BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 1.35% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 4.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £381 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - -
75th Percentile £394 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £388 £625 -
% change year-on-year -38.00% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22 7 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 29.73% 14.89% 14.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 6
10th Percentile £200 £540 £194
25th Percentile £300 £600 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £700 £438
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +60.00% -7.89%
75th Percentile £480 - £536
90th Percentile £530 - £578
Oxfordshire median daily rate £433 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -13.50% +17.65% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £17.48 - £35.60
25th Percentile £19.34 - -
Median hourly rate £22.25 £46.30 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.95% -28.77% +165.31%
75th Percentile £26.66 - -
90th Percentile £30.33 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £24.46 £37.03 £48.75
% change year-on-year -33.95% -24.04% +73.12%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Oxford

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle