BPSS Clearance Jobs in England

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 313 617
Rank change year-on-year +305 +304 +313
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 6,817 754 349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.80% 0.88% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.65% 3.10% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,793 594 175
10th Percentile £37,574 £25,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £45,628 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.99% +4.76% +6.71%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,600 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% -4.35% +9.52%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 22,991 24,349 30,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 49.92% 28.58% 32.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,025 15,815 13,648
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,500 £38,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
Median % change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,700 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.90% +5.45%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North of England +353 3,001 £50,055 +0.11% 168
North West +259 2,781 £50,055 +76.11% 143
Midlands +280 1,790 £47,683 +19.21% 64
South East +321 1,256 £62,000 +18.56% 146
West Midlands +226 1,055 £65,250 +8.75% 46
East Midlands +172 735 £47,683 +92.18% 14
South West +66 545 £57,500 +15.00% 61
Yorkshire +195 220 £47,683 -39.08% 18
East of England +43 207 £47,683 -17.07% 37
London +47 21 £45,000 -35.71% 67
BPSS Clearance
UK

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 124 (1.82%) Confluence
2 94 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 19 (0.28%) Apache
4 4 (0.059%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.029%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.029%) CMS
5 2 (0.029%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.029%) nginx
6 1 (0.015%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.015%) Mule
6 1 (0.015%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 451 (6.62%) Simulink
2 371 (5.44%) Microsoft Office
3 270 (3.96%) Mathcad
4 214 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
5 195 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 141 (2.07%) Abaqus
7 48 (0.70%) SOLIDWORKS
8 47 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
9 41 (0.60%) Mathematica
10 1 (0.015%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.015%) ProjectWise
10 1 (0.015%) Revit
10 1 (0.015%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 392 (5.75%) Teamcenter
2 65 (0.95%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 50 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 32 (0.47%) Infor LN
5 28 (0.41%) SAP BPC
6 16 (0.23%) SAP ERP
7 8 (0.12%) Primavera
8 1 (0.015%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.015%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 53 (0.78%) AWS
2 33 (0.48%) Azure
3 19 (0.28%) Power Platform
4 18 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (0.22%) GitHub
5 15 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (0.13%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (0.13%) SaaS
7 8 (0.12%) IaaS
7 8 (0.12%) PaaS
8 7 (0.10%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (0.073%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (0.059%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (0.059%) AWS CloudTrail
11 3 (0.044%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 2 (0.029%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.029%) Contentful
12 2 (0.029%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.029%) GCP
12 2 (0.029%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (0.35%) Wireshark
2 16 (0.23%) VoIP
3 4 (0.059%) LAN
4 3 (0.044%) WAN
4 3 (0.044%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.015%) SAN
5 1 (0.015%) Skype
5 1 (0.015%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.015%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (0.60%) Tableau
2 28 (0.41%) MySQL
2 28 (0.41%) Relational Database
3 17 (0.25%) SQL Server
4 13 (0.19%) Power BI
5 9 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.088%) Redis
7 5 (0.073%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.029%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.029%) GIS
8 2 (0.029%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.015%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.015%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.015%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.015%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 740 (10.86%) Rational DOORS
2 234 (3.43%) JIRA
3 109 (1.60%) LabVIEW
4 44 (0.65%) Git
5 42 (0.62%) Bitbucket
6 28 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
7 21 (0.31%) eggPlant
8 19 (0.28%) Eclipse
8 19 (0.28%) Eclipse RCP
9 15 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 14 (0.21%) MagicDraw
10 14 (0.21%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.073%) ClearCase
11 5 (0.073%) JMeter
12 4 (0.059%) Gatling
12 4 (0.059%) Jenkins
13 3 (0.044%) GitLab
13 3 (0.044%) Postman
13 3 (0.044%) TestRail
14 2 (0.029%) Cypress.io
General
1 918 (13.47%) Social Skills
2 800 (11.74%) Aerospace
3 667 (9.78%) Electronics
4 552 (8.10%) Manufacturing
5 537 (7.88%) Automotive
6 326 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
7 295 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
8 264 (3.87%) Finance
9 156 (2.29%) Law
10 143 (2.10%) Avionics
11 133 (1.95%) Aeronautics
12 88 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 78 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
14 72 (1.06%) Legal
15 59 (0.87%) Military
16 49 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (0.56%) Aviation
18 32 (0.47%) Agriculture
19 28 (0.41%) Police
20 27 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2,482 (36.41%) Senior
2 2,050 (30.07%) Systems Engineer
3 1,854 (27.20%) Principal Engineer
4 1,268 (18.60%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 843 (12.37%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 545 (7.99%) Engineering Manager
7 486 (7.13%) Lead
8 328 (4.81%) Senior Electrical Engineer
9 281 (4.12%) Support Engineer
10 272 (3.99%) Project Manager
11 260 (3.81%) Software Support Engineer
12 230 (3.37%) Security Engineer
13 223 (3.27%) Integration Engineer
13 223 (3.27%) Systems Integration Engineer
14 220 (3.23%) Architect
15 219 (3.21%) Software Engineer
16 213 (3.12%) Senior Manager
17 208 (3.05%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
18 189 (2.77%) Engineering Specialist
19 188 (2.76%) Lead Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (0.67%) .NET
2 36 (0.53%) XML
3 31 (0.45%) Middleware
4 23 (0.34%) CSS
4 23 (0.34%) HTML
5 19 (0.28%) JSP
6 17 (0.25%) ASP.NET
6 17 (0.25%) SAP Fiori
7 15 (0.22%) .NET Core
8 8 (0.12%) ARM Templates
8 8 (0.12%) Azure Blueprints
8 8 (0.12%) OAuth
8 8 (0.12%) RESTful
9 6 (0.088%) Django
9 6 (0.088%) FastAPI
9 6 (0.088%) Flask
9 6 (0.088%) GraphQL
9 6 (0.088%) Keycloak
9 6 (0.088%) SQLAlchemy
9 6 (0.088%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 339 (4.97%) Management Information System
2 249 (3.65%) Algorithms
3 128 (1.88%) SCADA
4 82 (1.20%) Product Ownership
5 19 (0.28%) Onboarding
6 14 (0.21%) Acoustics
7 13 (0.19%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (0.18%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (0.088%) Analogue Electronics
10 5 (0.073%) CMDB
10 5 (0.073%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.059%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.044%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.044%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.044%) Data Protection Act
13 2 (0.029%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.029%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.029%) Pricing Data
14 1 (0.015%) Distributed Architecture
14 1 (0.015%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 74 (1.09%) Linux
1 74 (1.09%) Windows
2 3 (0.044%) Android
2 3 (0.044%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.029%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,946 (57.88%) Systems Engineering
2 1,064 (15.61%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1,035 (15.18%) Agile
4 1,033 (15.15%) Validation
5 974 (14.29%) Mathematics
6 907 (13.30%) SysML
7 720 (10.56%) Physics
8 673 (9.87%) Project Management
9 663 (9.73%) Verification and Validation
10 639 (9.37%) Requirements Management
11 565 (8.29%) UML
12 563 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
13 529 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
14 492 (7.22%) Software Engineering
15 490 (7.19%) Coaching
16 445 (6.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 437 (6.41%) Problem-Solving
18 433 (6.35%) PLM
19 430 (6.31%) Mentoring
20 428 (6.28%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 987 (14.48%) MATLAB
2 116 (1.70%) Python
3 101 (1.48%) R
4 99 (1.45%) C#
5 67 (0.98%) Ada
6 38 (0.56%) SQL
7 37 (0.54%) Java
8 35 (0.51%) C
9 17 (0.25%) ABAP
10 16 (0.23%) Rust
11 15 (0.22%) VB
12 8 (0.12%) C++
13 5 (0.073%) JavaScript
14 4 (0.059%) Ada 95
15 2 (0.029%) Perl
15 2 (0.029%) PHP
15 2 (0.029%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.015%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.015%) Scala
16 1 (0.015%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4,151 (60.89%) Degree
2 696 (10.21%) HND
3 664 (9.74%) Chartered Engineer
4 500 (7.33%) HNC
5 499 (7.32%) Master's Degree
6 193 (2.83%) CISSP
7 181 (2.66%) Numerate Degree
8 153 (2.24%) ISTQB
9 149 (2.19%) CISM
10 147 (2.16%) CESG Certified Professional
11 113 (1.66%) MBA
12 66 (0.97%) ACCA
12 66 (0.97%) CIMA
12 66 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
13 54 (0.79%) Security Cleared
14 29 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
15 28 (0.41%) SC Cleared
16 24 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 24 (0.35%) Six Sigma Black Belt
16 24 (0.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 562 (8.24%) IEC 61508
2 518 (7.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 420 (6.16%) Def Stans
4 216 (3.17%) ISO 9001
5 152 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 152 (2.23%) NIST
6 147 (2.16%) JSP 440
6 147 (2.16%) RMADS
7 143 (2.10%) DO-254
8 121 (1.77%) ARP4754
9 108 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 84 (1.23%) HAZOP
11 80 (1.17%) AQAP
12 49 (0.72%) Data Quality
13 48 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 32 (0.47%) IFRS
15 28 (0.41%) GAAP
16 20 (0.29%) QA
17 11 (0.16%) Accessibility
18 10 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (0.32%) Firmware
2 17 (0.25%) Docker
3 3 (0.044%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.015%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 107 (1.57%) Functional Safety
2 35 (0.51%) Ansible
3 17 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.13%) Terraform
5 6 (0.088%) Grafana
5 6 (0.088%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.015%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.015%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.015%) Packer
Vendors
1 383 (5.62%) IBM
2 333 (4.88%) Microsoft
3 211 (3.10%) SAP
4 186 (2.73%) ANSYS
5 185 (2.71%) Siemens
6 122 (1.79%) MathWorks
7 65 (0.95%) Sparx
8 47 (0.69%) Atlassian
9 38 (0.56%) Oracle
10 32 (0.47%) Infor
11 28 (0.41%) Cognos
12 21 (0.31%) Keysight
13 8 (0.12%) NEC
14 7 (0.10%) Mercator
14 7 (0.10%) ServiceNow
15 6 (0.088%) Mentor Graphics
16 4 (0.059%) Hyperion
17 3 (0.044%) Salesforce
18 2 (0.029%) Alteryx
18 2 (0.029%) EMC