BPSS Clearance Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in North Yorkshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 43 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in North Yorkshire 1.23% 0.15% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.38% 0.21% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,150 - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £69,525 £54,793 £30,000
% change year-on-year +26.89% +82.64% -47.83%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 148 480 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 36.36% 70.18% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 18 33 60
10th Percentile £25,588 £26,250 £26,450
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £45,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -32.22% -16.28% +11.98%
75th Percentile £61,738 £58,750 £60,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £65,125
Yorkshire median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -35.00% -7.41% +2.86%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in North Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in North Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. 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
Bedale +4 5 £63,150 - 1
BPSS Clearance
Yorkshire

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Mathcad
1 1 (20.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematical Modeller
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematical Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) MathWorks