BPSS Clearance Jobs in the Midlands

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 2 290 279
Rank change year-on-year +288 -11 +81
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1,628 48 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.00% 0.34% 0.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.65% 1.40% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 80 45 14
10th Percentile £37,574 £24,240 £30,900
25th Percentile - £24,840 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -24.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £74,063
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,715 £84,250
England median annual salary £54,793 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.38% +4.76% +10.53%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,817 3,421 3,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.26% 24.22% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 855 1,890 1,243
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £28,300
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -6.86% +10.87%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,014 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% +9.09%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
West Midlands +237 968 £72,500 +20.83% 56
East Midlands +183 660 £47,683 +92.18% 19
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 30 (1.84%) Confluence
2 2 (0.12%) Apache
3 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.061%) SharePoint
Applications
1 218 (13.39%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (0.86%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.25%) Infor LN
2 4 (0.25%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.061%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 17 (1.04%) Azure
2 8 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (0.49%) GitHub
2 8 (0.49%) GitHub Actions
3 7 (0.43%) AWS
4 6 (0.37%) SaaS
5 5 (0.31%) Entra ID
5 5 (0.31%) IaaS
5 5 (0.31%) PaaS
6 3 (0.18%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.12%) Azure Stack
7 2 (0.12%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.12%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.061%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.061%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.061%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.061%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (1.66%) MySQL
1 27 (1.66%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.25%) Tableau
3 3 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.18%) Redis
4 2 (0.12%) Power BI
4 2 (0.12%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.061%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.061%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 75 (4.61%) Rational DOORS
2 56 (3.44%) JIRA
3 30 (1.84%) Git
4 27 (1.66%) Bitbucket
5 8 (0.49%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.12%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.12%) Eclipse RCP
8 1 (0.061%) ERwin
General
1 290 (17.81%) Automotive
2 218 (13.39%) Aerospace
3 143 (8.78%) Law
4 117 (7.19%) Documentation Skills
5 116 (7.13%) Legal
6 113 (6.94%) Social Skills
7 92 (5.65%) Manufacturing
8 86 (5.28%) Telecoms
9 46 (2.83%) Presentation Skills
10 34 (2.09%) Electronics
11 14 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (0.80%) Analytical Skills
12 13 (0.80%) Finance
13 12 (0.74%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.25%) Avionics
14 4 (0.25%) Back Office
14 4 (0.25%) Police
15 3 (0.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 2 (0.12%) Advertising
17 1 (0.061%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 938 (57.62%) Principal Engineer
2 736 (45.21%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 444 (27.27%) Systems Engineer
4 395 (24.26%) Senior
5 134 (8.23%) Security Engineer
6 119 (7.31%) Principal Security Engineer
7 112 (6.88%) Software Engineer
8 104 (6.39%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 100 (6.14%) Requirements Engineer
10 99 (6.08%) Development Engineer
10 99 (6.08%) Software Development Engineer
11 81 (4.98%) Principal Modelling Engineer
12 72 (4.42%) Integration Engineer
12 72 (4.42%) System Verification Engineer
12 72 (4.42%) Systems Integration Engineer
12 72 (4.42%) Validation Engineer
13 63 (3.87%) Principal Software Engineer
14 61 (3.75%) Analyst
15 60 (3.69%) Product Engineer
16 59 (3.62%) Principal Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.66%) .NET
2 5 (0.31%) ARM Templates
2 5 (0.31%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (0.18%) Django
3 3 (0.18%) FastAPI
3 3 (0.18%) Flask
3 3 (0.18%) GraphQL
3 3 (0.18%) Keycloak
3 3 (0.18%) OAuth
3 3 (0.18%) pytest
3 3 (0.18%) RESTful
3 3 (0.18%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (0.18%) WebSockets
4 2 (0.12%) CSS
4 2 (0.12%) HTML
4 2 (0.12%) JSP
4 2 (0.12%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (2.15%) Management Information System
2 11 (0.68%) Onboarding
3 3 (0.18%) Data Centre
4 2 (0.12%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (0.12%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.061%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.03%) Windows
2 31 (1.90%) Linux
3 2 (0.12%) Rocky
3 2 (0.12%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.12%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,210 (74.32%) Systems Engineering
2 533 (32.74%) Validation
3 447 (27.46%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 404 (24.82%) Agile
5 353 (21.68%) Mathematics
6 327 (20.09%) Software Testing
7 310 (19.04%) SysML
8 307 (18.86%) Collaborative Working
9 275 (16.89%) Project Planning
10 263 (16.15%) Physics
11 258 (15.85%) Software Engineering
12 228 (14.00%) Verification and Validation
13 185 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
14 150 (9.21%) Project Management
15 143 (8.78%) Chemistry
15 143 (8.78%) Logistics
16 137 (8.42%) Risk Management
17 128 (7.86%) Information Security
18 127 (7.80%) SDLC
19 123 (7.56%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 264 (16.22%) MATLAB
2 29 (1.78%) C#
3 8 (0.49%) SQL
4 6 (0.37%) Python
5 2 (0.12%) Ada
5 2 (0.12%) Java
5 2 (0.12%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.12%) Rust
6 1 (0.061%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 977 (60.01%) Degree
2 127 (7.80%) CISSP
3 119 (7.31%) CESG Certified Professional
3 119 (7.31%) CISM
4 90 (5.53%) Numerate Degree
5 76 (4.67%) Chartered Engineer
6 72 (4.42%) ISTQB
7 20 (1.23%) Security Cleared
8 12 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 8 (0.49%) SC Cleared
10 5 (0.31%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.25%) ACCA
11 4 (0.25%) CIMA
12 3 (0.18%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.12%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 1 (0.061%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.061%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.061%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 119 (7.31%) JSP 440
2 119 (7.31%) NIST
2 119 (7.31%) RMADS
3 115 (7.06%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 35 (2.15%) IEC 61508
5 21 (1.29%) Def Stans
6 14 (0.86%) ARP4754
6 14 (0.86%) DO-254
7 11 (0.68%) HAZOP
8 5 (0.31%) NCSC
9 4 (0.25%) GAAP
9 4 (0.25%) IFRS
10 3 (0.18%) QA
11 1 (0.061%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.061%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.061%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.061%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (0.49%) Docker
2 5 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 32 (1.97%) Ansible
2 11 (0.68%) Functional Safety
3 10 (0.61%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.43%) Terraform
5 3 (0.18%) Grafana
5 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 123 (7.56%) Siemens
2 27 (1.66%) Atlassian
3 14 (0.86%) IBM
4 10 (0.61%) Microsoft
5 4 (0.25%) Cognos
5 4 (0.25%) Infor
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle
5 4 (0.25%) SAP
5 4 (0.25%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.12%) Dell
6 2 (0.12%) RedGate
6 2 (0.12%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.061%) Concur
7 1 (0.061%) Databricks
7 1 (0.061%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.061%) Sage
7 1 (0.061%) Snow