BPSS Clearance Contracts in Reading

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 86 46
Rank change year-on-year +28 -40 +49
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 2 5 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.34% 0.42% 3.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.10% 0.95% 12.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 35
10th Percentile £448 £247 -
25th Percentile £481 £361 £586
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £463 £685
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% -32.48% +41.80%
75th Percentile £594 £522 £721
90th Percentile £628 £539 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £567 £450 £680
% change year-on-year +26.00% -33.82% +40.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.00 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year - -15.56% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 182 528 332
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 30.49% 44.30% 31.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 271 211
10th Percentile £394 £205 £363
25th Percentile £481 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% +14.00%
75th Percentile £700 £663 £680
90th Percentile - £716 £725
Berkshire median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 44 15
10th Percentile - £44.10 £56.76
25th Percentile - £55.41 £63.14
Median hourly rate £70.00 £62.07 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.77% -5.95% +560.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £86.10 £76.99
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.53 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £66.87 £61.60 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.56% -5.23% +208.79%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Business Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft