BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Lincoln

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Lincolnshire > Lincoln

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Lincoln with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 15 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 7 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincoln 5.19% 1.27% -
As % of the Qualifications category 17.50% 5.88% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £60,450 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £80,800 - -
Lincolnshire median annual salary £75,900 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +68.67% +12.50% +60.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Lincoln

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 Lincoln.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 40 17 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincoln 29.63% 21.52% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 2
10th Percentile - £48,665 £51,425
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,137 £51,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,842 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.13% -0.75% -1.36%
75th Percentile £75,900 £58,796 £57,688
90th Percentile £77,180 £61,018 £58,475
Lincolnshire median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £36,120
% change year-on-year -23.81% +45.35% -35.79%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincoln

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Lincoln

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Lincoln

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincoln citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincoln citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in Lincoln

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in Lincoln over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in Lincoln

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Requirements Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Systems Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
2 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Signal Processing
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Hazard Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) UML
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 1 (14.29%) HAZOP
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) IBM