Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 112 | 112 | 109 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -3 | +60 |
| Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance | 6 | 9 | 33 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.37% | 0.40% | 1.18% |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 1.07% | 0.98% | 3.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £228 | £368 | £531 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £409 | £664 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £338 | £425 | £721 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.59% | -41.05% | +31.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £416 | £465 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £544 | £500 | £1,030 |
| South East median daily rate | £515 | £425 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.18% | -10.53% | -13.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £18.50 | £14.00 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £19.00 | £16.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +15.15% | -25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £19.50 | £21.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £23.70 |
| South East median hourly rate | £67.50 | £19.62 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +244.08% | -64.33% | +22.22% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 562 | 922 | 1,048 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 34.21% | 41.11% | 37.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 337 | 544 | 689 |
| 10th Percentile | £242 | £325 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £425 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £540 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.41% | +5.37% | +2.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £590 | £638 | £615 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £735 | £688 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +0.96% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 46 | 74 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.37 | £30.12 | £15.80 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £53.61 | £48.40 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £61.75 | £59.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -59.27% | +4.66% | +180.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.06 | £76.59 | £73.59 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.87 | £97.50 | £75.67 |
| South East median hourly rate | £25.15 | £57.35 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -56.15% | -4.42% | +33.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing BPSS Clearance.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 September 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing BPSS Clearance.
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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire | +12 | 3 | £438 | - | 7 |
| Buckinghamshire | +1 | 3 | £325 | -23.53% | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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: