BPSS Clearance Jobs in Manchester

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 205 232
Rank change year-on-year +49 +27 +9
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 11 22 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.48% 0.37% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.37% 1.71% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 6
10th Percentile - - £23,875
25th Percentile £85,750 £27,500 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,500 £28,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +226.79% -16.42% -62.78%
75th Percentile £97,250 £50,505 £52,188
90th Percentile - £62,969 £66,250
North West median annual salary £50,055 £28,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +78.77% -30.00% +14.29%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 803 1,290 1,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 34.87% 21.44% 35.17%
Number of salaries quoted 392 837 511
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,250 £38,000 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £81,125 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -13.04% +21.05%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in Manchester

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in Manchester

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (9.09%) Finance
1 1 (9.09%) Law
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Principal Engineer
1 10 (90.91%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 10 (90.91%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Platform Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Project Planning
2 10 (90.91%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) Business Development
3 1 (9.09%) Change Management
3 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
3 1 (9.09%) Decision-Making
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Scrum
3 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft