Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Kent > Rochester
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Rochester with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 5 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Rochester | - | 30.00% | - |
| As % of the Qualifications category | - | 100.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Kent median daily rate | - | - | £53 |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Rochester
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 Rochester.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Rochester | 25.00% | 30.00% | 33.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| Kent median daily rate | £431 | £325 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +32.69% | -38.10% | +75.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £51.83 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £51.94 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £54.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -1.27% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £56.94 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £57.28 |
| Kent median hourly rate | £37.00 | £52.94 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.10% | -3.75% | +29.98% |
BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BPSS Clearance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Rochester.
BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Trend in Rochester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Rochester citing BPSS Clearance.
