BPSS Clearance Jobs in Leicestershire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 110 88
Rank change year-on-year +109 -22 +23
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 323 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 49.16% 0.080% 0.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 73.08% 0.27% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £74,759 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £78,273 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.51% - -
75th Percentile £47,500 £81,786 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £47,683 £24,811 £67,500
% change year-on-year +92.18% -63.24% +42.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 442 369 383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 67.28% 29.40% 48.73%
Number of salaries quoted 29 127 61
10th Percentile £37,000 £26,500 £13,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £32,125 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £43,072 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.73% -0.98% -3.33%
75th Percentile £57,000 £60,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,500 £79,965 £70,600
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% +5.56%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Leicestershire

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Leicestershire.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in Leicestershire

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Lutterworth - 160 - - 1
Hinckley - 156 - - 1
Loughborough - 2 £45,000 -
BPSS Clearance
East Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 6 (1.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 45 (13.93%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.86%) MySQL
1 6 (1.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (3.72%) JIRA
2 10 (3.10%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (1.86%) Bitbucket
3 6 (1.86%) Git
General
1 65 (20.12%) Automotive
2 45 (13.93%) Aerospace
3 30 (9.29%) Law
4 26 (8.05%) Documentation Skills
4 26 (8.05%) Legal
5 22 (6.81%) Manufacturing
6 20 (6.19%) Social Skills
6 20 (6.19%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.62%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 208 (64.40%) Principal Engineer
2 166 (51.39%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 80 (24.77%) Systems Engineer
4 74 (22.91%) Senior
5 31 (9.60%) Security Engineer
6 27 (8.36%) Principal Security Engineer
7 24 (7.43%) Software Engineer
8 22 (6.81%) Development Engineer
8 22 (6.81%) Requirements Engineer
8 22 (6.81%) Software Development Engineer
9 20 (6.19%) Integration Engineer
9 20 (6.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 20 (6.19%) System Verification Engineer
9 20 (6.19%) Systems Integration Engineer
9 20 (6.19%) Validation Engineer
10 18 (5.57%) Principal Modelling Engineer
11 15 (4.64%) Analyst
12 14 (4.33%) Principal Software Engineer
12 14 (4.33%) Product Engineer
13 13 (4.02%) Product Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.86%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (1.24%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.86%) Linux
1 6 (1.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (75.23%) Systems Engineering
2 117 (36.22%) Validation
3 90 (27.86%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 76 (23.53%) Agile
5 70 (21.67%) Mathematics
5 70 (21.67%) Software Testing
6 66 (20.43%) Collaborative Working
7 62 (19.20%) Project Planning
8 56 (17.34%) SysML
9 50 (15.48%) Physics
9 50 (15.48%) Software Engineering
9 50 (15.48%) Verification and Validation
10 31 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (9.60%) Risk Management
11 30 (9.29%) Chemistry
11 30 (9.29%) Logistics
12 29 (8.98%) Project Management
13 27 (8.36%) Cyber Resilience
13 27 (8.36%) Information Security
13 27 (8.36%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 45 (13.93%) MATLAB
2 6 (1.86%) C#
Qualifications
1 194 (60.06%) Degree
2 27 (8.36%) CESG Certified Professional
2 27 (8.36%) CISM
2 27 (8.36%) CISSP
3 20 (6.19%) Chartered Engineer
3 20 (6.19%) ISTQB
3 20 (6.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 27 (8.36%) JSP 440
1 27 (8.36%) NIST
1 27 (8.36%) RMADS
2 26 (8.05%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 6 (1.86%) Ansible
Vendors
1 25 (7.74%) Siemens
2 6 (1.86%) Atlassian
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.62%) ServiceNow