BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Merseyside

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - 55
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 9 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.66% - 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.38% - 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £34,500
75th Percentile - - £36,750
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £28,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% +78.77% -44.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 122 272 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 8.95% 42.90% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 58 41 69
10th Percentile £30,788 £25,455 £29,900
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £30,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +60.66% -28.24% -9.90%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,375 £70,000 £75,250
North West median annual salary £55,053 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.51% -3.00% -13.04%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Merseyside

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 7 October 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
Liverpool - 9 £40,000 - 2
BPSS Clearance
North West

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 4 (44.44%) AutoCAD
1 4 (44.44%) Revit
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) Legal
2 5 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (44.44%) Local Government
3 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
3 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 4 (44.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) MIDP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Podcast
1 5 (55.56%) Virtual Team
1 5 (55.56%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 4 (44.44%) 3D Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Building Information Modelling
2 4 (44.44%) CAD
2 4 (44.44%) Change Control
2 4 (44.44%) Digital Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
1 4 (44.44%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Autodesk