BPSS Clearance Jobs in the East Midlands

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 168 164
Rank change year-on-year +166 -4 +27
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 750 21 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 28.30% 0.48% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 48.67% 2.18% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 62 21 5
10th Percentile £37,574 - £41,700
25th Percentile - £24,240 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £24,811 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +92.18% -63.24% +42.11%
75th Percentile - £53,250 £71,250
90th Percentile - £81,786 £73,500
England median annual salary £50,818 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.60% +4.76% +6.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,541 962 1,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 58.15% 21.87% 37.02%
Number of salaries quoted 275 564 296
10th Percentile £24,789 £25,075 £25,188
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £43,251 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -3.89% +4.65%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £59,600
% change year-on-year - -7.72% +8.36%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the East Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +100 357 £42,500 -45.70% 2
Northamptonshire +54 285 £47,683 +92.18% 3
Lincolnshire - 108 £47,683 - 2
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 9 (1.20%) Confluence
2 2 (0.27%) Apache
Applications
1 82 (10.93%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (1.87%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.53%) Infor LN
2 4 (0.53%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.13%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.20%) MySQL
1 9 (1.20%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (6.67%) Rational DOORS
2 19 (2.53%) JIRA
3 9 (1.20%) Bitbucket
3 9 (1.20%) Git
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.27%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.27%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 97 (12.93%) Automotive
2 82 (10.93%) Aerospace
3 53 (7.07%) Law
4 49 (6.53%) Presentation Skills
5 46 (6.13%) Social Skills
6 40 (5.33%) Electronics
7 29 (3.87%) Telecoms
8 26 (3.47%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (3.33%) Legal
10 15 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 13 (1.73%) Analytical Skills
12 10 (1.33%) Finance
13 5 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.53%) Police
15 1 (0.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 400 (53.33%) Principal Engineer
2 310 (41.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 205 (27.33%) Systems Engineer
4 196 (26.13%) Senior
5 65 (8.67%) Security Engineer
6 52 (6.93%) Engineering Manager
7 50 (6.67%) Integration Engineer
7 50 (6.67%) System Verification Engineer
7 50 (6.67%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 50 (6.67%) Validation Engineer
8 49 (6.53%) Principal Security Engineer
9 45 (6.00%) Requirements Engineer
10 44 (5.87%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 38 (5.07%) Software Engineer
12 33 (4.40%) Development Engineer
12 33 (4.40%) Software Development Engineer
13 28 (3.73%) Analyst
13 28 (3.73%) Principal Security Analyst
13 28 (3.73%) Product Analyst
13 28 (3.73%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.20%) .NET
2 2 (0.27%) CSS
2 2 (0.27%) HTML
2 2 (0.27%) JSP
2 2 (0.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (3.60%) Management Information System
2 14 (1.87%) SCADA
3 1 (0.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.47%) Linux
1 11 (1.47%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 597 (79.60%) Systems Engineering
2 226 (30.13%) Validation
3 212 (28.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 162 (21.60%) SysML
5 152 (20.27%) Agile
6 142 (18.93%) Mathematics
7 139 (18.53%) Collaborative Working
8 116 (15.47%) Verification and Validation
9 114 (15.20%) Cybersecurity
10 113 (15.07%) Physics
11 92 (12.27%) Project Planning
12 91 (12.13%) Software Testing
13 81 (10.80%) Software Engineering
14 69 (9.20%) Project Management
15 65 (8.67%) Risk Management
15 65 (8.67%) UML
16 55 (7.33%) Information Security
17 54 (7.20%) Systems Thinking
18 53 (7.07%) Chemistry
18 53 (7.07%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 131 (17.47%) MATLAB
2 11 (1.47%) C#
3 2 (0.27%) Ada
3 2 (0.27%) Java
3 2 (0.27%) Python
3 2 (0.27%) Rust
3 2 (0.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 477 (63.60%) Degree
2 61 (8.13%) Chartered Engineer
3 55 (7.33%) CISSP
4 50 (6.67%) ISTQB
5 49 (6.53%) CESG Certified Professional
5 49 (6.53%) CISM
6 29 (3.87%) Numerate Degree
7 19 (2.53%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.53%) ACCA
8 4 (0.53%) CIMA
9 2 (0.27%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (7.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 49 (6.53%) IEC 61508
2 49 (6.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (6.53%) JSP 440
2 49 (6.53%) NIST
2 49 (6.53%) RMADS
3 35 (4.67%) Def Stans
4 14 (1.87%) ARP4754
4 14 (1.87%) DO-254
5 11 (1.47%) HAZOP
6 4 (0.53%) GAAP
6 4 (0.53%) IFRS
7 1 (0.13%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (1.47%) Functional Safety
2 9 (1.20%) Ansible
Vendors
1 23 (3.07%) Siemens
2 14 (1.87%) IBM
3 9 (1.20%) Atlassian
4 4 (0.53%) Cognos
4 4 (0.53%) Infor
4 4 (0.53%) Oracle
4 4 (0.53%) SAP
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft