BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Farnborough

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Hampshire > Farnborough

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Farnborough with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 13 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Farnborough 8.18% - 0.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 17.11% - 2.33%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £49,500 - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.86%
75th Percentile £58,750 - -
90th Percentile £69,040 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £53,050 £67,500
% change year-on-year +13.10% -21.41% -15.63%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Farnborough

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 Farnborough.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 76 72 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Farnborough 47.80% 75.79% 39.09%
Number of salaries quoted 50 21 28
10th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £41,250 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -22.81% +18.75%
75th Percentile £91,813 £60,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 -
Hampshire median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +15.00% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Farnborough

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Farnborough

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Farnborough citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in Farnborough

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Farnborough over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in Farnborough

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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 3 (23.08%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Profibus
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (23.08%) Brand Awareness
1 3 (23.08%) Electronics
1 3 (23.08%) Marketing
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Military
2 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Senior
2 4 (30.77%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Marketing Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Digital Marketing Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Manager
3 3 (23.08%) Senior Marketing Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Software Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Instrumentation Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Electrical Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Analytics
1 3 (23.08%) B2B
1 3 (23.08%) Campaign Management
1 3 (23.08%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
1 3 (23.08%) CRM
1 3 (23.08%) Customer Acquisition
1 3 (23.08%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (23.08%) Digital Strategy
1 3 (23.08%) Hazard Analysis
1 3 (23.08%) Lead Generation
1 3 (23.08%) Marketing Strategy
1 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
1 3 (23.08%) Pay per click
1 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (23.08%) SEO
1 3 (23.08%) Signal Processing
1 3 (23.08%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (23.08%) Test Planning
2 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) HAZOP
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (7.69%) IEC 61131
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) HubSpot
1 3 (23.08%) IBM
1 3 (23.08%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) EMC