BPSS Clearance Contracts with Work from Home Options

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 148 208
Rank change year-on-year 0 +60 +21
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 222 437 585
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.47% 1.71% 1.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.34% 6.73% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 305 403
10th Percentile £300 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £707 £672
UK median daily rate £507 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -7.91% +1.85% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 16
10th Percentile £13.55 £13.10 £24.86
25th Percentile £13.99 £19.25 £26.63
Median hourly rate £18.13 £48.69 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.76% -7.26% +110.00%
75th Percentile £24.75 £63.81 £65.54
90th Percentile £57.20 £79.02 -
UK median hourly rate £16.06 £31.68 £47.50
% change year-on-year -49.30% -33.32% +90.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

BPSS Clearance is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,158 6,498 8,840
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.44% 25.44% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,618 4,368 6,209
10th Percentile £325 £381 £369
25th Percentile £438 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £730 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 285 224
10th Percentile £15.85 £19.35 £19.40
25th Percentile £24.25 £42.50 £38.38
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% +32.65% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £65.54
90th Percentile £82.13 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% +27.06% +12.88%

BPSS Clearance
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

BPSS Clearance trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing BPSS Clearance.

BPSS Clearance daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing BPSS Clearance over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

BPSS Clearance daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing BPSS Clearance.

BPSS Clearance hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing BPSS Clearance over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

BPSS Clearance hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.35%) CMS
2 3 (1.35%) Confluence
3 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.45%) CICS
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) Moodle
4 1 (0.45%) Mule
4 1 (0.45%) SAS
4 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.45%) Blender
4 1 (0.45%) InDesign
4 1 (0.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (4.95%) Teamcenter
2 8 (3.60%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.45%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.45%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.45%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (17.57%) Azure
2 24 (10.81%) AWS
3 16 (7.21%) Power Platform
4 15 (6.76%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (5.86%) GitHub
6 12 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (5.41%) SaaS
7 11 (4.95%) PaaS
8 10 (4.50%) IaaS
9 5 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.35%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.90%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.90%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.90%) Serverless
12 2 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.41%) WAN
2 10 (4.50%) Firewall
3 9 (4.05%) Ethernet
3 9 (4.05%) VPN
4 8 (3.60%) Internet
4 8 (3.60%) MPLS
4 8 (3.60%) Network Security
5 5 (2.25%) LAN
5 5 (2.25%) Wireless
6 4 (1.80%) ADSL
6 4 (1.80%) BGP
6 4 (1.80%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (1.80%) EIGRP
6 4 (1.80%) OSPF
6 4 (1.80%) PPP
6 4 (1.80%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.35%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (1.35%) DNS
7 3 (1.35%) SNMP
7 3 (1.35%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.76%) Power BI
2 7 (3.15%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.35%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (0.90%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.45%) DB2
6 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.45%) IDMS
6 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.45%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 10 (4.50%) SonarQube
2 6 (2.70%) JIRA
3 4 (1.80%) Git
3 4 (1.80%) JMeter
4 3 (1.35%) GitLab
5 2 (0.90%) Ant
5 2 (0.90%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.90%) Selenium
6 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.45%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.45%) JUnit
6 1 (0.45%) Maven
6 1 (0.45%) Postman
6 1 (0.45%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.45%) TestNG
6 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 55 (24.77%) Social Skills
2 28 (12.61%) Public Sector
3 24 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.76%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.50%) Finance
5 10 (4.50%) Manufacturing
6 7 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (3.15%) Police
7 4 (1.80%) Publishing
8 3 (1.35%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.35%) French Language
8 3 (1.35%) Italian Language
8 3 (1.35%) Military
9 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Billing
10 1 (0.45%) Electronics
10 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Law
10 1 (0.45%) Legal
10 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (22.97%) Architect
2 40 (18.02%) Solutions Architect
3 35 (15.77%) Developer
4 21 (9.46%) Analyst
5 16 (7.21%) Business Analyst
6 12 (5.41%) Project Manager
7 11 (4.95%) Technical Support
8 10 (4.50%) Consultant
8 10 (4.50%) Support Engineer
8 10 (4.50%) Technical Engineer
8 10 (4.50%) Technical Support Engineer
9 8 (3.60%) SQL Developer
10 7 (3.15%) Coordinator
10 7 (3.15%) Project Coordinator
10 7 (3.15%) Service Manager
11 6 (2.70%) Data Architect
11 6 (2.70%) Field Engineer
11 6 (2.70%) Support Specialist
11 6 (2.70%) Technical Specialist
11 6 (2.70%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.41%) REST
2 10 (4.50%) ARM Templates
2 10 (4.50%) Azure Blueprints
3 9 (4.05%) .NET
3 9 (4.05%) Web Services
4 8 (3.60%) CSS
4 8 (3.60%) HTML
5 7 (3.15%) Node.js
6 6 (2.70%) Vue
7 5 (2.25%) ASP.NET
7 5 (2.25%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (1.80%) XML
9 3 (1.35%) JSON
10 2 (0.90%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.90%) GraphQL
10 2 (0.90%) HTML5
10 2 (0.90%) React
11 1 (0.45%) .NET Core
11 1 (0.45%) JWT
11 1 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.06%) Onboarding
2 22 (9.91%) Management Information System
3 11 (4.95%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.70%) CMDB
5 5 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.80%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.35%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.35%) Tandem
8 2 (0.90%) Animation
8 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.90%) iPad
8 2 (0.90%) Reference Data
8 2 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.45%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.45%) Interactive Media
9 1 (0.45%) Photography
9 1 (0.45%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.41%) Windows
2 6 (2.70%) Linux
3 4 (1.80%) Android
3 4 (1.80%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.80%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.90%) Unix
4 2 (0.90%) Windows 7
4 2 (0.90%) Windows XP
5 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (27.03%) Agile
2 39 (17.57%) PLM
3 34 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (14.41%) DevOps
5 23 (10.36%) Project Management
6 22 (9.91%) ITIL
7 19 (8.56%) Test Automation
8 16 (7.21%) Software Engineering
9 15 (6.76%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (6.76%) Project Delivery
10 14 (6.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (6.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (5.86%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (5.86%) Migration
11 13 (5.86%) Scrum
11 13 (5.86%) Service Management
12 12 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (5.41%) Containerisation
12 12 (5.41%) Continuous Delivery
13 11 (4.95%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.41%) C#
2 11 (4.95%) JavaScript
2 11 (4.95%) SQL
3 9 (4.05%) Python
4 6 (2.70%) PL/SQL
5 4 (1.80%) Bash
5 4 (1.80%) Java
6 3 (1.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (1.35%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.90%) Bicep
7 2 (0.90%) Bourne shell
7 2 (0.90%) Go
7 2 (0.90%) Korn
7 2 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.90%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.90%) R
7 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.90%) VBScript
8 1 (0.45%) ABAP
8 1 (0.45%) C++
Qualifications
1 133 (59.91%) Security Cleared
2 118 (53.15%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.66%) Degree
4 8 (3.60%) BC Cleared
4 8 (3.60%) DBS Check
5 7 (3.15%) CCNP
5 7 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.80%) CCNA
7 3 (1.35%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.35%) CCDP
7 3 (1.35%) CCIP
7 3 (1.35%) CCSA
7 3 (1.35%) ISEB
7 3 (1.35%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.35%) JNCIA
7 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.35%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.35%) PMP
7 3 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.46%) SLA
2 15 (6.76%) NCSC
3 13 (5.86%) QA
4 8 (3.60%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.80%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.35%) PMO
7 2 (0.90%) GPG13
7 2 (0.90%) NIST
8 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.45%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 10 (4.50%) Docker
2 9 (4.05%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (9.01%) Terraform
2 14 (6.31%) Ansible
3 12 (5.41%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.60%) SCCM
5 3 (1.35%) Grafana
6 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.90%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.45%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.95%) Cisco
3 10 (4.50%) SAP
4 9 (4.05%) BT
4 9 (4.05%) Siemens
5 8 (3.60%) Remedy
6 7 (3.15%) Juniper
7 4 (1.80%) Sparx
8 3 (1.35%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 3 (1.35%) Blue Coat
8 3 (1.35%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.35%) Databricks
8 3 (1.35%) IFS
8 3 (1.35%) Nokia
8 3 (1.35%) Openreach
8 3 (1.35%) Oracle
8 3 (1.35%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.90%) Adobe
9 2 (0.90%) HP
9 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow