BPSS Clearance Contracts in Suffolk

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Suffolk 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 17 11 24
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 5.41% 4.92% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 9.52% 11.54% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £273 £184 -
25th Percentile £344 £198 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £220 £400
Median % change year-on-year +115.91% -45.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £581 £225 -
90th Percentile £638 £228 -
East of England median daily rate £200 £230 £498
% change year-on-year -13.04% -53.77% -1.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 42 26 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 56.76% 42.62% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 25
10th Percentile £172 £214 £348
25th Percentile £187 £230 £642
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £215 £475 £700
Median % change year-on-year -54.74% -32.14% +33.33%
75th Percentile £226 £575 -
90th Percentile £431 £690 £743
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £29.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% +66.67% +7.69%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Suffolk

BPSS Clearance
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Suffolk

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Histogram in Suffolk

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

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Suffolk

BPSS Clearance
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Leiston -7 2 £225 +13.92%
BPSS Clearance
East of England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
1 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) iPad
2 1 (25.00%) iPhone
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) APMG
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) McAfee
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow