BPSS Clearance Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 49 52
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 -
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 7 15 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 0.93% 2.87% 1.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.88% 5.23% 9.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24,240
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,215 £47,683 £24,811
Median % change year-on-year -11.47% +92.18% -
75th Percentile - - £24,816
90th Percentile - - £24,835
East Midlands median annual salary £43,608 £47,683 £24,811
% change year-on-year -8.55% +92.18% -63.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 119 287 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 15.80% 54.88% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 33 44 96
10th Percentile £34,500 £27,375 £24,240
25th Percentile £48,750 £31,250 £27,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £35,868
Median % change year-on-year - +53.34% -24.49%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £53,125
90th Percentile - £68,750 £68,125
East Midlands median annual salary £43,700 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.82% - -5.56%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Northampton -29 7 £42,215 -11.47%
BPSS Clearance
East Midlands

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Legal
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
2 4 (57.14%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Human Factors Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Verification and Validation
3 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
3 2 (28.57%) Project Planning
3 2 (28.57%) SysML
4 1 (14.29%) CAD
4 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Ergonomics
4 1 (14.29%) Human Factors
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Management
4 1 (14.29%) Signal Processing
4 1 (14.29%) Situational Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (14.29%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM