BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Kingston Upon Thames

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South London > Kingston Upon Thames

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kingston Upon Thames with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kingston Upon Thames 2.92% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 7.55% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £37,300 - -
25th Percentile £40,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 - -
75th Percentile £52,250 - -
90th Percentile £55,700 - -
South London median annual salary £46,500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Kingston Upon Thames

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 Kingston Upon Thames.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 53 51 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kingston Upon Thames 38.69% 42.15% 49.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12 17 35
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,500 £41,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £52,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -13.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,625 £66,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £71,600
South London median annual salary £36,500 £60,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -39.17% -1.64% +26.42%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Kingston Upon Thames

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Kingston Upon Thames

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kingston Upon Thames citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in Kingston Upon Thames

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Kingston Upon Thames over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in Kingston Upon Thames

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in Kingston Upon Thames

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Kingston Upon Thames region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
New Malden - 3 £46,500 -
Surbiton - 1 - -
BPSS Clearance
South London

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kingston Upon Thames 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Associate Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) WPF
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (50.00%) Ergonomics
2 2 (50.00%) Human Factors
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft