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 17 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Westminster 3.13% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 5.88% - -
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 17 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Westminster 53.13% 30.77% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 0
10th Percentile £531 £555 -
25th Percentile £600 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £607 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% - -
75th Percentile £650 £738 -
90th Percentile £675 £775 -
City of Westminster median daily rate £575 £650 -
% change year-on-year -11.54% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.08 -
City of Westminster median hourly rate - £25.08 -

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