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 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 335 581
Rank change year-on-year +326 +246 +325
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 6,171 740 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.49% 0.76% 0.38%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.29% 2.88% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,704 566 165
10th Percentile £37,574 £25,500 £24,700
25th Percentile £47,683 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £77,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £51,645 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.10% - +15.79%

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 23,474 25,723 27,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 47.50% 26.43% 33.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9,450 15,791 12,715
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,603 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,977 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.82% -11.71% +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 21 June 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 21 June 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 +355 2,455 £50,055 +76.11% 388
North West +266 2,279 £50,055 +78.77% 306
South East +325 1,571 £65,000 +34.02% 257
Midlands +297 1,543 £47,683 -0.66% 144
West Midlands +229 917 £73,750 +22.92% 108
East Midlands +181 626 £47,683 +92.18% 36
South West +81 409 £47,683 -13.30% 248
Yorkshire +180 176 £47,683 -39.08% 59
East of England +18 168 £47,683 -13.30% 116
London +40 27 £52,500 -16.00% 372
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
1 100 (1.62%) Confluence
2 88 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.26%) Apache
4 7 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.032%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.016%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.016%) Mule
6 1 (0.016%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.016%) WordPress
Applications
1 498 (8.07%) Simulink
2 390 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
3 175 (2.84%) Mathcad
4 171 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
5 163 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 109 (1.77%) Abaqus
7 35 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
8 20 (0.32%) Mathematica
9 1 (0.016%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.016%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.016%) CATIA
9 1 (0.016%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.016%) Revit
9 1 (0.016%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 335 (5.43%) Teamcenter
2 66 (1.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 50 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
4 32 (0.52%) Infor LN
4 32 (0.52%) SAP BPC
5 16 (0.26%) SAP ERP
6 8 (0.13%) Primavera
7 2 (0.032%) Maximo
7 2 (0.032%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.016%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.016%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 37 (0.60%) Azure
2 21 (0.34%) Power Platform
3 17 (0.28%) AWS
4 12 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (0.18%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (0.15%) Entra ID
6 9 (0.15%) GitHub
6 9 (0.15%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (0.13%) Microsoft Copilot
8 6 (0.097%) Boomi
8 6 (0.097%) SaaS
9 5 (0.081%) IaaS
9 5 (0.081%) PaaS
10 3 (0.049%) Azure Stack
10 3 (0.049%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.032%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.032%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.032%) Serverless
11 2 (0.032%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 26 (0.42%) Ethernet
1 26 (0.42%) RS-422
2 16 (0.26%) VoIP
3 4 (0.065%) Intranet
4 1 (0.016%) LAN
4 1 (0.016%) SAN
4 1 (0.016%) Skype
4 1 (0.016%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.016%) Wireless
4 1 (0.016%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (0.65%) Tableau
2 35 (0.57%) Relational Database
3 30 (0.49%) SQL Server
4 29 (0.47%) MySQL
5 13 (0.21%) Power BI
6 7 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.11%) RDBMS
6 7 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (0.097%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.097%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.081%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.049%) Redis
10 2 (0.032%) GIS
10 2 (0.032%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.032%) SAP Data Services
11 1 (0.016%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.016%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.016%) DB2
11 1 (0.016%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.016%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 823 (13.34%) Rational DOORS
2 189 (3.06%) JIRA
3 53 (0.86%) LabVIEW
4 42 (0.68%) Git
5 28 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
6 27 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 16 (0.26%) Eclipse
7 16 (0.26%) Eclipse RCP
8 14 (0.23%) MagicDraw
9 8 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.097%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.081%) ClearCase
11 5 (0.081%) JMeter
12 4 (0.065%) Gatling
12 4 (0.065%) Jenkins
13 3 (0.049%) GitLab
13 3 (0.049%) Postman
13 3 (0.049%) TestRail
14 2 (0.032%) REST Assured
14 2 (0.032%) SoapUI
General
1 833 (13.50%) Electronics
2 818 (13.26%) Aerospace
3 789 (12.79%) Social Skills
4 551 (8.93%) Automotive
5 399 (6.47%) Manufacturing
6 322 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
7 247 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
8 214 (3.47%) Finance
9 153 (2.48%) Aeronautics
10 149 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
11 143 (2.32%) Law
12 138 (2.24%) Legal
13 133 (2.16%) Avionics
14 89 (1.44%) Telecoms
15 38 (0.62%) Aviation
16 33 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
17 32 (0.52%) Agriculture
18 28 (0.45%) Police
19 20 (0.32%) Military
19 20 (0.32%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2,302 (37.30%) Systems Engineer
2 2,218 (35.94%) Senior
3 1,516 (24.57%) Principal Engineer
4 995 (16.12%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 946 (15.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 488 (7.91%) Lead
7 487 (7.89%) Engineering Manager
8 281 (4.55%) Architect
9 255 (4.13%) Senior Manager
10 232 (3.76%) Lead Systems Engineer
11 230 (3.73%) Software Engineer
12 196 (3.18%) Project Manager
13 181 (2.93%) Team Leader
14 168 (2.72%) Senior Electrical Engineer
15 162 (2.63%) Platform Engineer
16 146 (2.37%) Support Engineer
17 144 (2.33%) Principal Software Engineer
18 141 (2.28%) Software Support Engineer
19 140 (2.27%) Requirements Manager
19 140 (2.27%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (1.59%) Middleware
2 56 (0.91%) .NET
3 33 (0.53%) XML
4 24 (0.39%) CSS
4 24 (0.39%) HTML
5 17 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
6 16 (0.26%) JSP
7 15 (0.24%) .NET Core
7 15 (0.24%) ASP.NET
7 15 (0.24%) RESTful
8 5 (0.081%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.081%) Azure Blueprints
8 5 (0.081%) Jest
8 5 (0.081%) Node.js
8 5 (0.081%) OAuth
8 5 (0.081%) REST
8 5 (0.081%) XSD
9 4 (0.065%) React
9 4 (0.065%) Vue
10 3 (0.049%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 435 (7.05%) Algorithms
2 205 (3.32%) Management Information System
3 76 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 24 (0.39%) SCADA
5 14 (0.23%) Acoustics
6 12 (0.19%) Embedded Systems
7 11 (0.18%) Onboarding
8 8 (0.13%) e-Learning
9 7 (0.11%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.097%) Analogue Electronics
10 6 (0.097%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.065%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.049%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (0.049%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.032%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.032%) Pricing Data
13 2 (0.032%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.016%) AI Agents
14 1 (0.016%) Distributed Architecture
14 1 (0.016%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (0.89%) Windows
2 51 (0.83%) Linux
3 26 (0.42%) VMS
4 7 (0.11%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.049%) Android
5 3 (0.049%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.049%) Rocky
5 3 (0.049%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.049%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,573 (57.90%) Systems Engineering
2 1,194 (19.35%) Agile
3 942 (15.26%) Mathematics
4 879 (14.24%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 864 (14.00%) Validation
6 846 (13.71%) SysML
7 772 (12.51%) Physics
8 693 (11.23%) UML
9 587 (9.51%) Requirements Management
10 583 (9.45%) Project Management
11 546 (8.85%) Software Engineering
12 498 (8.07%) Verification and Validation
13 497 (8.05%) Mentoring
14 495 (8.02%) Signal Processing
14 495 (8.02%) Technical Leadership
15 462 (7.49%) Cybersecurity
16 449 (7.28%) Coaching
17 443 (7.18%) Problem-Solving
18 413 (6.69%) Software Testing
19 400 (6.48%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 997 (16.16%) MATLAB
2 125 (2.03%) Python
3 105 (1.70%) Ada
4 83 (1.35%) R
5 76 (1.23%) C#
6 54 (0.88%) Ada 95
7 44 (0.71%) SQL
8 18 (0.29%) Java
9 17 (0.28%) ABAP
9 17 (0.28%) C
10 16 (0.26%) Rust
11 9 (0.15%) C++
11 9 (0.15%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.097%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.081%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.065%) Perl
14 4 (0.065%) PHP
14 4 (0.065%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.016%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.016%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3,628 (58.79%) Degree
2 590 (9.56%) Chartered Engineer
3 543 (8.80%) HND
4 399 (6.47%) HNC
5 351 (5.69%) Master's Degree
6 162 (2.63%) CISSP
7 149 (2.41%) Numerate Degree
8 103 (1.67%) CISM
9 102 (1.65%) MBA
10 101 (1.64%) CESG Certified Professional
10 101 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 71 (1.15%) Security Cleared
12 66 (1.07%) ACCA
12 66 (1.07%) CIMA
12 66 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
13 58 (0.94%) ISTQB
14 46 (0.75%) SC Cleared
15 24 (0.39%) Six Sigma Black Belt
15 24 (0.39%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 22 (0.36%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 669 (10.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 418 (6.77%) IEC 61508
3 275 (4.46%) Def Stans
4 168 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 167 (2.71%) DO-254
6 124 (2.01%) ISO 9001
7 121 (1.96%) ARP4754
8 107 (1.73%) NIST
9 106 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 101 (1.64%) JSP 440
10 101 (1.64%) RMADS
11 99 (1.60%) HAZOP
12 52 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 49 (0.79%) Data Quality
14 38 (0.62%) AQAP
15 32 (0.52%) IFRS
16 28 (0.45%) GAAP
17 22 (0.36%) QA
18 11 (0.18%) Accessibility
19 7 (0.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (0.36%) Firmware
2 16 (0.26%) Docker
3 10 (0.16%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.049%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.016%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 99 (1.60%) Functional Safety
2 32 (0.52%) Ansible
3 15 (0.24%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.13%) Terraform
5 3 (0.049%) Grafana
5 3 (0.049%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.049%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.032%) SCCM
7 1 (0.016%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.016%) Packer
Vendors
1 526 (8.52%) IBM
2 328 (5.32%) Microsoft
3 214 (3.47%) Siemens
4 207 (3.35%) SAP
5 166 (2.69%) ANSYS
6 145 (2.35%) MathWorks
7 66 (1.07%) Sparx
8 46 (0.75%) Oracle
9 42 (0.68%) Atlassian
10 32 (0.52%) Infor
11 29 (0.47%) Cognos
12 10 (0.16%) Dell
13 9 (0.15%) EMC
14 8 (0.13%) Hyperion
14 8 (0.13%) NEC
14 8 (0.13%) ServiceNow
15 7 (0.11%) Mercator
16 6 (0.097%) IFS
16 6 (0.097%) Mentor Graphics
17 3 (0.049%) Google