BPSS Clearance Contract Job Trends in Westminster

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
City of Westminster > Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Westminster with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Westminster 5.88% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £450 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Westminster

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 Westminster.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Westminster 52.94% 31.58% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £438 £381 -
25th Percentile £450 £409 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £463 £185
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% +150.00% -70.40%
75th Percentile £588 £501 £193
90th Percentile £625 £524 £194
City of Westminster median daily rate £450 £454 £185
% change year-on-year -0.77% +145.14% -69.17%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing BPSS Clearance relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Westminster.

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Westminster

BPSS Clearance
Daily Rate Trend in Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Westminster citing BPSS Clearance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Westminster citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft