Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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6 months to 8 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 17 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +7 |
| Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire | - | - | 0.92% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | - | - | 2.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £455 | £410 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.85% | -18.00% | -1.96% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 25 | 15 | 39 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 27.47% | 23.08% | 35.78% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 13 | 19 |
| 10th Percentile | £253 | - | £260 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £140 | £299 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £388 | £150 | £369 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +158.33% | -59.33% | -20.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £419 | - | £448 |
| 90th Percentile | £481 | £430 | £515 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +11.11% | -16.04% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £37.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.25 | £35.75 | £38.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.50 | £36.50 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.66% | -14.12% | +123.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.75 | £37.25 | £55.63 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £62.75 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £52.50 | £25.00 | £28.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +110.00% | -12.28% | +50.00% |
BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BPSS Clearance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing BPSS Clearance.
