BPSS Clearance Contracts in the South East

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 121 211
Rank change year-on-year -35 +90 0
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 28 88 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.61% 1.56% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.44% 4.03% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 53 43
10th Percentile £185 £367 £218
25th Percentile £309 £413 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.11% -18.18% +4.56%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £650
90th Percentile £560 £687 £724
England median daily rate £500 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 12
10th Percentile £11.80 £14.00 £22.43
25th Percentile £13.48 £18.50 £36.66
Median hourly rate £19.62 £55.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -64.33% +22.22% -12.20%
75th Percentile £35.31 £62.50 £49.69
90th Percentile £40.30 £79.19 £68.25
England median hourly rate £38.85 £59.25 £47.50
% change year-on-year -34.43% +24.74% -2.38%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,946 2,182 2,621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 42.65% 38.74% 32.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,227 1,339 1,716
10th Percentile £326 £263 £331
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £700 £700
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 138 122
10th Percentile £21.65 £26.24 £17.11
25th Percentile £41.50 £50.00 £21.84
Median hourly rate £58.05 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +33.33% -7.22%
75th Percentile £71.90 £73.68 £65.00
90th Percentile £87.48 £77.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £54.00 £54.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +32.33%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the South East

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the South East.

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the South East

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the South East over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the South East

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in the South East

BPSS Clearance
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the South East over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in the South East

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Thames Valley -3 10 £423 -37.64% 13
Buckinghamshire +28 7 £425 -59.52%
Hampshire -24 7 £438 -2.78% 4
Kent +4 5 - - 1
Berkshire -1 3 £220 -63.26% 2
Surrey +20 2 £525 -
Middlesex - 2 £180 -
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) MTS
1 1 (3.57%) SAS
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Simulink
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.57%) Stata
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (10.71%) Azure
3 2 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Firewall
2 2 (7.14%) DNS
2 2 (7.14%) LAN
2 2 (7.14%) Network Security
2 2 (7.14%) VSAN
2 2 (7.14%) WAN
3 1 (3.57%) ADSL
3 1 (3.57%) BGP
3 1 (3.57%) DHCP
3 1 (3.57%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.57%) Internet
3 1 (3.57%) MPLS
3 1 (3.57%) PPP
3 1 (3.57%) RIP
3 1 (3.57%) SNMP
3 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.57%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.57%) VoIP
3 1 (3.57%) VPN
3 1 (3.57%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) DTS
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (3.57%) LSMW
General
1 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Police
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Analyst
2 6 (21.43%) Senior
3 4 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Asset Management Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (7.14%) DSP Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) IT Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Lead
5 2 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 2 (7.14%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Applications Support
6 1 (3.57%) VHDL Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 3 (10.71%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (10.71%) PKI
3 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
3 2 (7.14%) CMDB
3 2 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) VHDL
4 1 (3.57%) IoT
4 1 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.57%) Smartphone
4 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.57%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.00%) Windows
2 5 (17.86%) Linux
3 2 (7.14%) Unix
4 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (17.86%) Migration
2 5 (17.86%) Requirements Management
2 5 (17.86%) Service Management
3 4 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.29%) ITIL
3 4 (14.29%) ITSM
3 4 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 3 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (10.71%) Embedded Software Development
4 3 (10.71%) UML
5 2 (7.14%) Agile
5 2 (7.14%) Asset Management
5 2 (7.14%) Configuration Management
5 2 (7.14%) Data Analysis
5 2 (7.14%) Mathematics
5 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
5 2 (7.14%) Project Management
5 2 (7.14%) TOGAF
5 2 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) C
2 5 (17.86%) C++
3 2 (7.14%) Embedded C
3 2 (7.14%) Embedded C++
4 1 (3.57%) MATLAB
4 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.57%) Python
4 1 (3.57%) R
Qualifications
1 21 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (46.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (17.86%) Degree
4 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
5 2 (7.14%) APMP
5 2 (7.14%) ISEB
5 2 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (3.57%) BC Cleared
6 1 (3.57%) CCDP
6 1 (3.57%) CCIP
6 1 (3.57%) CCNA
6 1 (3.57%) CCNP
6 1 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 1 (3.57%) MCSE
6 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.57%) PhD
6 1 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (7.14%) ISO 9001
1 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (7.14%) NCSC
1 2 (7.14%) NIST
1 2 (7.14%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) Firmware
2 2 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.14%) VMware NSX
3 1 (3.57%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Ansible
2 2 (7.14%) IBM BigFix
2 2 (7.14%) SCCM
2 2 (7.14%) Tivoli
2 2 (7.14%) vCenter Server
2 2 (7.14%) ZABBIX
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (39.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) Remedy
3 4 (14.29%) VMware
4 3 (10.71%) Cisco
5 2 (7.14%) BMC
5 2 (7.14%) Palo Alto
5 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow
5 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds
6 1 (3.57%) ADVA
6 1 (3.57%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 1 (3.57%) Apple
6 1 (3.57%) ArcSight
6 1 (3.57%) Juniper
6 1 (3.57%) SAP