BPSS Clearance Job Trends 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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 161 196
Rank change year-on-year +33 +35 +139
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 93 85 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.19% 1.27% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.35% 3.48% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 39 48 9
10th Percentile - £41,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +100.00% -36.59%
75th Percentile £78,750 £66,000 £36,250
90th Percentile £85,700 £75,000 £43,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.48% +13.73% -5.87%

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 2,779 2,444 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.64% 36.58% 27.60%
Number of salaries quoted 763 739 1,092
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in the Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 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 31 December 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 +31 63 £55,000 -15.38% 61
East Midlands 0 30 £75,900 +78.59% 37
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (4.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.28%) Azure
2 8 (8.60%) Entra ID
3 7 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.30%) Azure Stack
4 4 (4.30%) SaaS
5 3 (3.23%) AWS
6 2 (2.15%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.08%) Asana
7 1 (1.08%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.08%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.15%) DHCP
1 2 (2.15%) DNS
1 2 (2.15%) Firewall
1 2 (2.15%) LAN
1 2 (2.15%) VPN
1 2 (2.15%) WAN
1 2 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.08%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.08%) Power BI
2 1 (1.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (16.13%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (4.30%) JIRA
3 2 (2.15%) JUnit
3 2 (2.15%) Maven
3 2 (2.15%) Mockito
4 1 (1.08%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.08%) Git
General
1 24 (25.81%) Manufacturing
2 19 (20.43%) Social Skills
3 13 (13.98%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (13.98%) Legal
4 12 (12.90%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.30%) Electronics
7 3 (3.23%) Finance
8 1 (1.08%) Billing
8 1 (1.08%) Marketing
8 1 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (39.78%) Senior
2 27 (29.03%) Systems Engineer
3 21 (22.58%) Principal Engineer
4 16 (17.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 15 (16.13%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 11 (11.83%) IT Support
7 9 (9.68%) Architect
8 7 (7.53%) IT Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (6.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (4.30%) Instrumentation Engineer
10 4 (4.30%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 4 (4.30%) Software Architect
10 4 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (3.23%) Developer
11 3 (3.23%) Requirements Manager
11 3 (3.23%) Systems Manager
12 2 (2.15%) Desktop Engineer
12 2 (2.15%) Java Developer
12 2 (2.15%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.30%) Middleware
2 2 (2.15%) .NET
2 2 (2.15%) HTML
2 2 (2.15%) React
2 2 (2.15%) REST
2 2 (2.15%) Spring
3 1 (1.08%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.38%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.30%) Algorithms
2 4 (4.30%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.30%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.30%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.15%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.08%) CMDB
4 1 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.08%) IoT
4 1 (1.08%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.60%) Windows
2 4 (4.30%) Linux
2 4 (4.30%) Rocky
2 4 (4.30%) Windows Server
2 4 (4.30%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (2.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.48%) Systems Engineering
2 22 (23.66%) Requirements Management
3 20 (21.51%) Agile
3 20 (21.51%) Validation
4 17 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (18.28%) Verification and Validation
5 16 (17.20%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 14 (15.05%) ITIL
6 14 (15.05%) Mathematics
6 14 (15.05%) Project Planning
6 14 (15.05%) Waterfall
7 12 (12.90%) Enterprise Architecture
7 12 (12.90%) Project Management
7 12 (12.90%) SDLC
8 11 (11.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (11.83%) Critical Thinking
9 8 (8.60%) SysML
10 6 (6.45%) Migration
10 6 (6.45%) Software Engineering
10 6 (6.45%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.30%) JavaScript
1 4 (4.30%) SQL
2 3 (3.23%) C#
3 2 (2.15%) Java
3 2 (2.15%) PL/SQL
3 2 (2.15%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.15%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 49 (52.69%) Degree
2 26 (27.96%) Security Cleared
3 24 (25.81%) SC Cleared
4 13 (13.98%) Numerate Degree
5 5 (5.38%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.30%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.30%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.30%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.08%) CISM
8 1 (1.08%) CISSP
8 1 (1.08%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.08%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.08%) PMP
8 1 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (29.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (7.53%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 3 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.08%) GDPR
4 1 (1.08%) HAZOP
4 1 (1.08%) IEC 61131
4 1 (1.08%) NIST
4 1 (1.08%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.30%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.15%) SCCM
4 1 (1.08%) Ansible
4 1 (1.08%) Functional Safety
4 1 (1.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (8.60%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.53%) IBM
3 6 (6.45%) Siemens
4 4 (4.30%) Dell
5 2 (2.15%) Cisco
5 2 (2.15%) ConnectWise
5 2 (2.15%) Meraki
5 2 (2.15%) Oracle
5 2 (2.15%) Sophos
6 1 (1.08%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.08%) EMC
6 1 (1.08%) RedGate
6 1 (1.08%) SolarWinds