BPSS Clearance Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 184 201
Rank change year-on-year +22 +17 +34
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 13 3 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.089% 0.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% 0.18% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 19
10th Percentile - £37,236 £36,848
25th Percentile £56,337 £44,366 £44,012
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,364 £57,500 £46,293
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% +24.21% +2.87%
75th Percentile £100,000 £67,250 £51,931
90th Percentile £103,000 £72,350 £59,711
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +27.84% -36.39%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,201 1,646 2,516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.13% 49.05% 35.29%
Number of salaries quoted 685 439 1,513
10th Percentile £33,510 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,750 £83,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% +1.94% -0.14%

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in the Thames Valley

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Oxfordshire +6 7 £58,728 +67.96% 4
Berkshire +16 6 £70,000 +21.74% 1
BPSS Clearance
South East

BPSS Clearance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Police
3 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Aerospace
5 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.69%) Italian Language
5 1 (7.69%) Japanese Language
5 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Head of Development
1 4 (30.77%) Head of Support
1 4 (30.77%) Principal Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Systems Support
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (23.08%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) e-Learning
2 1 (7.69%) Private Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) Satnav
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ERP
1 5 (38.46%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (30.77%) Change Management
2 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
2 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
2 4 (30.77%) Service Management
2 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Validation
2 4 (30.77%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (23.08%) Architectural Design
3 3 (23.08%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Data Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Data Governance
4 1 (7.69%) Data Lineage
4 1 (7.69%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.69%) SABSA
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Chartered Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) CISSP
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft