BPSS Clearance Contracts in Northern Ireland

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 31 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.38% 1.00% -
As % of the Qualifications category 10.64% 8.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £228 - -
25th Percentile £270 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £140 -
Median % change year-on-year +364.29% - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.25 -
UK median hourly rate £16.06 £39.46 £46.79
% change year-on-year -59.30% -15.66% +87.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 47 25 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 31.76% 12.44% 16.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 14 15
10th Percentile £205 £172 £202
25th Percentile £328 £300 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £413 £433
Median % change year-on-year +25.15% -4.62% +5.17%
75th Percentile £634 £475 £475
90th Percentile £663 £500 £536
UK median daily rate £534 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.84% +4.76% +8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 4
10th Percentile - £14.08 -
25th Percentile - £14.34 £17.00
Median hourly rate £12.25 £15.08 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -20.63% +19.80%
75th Percentile £15.63 £16.13 £21.00
90th Percentile £31.88 £16.58 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.28 £41.36
% change year-on-year -26.31% +31.25% +7.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
County Antrim +6 5 £650 +364.29% 3
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Deployment Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) PLM
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared