BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Leeds

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 - 132
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 10 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.38% - 0.084%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.79% - 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,300 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,300 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 359 255 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 13.50% 31.68% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 198 130 279
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £26,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £73,125 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,886 £89,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +30.95% -16.00% -9.09%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Leeds

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Legal
2 5 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
1 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Delivery Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) QA Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Podcast
1 5 (50.00%) Virtual Team
1 5 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (30.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 3 (30.00%) SFIA
3 3 (30.00%) User Stories
4 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) CAPA
4 1 (10.00%) Line Management
4 1 (10.00%) Logistics
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft