BPSS Clearance Jobs in the North of England

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 343 385
Rank change year-on-year +340 +42 +7
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 2,724 37 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.47% 0.22% 0.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.82% 0.96% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,536 29 46
10th Percentile £7,000 £24,807 £23,750
25th Percentile £40,748 £27,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% +25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £56,000 £68,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £63,125 £81,786 £79,875
England median annual salary £50,055 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% +4.76% +6.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,361 3,856 5,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 59.47% 22.58% 30.64%
Number of salaries quoted 3,081 2,640 1,804
10th Percentile £27,243 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £49,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -5.71% +7.83%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £83,964
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,700 £57,810
% change year-on-year +0.55% -5.38% +5.11%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the North of England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the North of England.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the North of England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 April 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the North of England

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 April 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
North West +250 2,522 £50,055 +31.00% 161
Yorkshire +195 202 £47,683 -39.08% 28
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 93 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 64 (2.35%) Confluence
3 4 (0.15%) Apache
4 1 (0.037%) CMS
4 1 (0.037%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 320 (11.75%) Microsoft Office
2 187 (6.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 171 (6.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 157 (5.76%) Mathcad
5 141 (5.18%) Abaqus
6 71 (2.61%) Simulink
7 48 (1.76%) SOLIDWORKS
8 45 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 272 (9.99%) Teamcenter
2 50 (1.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 48 (1.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.59%) SAP ERP
5 10 (0.37%) Infor LN
6 8 (0.29%) Primavera
7 6 (0.22%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 5 (0.18%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.073%) Azure
3 1 (0.037%) Contentful
3 1 (0.037%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.037%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.59%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (0.48%) Tableau
2 4 (0.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 140 (5.14%) JIRA
2 126 (4.63%) Rational DOORS
3 108 (3.96%) LabVIEW
4 21 (0.77%) eggPlant
5 15 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 15 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.29%) Git
7 6 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.18%) ClearCase
9 4 (0.15%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.15%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 543 (19.93%) Social Skills
2 464 (17.03%) Manufacturing
3 436 (16.01%) Aerospace
4 213 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
5 208 (7.64%) Automotive
6 165 (6.06%) Finance
7 121 (4.44%) Avionics
8 101 (3.71%) Aeronautics
9 91 (3.34%) Electronics
10 80 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (1.17%) Agriculture
12 26 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (0.92%) Aviation
14 24 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (0.59%) Legal
16 6 (0.22%) Police
17 3 (0.11%) Military
18 1 (0.037%) Law
Job Titles
1 1,227 (45.04%) Senior
2 777 (28.52%) Systems Engineer
3 409 (15.01%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 315 (11.56%) Lead
5 262 (9.62%) Engineering Manager
6 232 (8.52%) Support Engineer
7 225 (8.26%) Project Manager
8 212 (7.78%) Software Support Engineer
9 208 (7.64%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 201 (7.38%) Principal Engineer
11 197 (7.23%) Senior Electrical Engineer
12 189 (6.94%) Engineering Specialist
13 170 (6.24%) Senior Manager
14 118 (4.33%) Lead Systems Engineer
15 113 (4.15%) Delivery Project Manager
16 102 (3.74%) Team Leader
17 89 (3.27%) Commissioning Manager
18 88 (3.23%) Principal Systems Engineer
19 83 (3.05%) Platform Engineer
20 73 (2.68%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (0.59%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (0.29%) XML
3 5 (0.18%) XSD
4 4 (0.15%) CSS
4 4 (0.15%) HTML
4 4 (0.15%) JSP
4 4 (0.15%) Middleware
5 3 (0.11%) SOAP
6 1 (0.037%) .NET
6 1 (0.037%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.037%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 161 (5.91%) Management Information System
2 65 (2.39%) Product Ownership
3 45 (1.65%) SCADA
4 12 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.11%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.26%) Linux
1 7 (0.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 978 (35.90%) Systems Engineering
2 437 (16.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 331 (12.15%) Project Management
4 313 (11.49%) Agile
5 296 (10.87%) Coaching
6 278 (10.21%) PLM
7 263 (9.65%) Business Case
8 262 (9.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 257 (9.43%) Change Management
9 257 (9.43%) Mathematics
10 251 (9.21%) Project Delivery
11 249 (9.14%) Requirements Management
12 238 (8.74%) CAD
13 224 (8.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 218 (8.00%) SysML
15 212 (7.78%) Physics
16 157 (5.76%) ERP
17 149 (5.47%) Finite Element Analysis
18 146 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
19 140 (5.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 324 (11.89%) MATLAB
2 22 (0.81%) Java
3 20 (0.73%) C#
4 19 (0.70%) Ada
5 16 (0.59%) ABAP
6 15 (0.55%) C
6 15 (0.55%) Python
6 15 (0.55%) VB
7 12 (0.44%) SQL
8 4 (0.15%) Rust
9 1 (0.037%) C++
Qualifications
1 1,721 (63.18%) Degree
2 626 (22.98%) HND
3 419 (15.38%) HNC
4 314 (11.53%) Master's Degree
5 245 (8.99%) Chartered Engineer
6 89 (3.27%) MBA
7 69 (2.53%) Numerate Degree
8 50 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 42 (1.54%) ACCA
9 42 (1.54%) CIMA
10 24 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 24 (0.88%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 24 (0.88%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 16 (0.59%) APMP
11 16 (0.59%) CCAB
12 9 (0.33%) CEH
12 9 (0.33%) CISSP
13 4 (0.15%) ICAEW
14 2 (0.073%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 2 (0.073%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (7.93%) ISO 9001
2 168 (6.17%) IEC 61508
3 142 (5.21%) Def Stans
4 108 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 80 (2.94%) AQAP
6 41 (1.51%) Data Quality
7 37 (1.36%) DO-254
8 28 (1.03%) ARP4754
9 16 (0.59%) QA
10 14 (0.51%) HAZOP
11 10 (0.37%) IFRS
11 10 (0.37%) PMO
12 6 (0.22%) GAAP
13 5 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 4 (0.15%) NIST
15 2 (0.073%) NCSC
15 2 (0.073%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (0.51%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 285 (10.46%) Microsoft
2 163 (5.98%) ANSYS
3 159 (5.84%) SAP
4 76 (2.79%) Siemens
5 50 (1.84%) MathWorks
5 50 (1.84%) Sparx
6 21 (0.77%) IBM
6 21 (0.77%) Keysight
7 20 (0.73%) Atlassian
8 15 (0.55%) Oracle
9 10 (0.37%) Infor
10 8 (0.29%) NEC
11 6 (0.22%) Cognos
12 4 (0.15%) Hyperion
13 2 (0.073%) EMC