BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in North Yorkshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 0.86% - 0.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.25% - 4.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.43%
75th Percentile £369 - £419
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £481 £220 £600
% change year-on-year +118.75% -63.33% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16 18 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 13.79% 23.68% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 16
10th Percentile £113 - £285
25th Percentile £133 £300 £349
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £155 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -63.53% -15.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £294 £588 £558
90th Percentile £415 £655 £582
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £11.35
25th Percentile £15.25 £18.63 £11.88
Median hourly rate £23.58 £18.64 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.51% +46.16% -32.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £18.64 £13.63
90th Percentile - - £14.15
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.36 £23.07 £15.00
% change year-on-year +5.61% +53.78% -63.08%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared