BPSS Clearance Contracts in Yorkshire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 95 82
Rank change year-on-year +5 -13 +33
Contract jobs citing BPSS Clearance 29 6 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.90% 0.40% 1.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.99% 1.99% 9.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 2 25
10th Percentile £331 £218 £363
25th Percentile £345 £267 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £358 £600
Median % change year-on-year +39.86% -40.42% +20.00%
75th Percentile £540 £452 £688
90th Percentile £596 £503 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
England median hourly rate £28.79 £16.06 £45.43
% change year-on-year +79.27% -64.65% -9.15%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 363 302 335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 23.79% 20.08% 16.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 206 237
10th Percentile £305 £350 £219
25th Percentile £375 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% -9.09% +21.55%
75th Percentile £561 £570 £625
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 7
10th Percentile £18.51 £13.50 £13.10
25th Percentile £22.23 £15.17 £18.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.87 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.13% -17.10% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £42.50 £37.04
90th Percentile - £59.25 £46.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% -13.64% +22.22%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Yorkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Yorkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BPSS Clearance in Yorkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for BPSS Clearance in Yorkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
West Yorkshire +6 19 £500 -4.76% 7
South Yorkshire -1 10 £350 +84.21% 6
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (3.45%) Apache
1 1 (3.45%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) AWS
2 4 (13.79%) Azure
3 3 (10.34%) Amazon S3
3 3 (10.34%) GitHub
3 3 (10.34%) Serverless
4 2 (6.90%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (6.90%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (6.90%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (6.90%) npm
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (3.45%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.45%) Figma
5 1 (3.45%) Lucidchart
5 1 (3.45%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.79%) MongoDB
2 2 (6.90%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (6.90%) Big Data
2 2 (6.90%) DynamoDB
2 2 (6.90%) MySQL
2 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (27.59%) Git
2 4 (13.79%) Jenkins
3 3 (10.34%) Android Studio
3 3 (10.34%) Gradle
3 3 (10.34%) JIRA
4 2 (6.90%) Babel
4 2 (6.90%) Postman
4 2 (6.90%) webpack
5 1 (3.45%) CocoaPods
5 1 (3.45%) GitLab
5 1 (3.45%) Mockito
5 1 (3.45%) Selenium
5 1 (3.45%) SonarQube
5 1 (3.45%) Xcode
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.34%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Health Technology
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Senior
4 3 (10.34%) Android Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Python Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Programmer
5 2 (6.90%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (3.45%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Change Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Designer
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Project Officer
6 1 (3.45%) Project Support Officer
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Python Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Software Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.79%) JSON
1 4 (13.79%) React
1 4 (13.79%) RESTful
2 3 (10.34%) PySpark
3 2 (6.90%) Bootstrap
3 2 (6.90%) CSS
3 2 (6.90%) CSS3
3 2 (6.90%) HTML
3 2 (6.90%) HTML5
3 2 (6.90%) Jest
3 2 (6.90%) Kafka
3 2 (6.90%) lodash
3 2 (6.90%) Node.js
3 2 (6.90%) Redux
3 2 (6.90%) REST
4 1 (3.45%) .NET
4 1 (3.45%) ActiveMQ
4 1 (3.45%) DOM
4 1 (3.45%) JAX-RS
4 1 (3.45%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Mobile App
2 4 (13.79%) NHS
3 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Android
2 2 (6.90%) Linux
3 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.45%) Mac OS X
3 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) Agile
2 9 (31.03%) DevOps
3 6 (20.69%) Design Patterns
3 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
4 5 (17.24%) Scrum
5 4 (13.79%) Application Security
5 4 (13.79%) Architectural Patterns
5 4 (13.79%) Coaching
5 4 (13.79%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (13.79%) Kanban
5 4 (13.79%) Memory Management
5 4 (13.79%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) Test Automation
5 4 (13.79%) User Research
6 3 (10.34%) Agile Coaching
6 3 (10.34%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 3 (10.34%) Sprint Backlog
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Python
2 5 (17.24%) Java
3 3 (10.34%) Kotlin
3 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
4 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.45%) Bash
5 1 (3.45%) Objective-C
5 1 (3.45%) SQL
5 1 (3.45%) Swift
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Security Cleared
2 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.45%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.45%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Terraform
2 1 (3.45%) Ansible
2 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Brio
2 1 (3.45%) AppDynamics
2 1 (3.45%) Databricks
2 1 (3.45%) VMware