BPSS Clearance Jobs in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 261 261
Rank change year-on-year +259 0 +10
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 2,781 28 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 36.72% 0.29% 0.49%
As % of the Qualifications category 54.90% 1.18% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,603 25 33
10th Percentile £7,000 £24,807 £23,750
25th Percentile £40,874 £24,840 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £28,422 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +76.11% -28.95% +5.26%
75th Percentile £58,500 £57,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £63,900 £69,725 £67,250
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,066 2,376 2,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 66.89% 24.45% 34.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 1,611 927
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £39,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,399 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year - -5.49% +5.81%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in the North West

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in the North West

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the North West

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cumbria +45 1,934 £45,628 -35.62% 55
Lancashire +82 838 £50,055 +76.11% 61
Manchester +63 9 £77,500 +55.00% 22
BPSS Clearance
England

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (3.34%) SharePoint
2 88 (3.16%) Confluence
3 1 (0.036%) Apache
3 1 (0.036%) CMS
3 1 (0.036%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 351 (12.62%) Microsoft Office
2 197 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 181 (6.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 157 (5.65%) Mathcad
5 141 (5.07%) Abaqus
6 57 (2.05%) Simulink
7 48 (1.73%) SOLIDWORKS
8 42 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 277 (9.96%) Teamcenter
2 65 (2.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 48 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
4 16 (0.58%) SAP ERP
5 8 (0.29%) Primavera
6 6 (0.22%) Infor LN
7 2 (0.072%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 5 (0.18%) Power Platform
2 2 (0.072%) Azure
3 1 (0.036%) Contentful
3 1 (0.036%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (0.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.22%) Tableau
2 4 (0.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 164 (5.90%) JIRA
2 112 (4.03%) Rational DOORS
3 108 (3.88%) LabVIEW
4 21 (0.76%) eggPlant
5 15 (0.54%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 15 (0.54%) Bitbucket
6 8 (0.29%) Git
7 5 (0.18%) ClearCase
8 2 (0.072%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.036%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.036%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 600 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 512 (18.41%) Manufacturing
3 456 (16.40%) Aerospace
4 222 (7.98%) Automotive
5 201 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
6 152 (5.47%) Finance
7 141 (5.07%) Avionics
8 121 (4.35%) Aeronautics
9 66 (2.37%) Electronics
10 46 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (1.37%) Aviation
12 32 (1.15%) Agriculture
13 26 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
15 16 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (0.58%) Legal
16 3 (0.11%) Military
17 2 (0.072%) Police
18 1 (0.036%) Law
Job Titles
1 1,206 (43.37%) Senior
2 802 (28.84%) Systems Engineer
3 462 (16.61%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 332 (11.94%) Lead
5 280 (10.07%) Support Engineer
6 260 (9.35%) Software Support Engineer
7 232 (8.34%) Engineering Manager
8 221 (7.95%) Project Manager
9 208 (7.48%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 201 (7.23%) Principal Engineer
11 189 (6.80%) Engineering Specialist
12 175 (6.29%) Senior Electrical Engineer
13 164 (5.90%) Senior Manager
14 122 (4.39%) Platform Engineer
15 120 (4.31%) Lead Systems Engineer
16 115 (4.14%) Architect
17 113 (4.06%) Commissioning Manager
17 113 (4.06%) Delivery Project Manager
18 112 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
19 108 (3.88%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (0.58%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (0.29%) XML
3 5 (0.18%) XSD
4 3 (0.11%) SOAP
5 1 (0.036%) .NET
5 1 (0.036%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.036%) CSS
5 1 (0.036%) HTML
5 1 (0.036%) JSP
5 1 (0.036%) Middleware
5 1 (0.036%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 150 (5.39%) Management Information System
2 80 (2.88%) Product Ownership
3 31 (1.11%) SCADA
4 12 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.11%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.14%) Linux
1 4 (0.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 923 (33.19%) Systems Engineering
2 421 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 325 (11.69%) Agile
3 325 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 316 (11.36%) PLM
5 311 (11.18%) Coaching
6 310 (11.15%) CAD
7 307 (11.04%) Project Management
8 281 (10.10%) Change Management
9 273 (9.82%) Business Case
10 251 (9.03%) Project Delivery
11 241 (8.67%) Mathematics
12 238 (8.56%) Requirements Management
13 221 (7.95%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
14 210 (7.55%) Physics
15 207 (7.44%) ERP
16 195 (7.01%) SysML
17 167 (6.01%) Customer Requirements
18 155 (5.57%) Mentoring
19 149 (5.36%) Finite Element Analysis
Programming Languages
1 280 (10.07%) MATLAB
2 19 (0.68%) Java
3 17 (0.61%) C#
4 16 (0.58%) ABAP
4 16 (0.58%) Ada
5 15 (0.54%) C
5 15 (0.54%) VB
6 12 (0.43%) Python
7 9 (0.32%) SQL
8 1 (0.036%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,734 (62.35%) Degree
2 664 (23.88%) HND
3 447 (16.07%) HNC
4 318 (11.43%) Master's Degree
5 233 (8.38%) Chartered Engineer
6 113 (4.06%) MBA
7 65 (2.34%) TOGAF Certification
8 55 (1.98%) Numerate Degree
9 40 (1.44%) ACCA
9 40 (1.44%) CIMA
10 24 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 24 (0.86%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 24 (0.86%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 22 (0.79%) CEH
12 16 (0.58%) APMP
12 16 (0.58%) CCAB
13 4 (0.14%) ICAEW
14 3 (0.11%) CISSP
15 2 (0.072%) CISM
15 2 (0.072%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (7.77%) ISO 9001
2 152 (5.47%) IEC 61508
3 131 (4.71%) Def Stans
4 108 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 80 (2.88%) AQAP
6 45 (1.62%) DO-254
7 43 (1.55%) Data Quality
8 23 (0.83%) ARP4754
9 16 (0.58%) QA
10 10 (0.36%) PMO
11 6 (0.22%) IFRS
12 5 (0.18%) HAZOP
13 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 4 (0.14%) NIST
14 2 (0.072%) GAAP
14 2 (0.072%) NCSC
14 2 (0.072%) NIST 800
System Software
1 22 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 292 (10.50%) Microsoft
2 181 (6.51%) SAP
3 167 (6.01%) ANSYS
4 100 (3.60%) Siemens
5 65 (2.34%) Sparx
6 50 (1.80%) MathWorks
7 21 (0.76%) Keysight
8 20 (0.72%) Atlassian
9 11 (0.40%) Oracle
10 8 (0.29%) NEC
11 7 (0.25%) IBM
12 6 (0.22%) Infor
13 4 (0.14%) Hyperion
14 2 (0.072%) Cognos
14 2 (0.072%) EMC