7
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 2 (4.00%) Apache
1 2 (4.00%) Apache Airflow
1 2 (4.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Siemens NX
2 3 (6.00%) Fusion 360
3 2 (4.00%) AutoCAD
3 2 (4.00%) Revit
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.00%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.00%) Azure
2 7 (14.00%) AWS
3 3 (6.00%) Power Platform
4 2 (4.00%) Azure Stack
4 2 (4.00%) GCP
4 2 (4.00%) IaaS
4 2 (4.00%) PaaS
4 2 (4.00%) PowerApps
4 2 (4.00%) SaaS
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) FTP
1 2 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (4.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.00%) Firewall
2 1 (2.00%) Network Security
2 1 (2.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (2.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.00%) OLTP
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.00%) Power BI
1 1 (2.00%) Semantic Layer
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Git
1 2 (4.00%) Maven
2 1 (2.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Finance
3 4 (8.00%) Banking
4 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.00%) Legal
6 1 (2.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (16.00%) Architect
2 7 (14.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.00%) Developer
3 5 (10.00%) Senior
4 4 (8.00%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.00%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.00%) Analyst
5 3 (6.00%) CAD Developer
5 3 (6.00%) Data Engineer
5 3 (6.00%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.00%) Change Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Communications Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Consultant
6 2 (4.00%) Java Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Project Change Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Python Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Report Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Senior Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (4.00%) LDAP
1 2 (4.00%) PySpark
2 1 (2.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (4.00%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (4.00%) Private Cloud
3 2 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.00%) SCADA
4 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (18.00%) Agile
3 8 (16.00%) PLM
4 7 (14.00%) CAD
4 7 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (14.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 7 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (14.00%) Project Delivery
4 7 (14.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 7 (14.00%) User Stories
5 5 (10.00%) Change Management
5 5 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 5 (10.00%) Problem Management
5 5 (10.00%) Process Improvement
5 5 (10.00%) Project Management
6 4 (8.00%) Data Management
6 4 (8.00%) Decision-Making
6 4 (8.00%) Project Governance
6 4 (8.00%) Workflow
7 3 (6.00%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) SQL
2 3 (6.00%) Java
2 3 (6.00%) Python
3 2 (4.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (58.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (6.00%) BC Cleared
5 2 (4.00%) Degree
5 2 (4.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.00%) RIBA
6 1 (2.00%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (2.00%) CISA
6 1 (2.00%) CISM
6 1 (2.00%) CISSP
6 1 (2.00%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (2.00%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.00%) GIAC
6 1 (2.00%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (6.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) NIST
2 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.00%) PMO
2 1 (2.00%) SLA
2 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.00%) Docker
2 2 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (16.00%) Siemens
2 4 (8.00%) Oracle
2 4 (8.00%) VMware
3 3 (6.00%) Autodesk
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.00%) Broadcom
5 1 (2.00%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.00%) SAP
5 1 (2.00%) ServiceNow