BPSS Clearance Job Trends in the City of London

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 - 169
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.062% - 0.032%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.77%
75th Percentile £77,500 - £92,500
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £47,989 £85,000
% change year-on-year +56.29% -43.54% +30.77%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

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 permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 620 650 757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 19.33% 30.11% 24.16%
Number of salaries quoted 404 423 596
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £88,125 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £121,250 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year - +2.19% +1.48%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing BPSS Clearance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in the City of London

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
1 1 (50.00%) NetWeaver
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PSCD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SSH
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (50.00%) SAPUI5
1 1 (50.00%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
1 1 (50.00%) Revenue Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Gemalto
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Thales