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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 419 557 907
Rank change year-on-year +138 +350 -138
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 442 291 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.56% 0.41% 0.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.08% 1.23% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 327 181 155
10th Percentile £26,150 £24,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £49,200
Median % change year-on-year - +11.79% -10.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% +12.00% -9.09%

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 21,233 23,740 40,487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.10% 33.40% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 12,087 12,302 17,912
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,770 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
South West +73 140 £55,000 +22.22% 25
East of England +68 82 £52,500 - 3
London +42 68 £65,000 -3.70% 13
South East +47 65 £50,845 -7.56% 17
Midlands -11 45 £51,500 +3.00% 13
West Midlands +16 35 £60,000 +4.35% 3
North of England -8 30 £28,000 -51.30% 17
North West -14 24 £28,000 -30.00% 13
East Midlands -37 10 £24,811 -50.38% 10
Yorkshire +52 4 - - 2
North East -17 2 £65,000 -13.33% 2
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 32 (7.24%) Confluence
2 20 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (4.07%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (2.26%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.36%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.90%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.68%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.45%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.45%) CMS
8 2 (0.45%) WordPress
9 1 (0.23%) Apache
9 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (3.17%) Simulink
4 12 (2.71%) Microsoft Project
5 10 (2.26%) Trello
6 2 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.45%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.23%) 1Password
7 1 (0.23%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.23%) Blender
7 1 (0.23%) InDesign
7 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (3.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (2.04%) Primavera
2 9 (2.04%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.68%) Maximo
4 1 (0.23%) ContrOCC
4 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 92 (20.81%) Azure
2 49 (11.09%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (9.05%) AWS
4 35 (7.92%) Azure DevOps
5 23 (5.20%) GitHub
6 20 (4.52%) PaaS
7 19 (4.30%) SaaS
8 18 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
9 17 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (3.62%) IaaS
10 16 (3.62%) Power Platform
11 14 (3.17%) GCP
12 10 (2.26%) OCI
13 4 (0.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (0.90%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.90%) Google Data Studio
13 4 (0.90%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.90%) Google Tag Manager
14 3 (0.68%) Entra ID
14 3 (0.68%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.43%) Firewall
2 22 (4.98%) VPN
3 20 (4.52%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (2.94%) VLAN
5 11 (2.49%) WAN
6 10 (2.26%) TCP/IP
7 9 (2.04%) 5G
8 7 (1.58%) 4G
8 7 (1.58%) MPLS
9 5 (1.13%) LAN
10 4 (0.90%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.90%) IPsec
10 4 (0.90%) Network Security
10 4 (0.90%) SSH
10 4 (0.90%) SSL
11 2 (0.45%) 5G NR
11 2 (0.45%) 802.11
11 2 (0.45%) LTE
11 2 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.62%) Power BI
2 11 (2.49%) Relational Database
3 10 (2.26%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.81%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (1.36%) Big Data
5 6 (1.36%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (1.36%) Star Schema
5 6 (1.36%) Tableau
6 5 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.90%) Metadata
7 4 (0.90%) Power Query
8 2 (0.45%) GIS
8 2 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle9i Database
9 1 (0.23%) Redis
9 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 42 (9.50%) JIRA
2 32 (7.24%) Git
3 28 (6.33%) Visual Studio
4 24 (5.43%) Bitbucket
5 23 (5.20%) Sourcetree
6 15 (3.39%) Rational Rhapsody
6 15 (3.39%) SonarQube
7 14 (3.17%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (1.13%) Jenkins
8 5 (1.13%) Rational Team Concert
9 4 (0.90%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.90%) Selenium
10 3 (0.68%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.45%) GitLab
11 2 (0.45%) Subversion
12 1 (0.23%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.23%) Postman
12 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 123 (27.83%) Social Skills
2 44 (9.95%) Public Sector
3 40 (9.05%) Finance
4 38 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.60%) Presentation Skills
5 30 (6.79%) Games
6 24 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
6 24 (5.43%) Retail
7 23 (5.20%) Manufacturing
8 22 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (4.75%) Aerospace
10 19 (4.30%) Military
11 10 (2.26%) Marketing
11 10 (2.26%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.04%) Electronics
13 6 (1.36%) Automotive
13 6 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.68%) French Language
14 3 (0.68%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 54 (12.22%) Senior
2 47 (10.63%) Architect
3 44 (9.95%) Lead
4 41 (9.28%) Developer
5 39 (8.82%) Systems Engineer
6 33 (7.47%) Consultant
7 27 (6.11%) Analyst
7 27 (6.11%) Software Engineer
8 26 (5.88%) Field Engineer
9 24 (5.43%) Field Service Engineer
10 23 (5.20%) 3D Developer
10 23 (5.20%) Games Developer
10 23 (5.20%) Solutions Architect
10 23 (5.20%) Unity 3D Developer
11 19 (4.30%) Senior Field Engineer
11 19 (4.30%) Senior Field Service Engineer
12 17 (3.85%) Mobile Engineer
13 15 (3.39%) Technical Consultant
14 14 (3.17%) Junior
15 13 (2.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.20%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 19 (4.30%) .NET
3 18 (4.07%) EDI
4 15 (3.39%) ARM Templates
4 15 (3.39%) Azure Blueprints
5 13 (2.94%) HTML
6 8 (1.81%) JSON
6 8 (1.81%) Play Framework
6 8 (1.81%) RESTful
7 7 (1.58%) SGML
8 6 (1.36%) Spring
9 5 (1.13%) OpenMP
9 5 (1.13%) REST
10 4 (0.90%) Django
10 4 (0.90%) HTML5
10 4 (0.90%) Middleware
11 3 (0.68%) ADO
11 3 (0.68%) CSS
11 3 (0.68%) Node.js
11 3 (0.68%) OpenACC
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.67%) Driving Licence
2 36 (8.14%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 33 (7.47%) Onboarding
5 27 (6.11%) Algorithms
6 26 (5.88%) Virtual Reality
7 19 (4.30%) EPoS
8 11 (2.49%) IoT
9 9 (2.04%) Social Media
10 8 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.36%) ARM Cortex
11 6 (1.36%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.13%) CUDA
12 5 (1.13%) FPGA
12 5 (1.13%) VHDL
13 4 (0.90%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.90%) Distributed Applications
13 4 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.90%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 50 (11.31%) Windows
2 19 (4.30%) Linux
3 5 (1.13%) Ubuntu
3 5 (1.13%) Unix
3 5 (1.13%) Windows 10
4 4 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.45%) Android
6 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.45%) VMS
6 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (19.00%) Software Engineering
3 75 (16.97%) Project Management
4 73 (16.52%) DevOps
5 68 (15.38%) Agile
6 57 (12.90%) ITIL
7 54 (12.22%) Analytics
8 53 (11.99%) UML
9 47 (10.63%) Cybersecurity
10 43 (9.73%) Systems Engineering
11 39 (8.82%) Customer Service
12 38 (8.60%) Roadmaps
12 38 (8.60%) Scrum
13 36 (8.14%) Use Case
14 35 (7.92%) Validation
15 31 (7.01%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (7.01%) Mentoring
16 29 (6.56%) Innovative Thinking
16 29 (6.56%) Microservices
17 28 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (7.92%) C#
2 33 (7.47%) Python
3 25 (5.66%) C
4 20 (4.52%) Java
5 19 (4.30%) C++
6 17 (3.85%) Ada
6 17 (3.85%) SQL
7 15 (3.39%) Scala
8 11 (2.49%) MATLAB
9 8 (1.81%) R
10 7 (1.58%) Fortran
10 7 (1.58%) JavaScript
11 6 (1.36%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.13%) Bash
12 5 (1.13%) C-shell
12 5 (1.13%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.90%) Ruby
14 2 (0.45%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.45%) Julia
14 2 (0.45%) Rust
Qualifications
1 320 (72.40%) Security Cleared
2 137 (31.00%) SC Cleared
3 123 (27.83%) Degree
4 41 (9.28%) DBS Check
5 17 (3.85%) TOGAF Certification
6 14 (3.17%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.26%) CEH
10 8 (1.81%) APMG
10 8 (1.81%) CTC Cleared
11 6 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.36%) CCNA
11 6 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.36%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.36%) IIBA
12 5 (1.13%) PhD
13 4 (0.90%) CCSAM
13 4 (0.90%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (8.14%) SLA
2 17 (3.85%) PCI DSS
3 16 (3.62%) NCSC
4 11 (2.49%) GDPR
5 9 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.04%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.58%) COSHH
6 7 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.90%) Def Stans
8 4 (0.90%) QA
9 3 (0.68%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.68%) MISRA
10 2 (0.45%) NIST
10 2 (0.45%) PMO
11 1 (0.23%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.23%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.23%) MISRA C
System Software
1 36 (8.14%) Firmware
2 23 (5.20%) Docker
3 18 (4.07%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.85%) KVM
5 5 (1.13%) Active Directory
5 5 (1.13%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.68%) Ceph
6 3 (0.68%) GPFS
6 3 (0.68%) Lustre
6 3 (0.68%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (0.23%) XenApp
8 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (4.30%) Kubernetes
1 19 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.07%) Ansible
3 17 (3.85%) Terraform
4 7 (1.58%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (0.90%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.90%) Puppet
6 3 (0.68%) Podman
6 3 (0.68%) SCCM
7 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.23%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.23%) Grafana
8 1 (0.23%) Kibana
8 1 (0.23%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 122 (27.60%) Microsoft
2 45 (10.18%) Dell
3 39 (8.82%) IBM
4 33 (7.47%) HP
5 19 (4.30%) NetApp
6 17 (3.85%) Oracle
6 17 (3.85%) Sparx
7 13 (2.94%) Cisco
7 13 (2.94%) Sun
8 11 (2.49%) Mercator
8 11 (2.49%) VMware
9 9 (2.04%) Workday
10 8 (1.81%) Google
11 7 (1.58%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.36%) Darktrace
12 6 (1.36%) Mitel
12 6 (1.36%) NEC
12 6 (1.36%) Ribbon
13 4 (0.90%) Databricks
13 4 (0.90%) MuleSoft