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 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 287 281
Rank change year-on-year +285 -6 +67
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 1,667 48 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 24.54% 0.35% 0.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 43.28% 1.42% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 81 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 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -26.92% +36.84%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £74,063
90th Percentile £73,750 £74,715 £84,250
England median annual salary £54,793 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.38% +4.76% +8.58%

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 3,852 3,387 3,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 56.70% 24.38% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 847 1,899 1,241
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £28,500
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 £54,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.55% -8.83% +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 11 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 11 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 +232 991 £68,750 +14.58% 57
East Midlands +186 676 £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 (1.80%) Confluence
2 2 (0.12%) Apache
Applications
1 218 (13.08%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (0.84%) Teamcenter
2 4 (0.24%) Infor LN
2 4 (0.24%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 15 (0.90%) Azure
2 9 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
2 9 (0.54%) GitHub
2 9 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
3 8 (0.48%) AWS
4 7 (0.42%) SaaS
5 6 (0.36%) IaaS
5 6 (0.36%) PaaS
6 2 (0.12%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.060%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.060%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.060%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.060%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.060%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.060%) LAN
1 1 (0.060%) WAN
1 1 (0.060%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (1.62%) MySQL
1 27 (1.62%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.24%) Tableau
3 3 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.18%) Redis
4 2 (0.12%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.060%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.060%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.060%) Power BI
5 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 75 (4.50%) Rational DOORS
2 56 (3.36%) JIRA
3 30 (1.80%) Git
4 27 (1.62%) Bitbucket
5 9 (0.54%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.12%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.12%) Eclipse RCP
8 1 (0.060%) ERwin
General
1 290 (17.40%) Automotive
2 218 (13.08%) Aerospace
3 143 (8.58%) Law
4 117 (7.02%) Documentation Skills
5 116 (6.96%) Legal
6 112 (6.72%) Social Skills
7 92 (5.52%) Manufacturing
8 86 (5.16%) Telecoms
9 48 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (2.16%) Electronics
11 14 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
12 13 (0.78%) Analytical Skills
13 12 (0.72%) Public Sector
14 10 (0.60%) Finance
15 4 (0.24%) Avionics
15 4 (0.24%) Back Office
15 4 (0.24%) Police
16 2 (0.12%) Advertising
16 2 (0.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 1 (0.060%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 967 (58.01%) Principal Engineer
2 754 (45.23%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 446 (26.75%) Systems Engineer
4 402 (24.12%) Senior
5 152 (9.12%) Security Engineer
6 128 (7.68%) Principal Security Engineer
7 112 (6.72%) Software Engineer
8 104 (6.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 100 (6.00%) Requirements Engineer
10 99 (5.94%) Development Engineer
10 99 (5.94%) Software Development Engineer
11 90 (5.40%) Integration Engineer
11 90 (5.40%) System Verification Engineer
11 90 (5.40%) Systems Integration Engineer
11 90 (5.40%) Validation Engineer
12 81 (4.86%) Principal Modelling Engineer
13 71 (4.26%) Analyst
14 68 (4.08%) Principal Security Analyst
14 68 (4.08%) Product Analyst
14 68 (4.08%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.62%) .NET
2 6 (0.36%) ARM Templates
2 6 (0.36%) 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 43 (2.58%) Management Information System
2 11 (0.66%) Onboarding
3 2 (0.12%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.060%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.060%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.060%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.86%) Windows
2 30 (1.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.060%) Rocky
3 1 (0.060%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.060%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,243 (74.57%) Systems Engineering
2 551 (33.05%) Validation
3 458 (27.47%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 397 (23.82%) Agile
5 353 (21.18%) Mathematics
6 318 (19.08%) Software Testing
7 316 (18.96%) Collaborative Working
8 312 (18.72%) SysML
9 275 (16.50%) Project Planning
10 263 (15.78%) Physics
11 252 (15.12%) Software Engineering
12 246 (14.76%) Verification and Validation
13 206 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
14 157 (9.42%) Project Management
15 154 (9.24%) Risk Management
16 143 (8.58%) Chemistry
16 143 (8.58%) Logistics
17 135 (8.10%) Information Security
18 128 (7.68%) Cyber Resilience
18 128 (7.68%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 266 (15.96%) MATLAB
2 29 (1.74%) C#
3 8 (0.48%) SQL
4 6 (0.36%) Python
5 2 (0.12%) Ada
5 2 (0.12%) Java
5 2 (0.12%) Rust
6 1 (0.060%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.060%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1,005 (60.29%) Degree
2 134 (8.04%) CISSP
3 128 (7.68%) CESG Certified Professional
3 128 (7.68%) CISM
4 96 (5.76%) Chartered Engineer
5 90 (5.40%) ISTQB
5 90 (5.40%) Numerate Degree
6 19 (1.14%) Security Cleared
7 14 (0.84%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.42%) SC Cleared
9 4 (0.24%) ACCA
9 4 (0.24%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.24%) CIMA
10 2 (0.12%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.060%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.060%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.060%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.060%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (7.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 128 (7.68%) JSP 440
2 128 (7.68%) NIST
2 128 (7.68%) RMADS
3 115 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 35 (2.10%) IEC 61508
5 21 (1.26%) Def Stans
6 14 (0.84%) ARP4754
6 14 (0.84%) DO-254
7 11 (0.66%) HAZOP
8 6 (0.36%) NCSC
9 4 (0.24%) GAAP
9 4 (0.24%) IFRS
10 3 (0.18%) QA
11 1 (0.060%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.060%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.060%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (0.54%) Docker
2 2 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.060%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 33 (1.98%) Ansible
2 11 (0.66%) Functional Safety
3 10 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.48%) Terraform
5 3 (0.18%) Grafana
5 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.060%) SCCM
Vendors
1 114 (6.84%) Siemens
2 27 (1.62%) Atlassian
3 14 (0.84%) IBM
4 8 (0.48%) Microsoft
5 4 (0.24%) Cognos
5 4 (0.24%) Infor
5 4 (0.24%) Oracle
5 4 (0.24%) SAP
5 4 (0.24%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.12%) RedGate
6 2 (0.12%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.060%) Databricks
7 1 (0.060%) Dell
7 1 (0.060%) Snow