BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes 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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 41 51
Rank change year-on-year -2 +10 +32
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 3 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.98% 1.40% 1.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.56% 2.82% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile - £275 £448
25th Percentile £313 £296 £655
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £368 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.56% -63.25% +150.00%
75th Percentile £344 £448 £1,075
90th Percentile £348 £479 £1,120
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £325 £420 £1,000
% change year-on-year -22.62% -58.00% +150.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 117 142 234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 38.11% 49.82% 44.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 113 195
10th Percentile £313 £264 £279
25th Percentile £412 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £540
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -14.35% +15.88%
75th Percentile £560 £530 £619
90th Percentile £625 £625 £685
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £495 £463 £540
% change year-on-year +7.03% -14.35% +14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile £24.65 £13.34 £13.29
25th Percentile - £15.35 £13.47
Median hourly rate £29.61 £18.70 £14.79
Median % change year-on-year +58.34% +26.48% -16.70%
75th Percentile - £28.35 £17.00
90th Percentile - £34.14 £18.80
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £18.70 £16.00
% change year-on-year +34.49% +16.88% -9.86%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BPSS Clearance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
1 2 (66.67%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (66.67%) React
2 1 (33.33%) SOAP
2 1 (33.33%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Debt
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Biometrics
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Traceability Matrix
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Apex Code
1 2 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) MuleSoft
1 2 (66.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (33.33%) Compaq
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Terracotta
2 1 (33.33%) webMethods